diff --git a/verdrag/verdrag-betreffende-toegang-tot-informatie-inspraak-in-besluitvorming-en-toegang/BWBV0001700/README.md b/verdrag/verdrag-betreffende-toegang-tot-informatie-inspraak-in-besluitvorming-en-toegang/BWBV0001700/README.md index 824fa4f01f9..5dc5710cd7d 100644 --- a/verdrag/verdrag-betreffende-toegang-tot-informatie-inspraak-in-besluitvorming-en-toegang/BWBV0001700/README.md +++ b/verdrag/verdrag-betreffende-toegang-tot-informatie-inspraak-in-besluitvorming-en-toegang/BWBV0001700/README.md @@ -221,7 +221,13 @@ f) In accordance with national legislation, the main reports and advice issued t **10.** Each Party shall ensure that, when a public authority reconsiders or updates the operating conditions for an activity referred to in paragraph 1, the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 9 of this article are applied *mutatis mutandis, *and where appropriate. -**11.** Each Party shall, within the framework of its national law, apply, to the extent feasible and appropriate, provisions of this article to decisions on whether to permit the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment. +**11.** Without prejudice to article 3, paragraph 5, the provisions of this article shall not apply to decisions on whether to permit the deliberate release into the environment and placing on the market of genetically modified organisms. + +### Artikel 6 bis + +**1..** In accordance with the modalities laid down in annex I bis, each Party shall provide for early and effective information and public participation prior to making decisions on whether to permit the deliberate release into the environment and placing on the market of genetically modified organisms. + +**2..** The requirements made by Parties in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article should be complementary and mutually supportive to the provisions of their national biosafety framework, consistent with the objectives of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. ### Artikel 7