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This website provides access to the Pilot Phase of the Polish Biosafety Clearing-House. The BCH was established by Article 20 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, as part of the Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity, in order to facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical, environmental and legal information on living modified organisms; and to assist Parties to implement the Protocol. Users can search the website databases for information in the following topics:

• National contacts
• National laws, regulations and guidelines
• Authorization applications
• Decision information
• Living modified organisms

And find information on:

• The Cartagena Protocol
• The Convention on Biological Diversity
• Biosafety
• The central (international) BCH

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If you have opinion related to GMOs, please do not hestitate to adress your comments to: GMOs team, Department of Environmental Protection, Ministry of the Environment, ul. Wawelska 52/5, 00-922 Warsaw or e-mail: gmo@mos.gov.pl

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