Note by the Secretariat. The Governing Body has not yet considered the question of currency of payment. Until it does so, Standard Material Transfer Agreements should specify United States dollars (US$).
Note by the Secretariat. This is the Trust Account provided for in Article 6.3 of the Financial Rules, as approved by the Governing Body at its First Session (Appendix E to IT/GB-1/06/Report). Annex 3
Note by the Secretariat. The Standard Material Transfer Agreement makes provision for information to be provided to the Governing Body, in the following Articles: 5e, 6.4b, 6.5c and 6.11h, as well as in Annex 2, paragraph 3, Annex 3, paragraph 4, and in Annex 4. Such information should be submitted to: The Secretary International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations I-00100 Rome, Italy
Note by the Secretariat. This is the Trust Account provided for in Article 6.3 of the Financial Rules, as approved by the Governing Body (Appendix E to this Report). The details of the Trust Account when established, will be introduced here, and communicated to Contract Parties.
Note by the Secretariat as suggested by the Legal Working Group during the Contact Group for the Drafting of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement, defined terms have, for clarity, been put in bold throughout.
Note by the Secretariat. The replacement of Annexes A and B of ADR by the restructured annexes adopted by the Working Party at its sixty-ninth session has been proposed by the Government of Portugal to all Contracting Parties in accordance with the amendment procedure of Article 14 of ADR (Depositary Notification C.N. 1078.2000.TREATIES-3 of 1 January 2001) By Depositary Notification C.N. 282.2001.TREATIES-1 of 3 April 2001, the Secretary-General informed all Contracting parties that the amendments were deemed accepted and will enter into force on 1 July 2001. The UN/ECE Secretariat has prepared a consolidated version of the ADR accordingly, which is being published under symbol ECE/TRANS/140, Vol. I and II. When preparing the publication, the Secretariat noticed that there were some obvious mistakes in the text annexed to notification C.N. 1078.2000.TREATIES-3, and these mistakes have been corrected in the publication. The Secretariat reproduces hereafter the list of corrections made. GE.01-
Note by the Secretariat. The Standard Material Transfer Agreement makes provision for information to be provided to the Governing Body, in the following Articles: 5e, 6.4b, 6.5c and 6.11h, as well as in Annex 2, paragraph 3, Annex 3, paragraph 4, and in Annex 4. Such information should be submitted to: The Secretary International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations I-00100 Rome, Italy In the case that the Recipient transfers a Plant Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture under Development to another person or entity, the Recipient shall: do so under the terms and conditions of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement, through a new material transfer agreement, provided that Article 5a of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement shall not apply; identify, in Annex 1 to the new material transfer agreement, the Material received from the Multilateral System, and specify that the Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture under Development being transferred are derived from the Material; notify the Governing Body, in accordance with Article 5e; and have no further obligations regarding the actions of any subsequent recipient. Entering into a material transfer agreement under paragraph 6.5 shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties to attach additional conditions, relating to further product development, including, as appropriate, the payment of monetary consideration. In the case that the Recipient commercializes a Product that is a Plant Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture and that incorporates Material as referred to in Article 3 of this Agreement, and where such Product is not available without restriction to others for further research and breeding, the Recipient shall pay a fixed percentage of the Sales of the commercialized Product into the mechanism established by the Governing Body for this purpose, in accordance with Annex 2 to this Agreement. In the case that the Recipient commercializes a Product that is a Plant Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture and that incorporates Material as referred to in Article 3 of this Agreement and where that Product is available without restriction to others for further research and breeding, the Recipient is encouraged to make voluntary payments into the mechanism established by the Governing Body for this purpose in accordance with Annex 2 to this Agreement. The Recipient shall make available to the Multilateral System, through the ...
Note by the Secretariat. The special agreements concluded under this Chapter may be consulted on the web site of the Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/trans/danger/danger.htm).
Note by the Secretariat. Pursuant to footnote 5 to Article 2.2 of the WTO Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, a developing country Member, other than a developing country Member which was a Party to the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures done on 12 April 1979, which has specific difficulties complying with the requirements of subparagraphs (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) may, upon notification to the Committee, delay the application of these subparagraphs by not more than two years from the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement for such Member.
Note by the Secretariat as suggested by the Legal Working Group during the Contact Group for the Drafting of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement, defined terms have, for clarity, been put in bold throughout. * In the event that the SMTA is used for the transfer of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture other than those listed in Annex I of the Treaty: The references in the SMTA to the "Multilateral System" shall not be interpreted as limiting the application of the SMTA to Annex I Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and in the case of Article 6.2 of the SMTA shall mean "under this Agreement"; The reference in Article 6.11 and Annex 3 of the SMTA to "Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture belonging to the same crop, as set out in Annex I to the Treaty" shall be taken to mean "Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture belonging to the same crop".
