National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

Regulations

Bio-prospecting, Access and Benefit-Sharing Regulations, 2008

Annexures

Annexure 5 : Integrated export and bioprospecting permit
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This permit is issued in terms of Regulation 12 of the Regulations on Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit-Sharing.

 

 

1.        Permit-holder's name:

 

 

2.Permit-holder's physical/postal address, telephone, fax, and e-mail address:

 

 

3.Name of person in charge of bioprospecting (if different from permit-holder):

 

 

4.Identify number of permit-holder or person in charge of bioprospecting:

 

 

5.If the application was a joint application, names of any other applicants:

 

 

6.Contact details of all other applicants:

 

 

7.Name and contact details of importer:

 

 

8.Nature of permit: This permit authorises the permit holder to use and export the following indigenous biological resources for the purposes of bioprospecting, in the quantities specified and to collect the indigenous biological resources in the areas set out below:

 

Type of organism

Family, Genus, or Species (Scientific and common name)

Form in which it will be exported

Quantity (Indicate if there are limitations on the quantity of samples)

Point of export

Point of import

Full locality data (GIS readings if possible)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.        Duration of permit:  This permit is valid until                                                                                        

 

10.Benefit-sharing  agreements  and  material  transfer   agreements:   This permit must be read with the following benefit-sharing agreements and material transfer agreements entered into with stakeholders envisaged in section 82(1) of the Biodiversity Act.

 

11.        Conditions: This permit is issued subject to the following conditions—

 

11.1.        the permit holder may use the indigenous biological resources for the following purposes only:

 

 

11.2.the permit holder must comply with all other legislative requirements for the valid export of the indigenous biological resources;
11.3.the permit holder may not transfer the indigenous biological resources to any third party without the prior informed consent in writing of the issuing authority in respect of this export permit and then only under a written agreement containing terms no less restrictive than those which apply to the permit holder in terms of this permit and any agreements referred to in paragraph 10;
11.4.the permit holder must submit a progress report to the issuing authority within one year of date of issue of this permit and annually thereafter;
11.5.if new collaborators join the bioprospecting project for which this permit is being issued, the permit holder must notify the issuing authority in writing;
11.6.all money due to stakeholders in terms of a benefit-sharing agreement must be paid into the Bioprospecting Trust Fund, as required by section 85(1) of the Act; and
11.7.the permit-holder will be liable for the costs of mitigating or remedying the impact of the bioprospecting on the environment, in accordance with section 28 of the National Environmental Management Act, 107 of 1998; and
11.8.additional conditions may be inserted  here                                                                            

11.9.                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

Signed by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

 

 

                                                                                                                         

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