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Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT – ВСУ Besides recognizing the authority of national governments to determine access to genetic resources, Article 15 of the CBD provides that "access, where granted, shall be on mutually agreed terms and subject to the provisions of this Article". The Executive Secretary of the CBD has noted that "contracts are the most common way of recording "mutually agreed terms'". The Bonn Guidelines indicate some basic requirements for mutually agreed terms in Articles 41 to 44. 'More) |
