# Council decision of 24 February 2004 concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2004/869/EC), Article 17: The global information system on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

17.1. The Contracting Parties shall cooperate to develop and strengthen a global information system to facilitate the exchange of information, based on existing information systems, on scientific, technical and environmental matters related to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, with the expectation that such exchange of information will contribute to the sharing of benefits by making information on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture available to all Contracting Parties. In developing the global information system, cooperation will be sought with the clearing house mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
17.2. Based on notification by the Contracting Parties, early warning should be provided about hazards that threaten the efficient maintenance of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, with a view to safeguarding the material.
17.3. The Contracting Parties shall cooperate with the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the FAO in its periodic reassessment of the state of the world's plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in order to facilitate the updating of the rolling Global Plan of Action referred to in Article 14.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/869/annex/A/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-869/annex-A/article-17
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