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GB/T 44606-2024General requirements for access to cross-border species resources (English PDF)

跨境物种资源获取通用要求

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

September 29, 2024

Implementation date

April 1, 2025

Scope

GB/T 44606-2024 is the English-translated version of 跨境物种资源获取通用要求.

GB/T 44606-2024 is the Chinese national standard covering how an organisation brings plant, animal or microbial material in from another country and keeps the paperwork behind it — the acquisition process, the prior informed consent and the mutually agreed terms with the provider, the administrative approval, the inspection at entry and the quarantine and isolation supervision that follow, the evaluation and disposal of the outcome, and the preservation and archiving that lets benefit sharing be traced later. Material that is or may be highly pathogenic falls outside its scope. First edition. In force from 1 April 2025. Issued on 29 September 2024, it has been in force since 1 April 2025.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
65.020.20
Classification
B 16

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Contents

  • Preface... III 1 Scope1
  • 2 Normative references1
  • 3 Terms and Definitions1
  • 4 Process of obtaining cross-border species resources2
  • 5 Requirements for access to cross-border species resources3
  • 5.1 Informed Consent3
  • 5.2 Administrative Approval3
  • 5.3 Entry Inspection4
  • 5.4 Quarantine after entry5
  • 5.5 Isolation and Quarantine Supervision5
  • 5.6 Result evaluation and disposal5
  • 5.7 Species resource preservation and archiving6
  • Appendix A (Informative) Informed Consent Agreement7
  • Appendix B (Informative) Approval Form for Importing Foreign Plant Seedlings8
  • Appendix C (Informative) Application Form for Quarantine Approval of Imported Plant Seedlings from Abroad9
  • Appendix D (Informative) Application Form for Administrative Licensing of Wildlife Protection and Management10
  • Appendix E (Informative) Application Form for Special Approval of Prohibited Import Articles11
  • Appendix F (Informative) Application Form for Entry of Environmental Protection Microbial Agent Samples12
  • Appendix G (Informative) Application Form for Importing Medicinal Materials13
  • References15

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting is required.

Please note that some of the contents of this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document does not assume the responsibility for identifying patents.

This document was proposed and coordinated by the National Technical Committee on Plant Quarantine Standardization (SAC/TC 271).

This document was drafted by: China Institute of Inspection and Quarantine, China Customs Science and Technology Research Center, Hangzhou Customs Technology Center, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, Peking University, Beijing Forestry University, Hainan University, Forest Ecology, Environment and Nature Conservation Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Forestry Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (Chinese Materia Medica Resources Center), Chongqing Customs Technical Center, Shenzhen Customs Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center, Haikou Customs Tropical Plant Quarantine Center, Nanjing University of Technology, Sanya China Biosafety Center of the Institute of Inspection and Quarantine.

The main drafters of this document are: Xu Jin, Song Yun, Zhang Mingzhe, Zhang Lifeng, Bai Ming, Lu Limin, Sun Suli, Zhu Jingquan, Luo Shujin, Dong Wenpan, Gao Lizhi, Park Chungen, Wu Jianyong, Yang Guang, Chi Xiulian, Yuan Qingjun, Sun Tao, Zhang Weifeng, Liu Fuxiu, Cai Bo, Han Linbo, Chen Jishuang, Zhao Wenjun, Zhang Panpan, Chen Hao, Li Mingfu.

General requirements for cross-border access to species resources

1 Scope

This document establishes the process for acquiring cross-border species resources and stipulates the general requirements for acquiring cross-border species resources.

This document applies to the cross-border acquisition, inspection, supervision and Disposal.

This document does not apply to cross-border acquisition of pathogenic microorganisms that are highly pathogenic or suspected to be highly pathogenic.

2 Normative references

GB/T 18088

GB/T 36814

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1 cross-border

Exchange activities across national borders involving the acquisition of overseas species resources.

3.2 species resources

Plant, animal and micro-organism species and subspecies taxa and their genetic materials of actual or potential value.

Note 1.In addition to the species level, it also includes genetic resources within the species and germplasm resources in the sense of agricultural breeding.

Note 2.Usually includes but is not limited to seeds, seedlings, embryos, semen, strains, propagation materials, cells, etc.

3.3 prior informed consent

Species resource users must inform the species resource acquisition intention in advance, and species resource providers will decide based on the information provided by potential users. Whether to allow access.

3.4 mutually agreed terms

Conditions agreed upon in writing between species resource users and resource providers.

Note. Including but not limited to descriptions of dispute resolution clauses, benefit content and distribution plan, third-party transfer conditions, changes in resource use, etc.

3.5 benefit sharing

Share the benefits arising from the subsequent application and commercialization of introduced species resources fairly and equitably.

Note. Includes monetary and non-monetary benefits.

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