Draft bill No. 56-17 was published on the website of the General Government Secretariat for Public Inquiry. This preliminary bill, which is based on the principles contained in the Nagoya Protocol and came to set the legal framework to ensure, determine the operations of access to genetic resources in our country and to protect associated traditional knowledge as well as to set the appropriate rules to allow the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their use.

It is in line with the principles set out in Framework Law No. 99-12 on the National Charter for the Environment and Sustainable Development, which provides for the strengthening of the protection and preservation of natural resources and their environments. In addition, it reinforces the 3rd challenge of the National Sustainable Development Strategy, which aims to improve the management and valorization of genetic resources and to strengthen the protection of biodiversity.

This bill establishes the legal framework to guarantee and control operations for access to genetic resources and the protection of associated traditional knowledge. It also defines the rules that ensure the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of these resources.