Traduction de «Tk » (Anglais → Français) :

For HR the objective was to follow up the progress made by the National Fund and the Sapard Agency towards accreditation, whereas for TK the objective was to kick-start the accreditation process under the new Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) available from January 2007 and to provide advice and information on the tasks and responsibilities involved.

Although TK protection has been addressed broadly through human rights, indigenous rights and biodiversity preservation concerns, your rapporteur believes that certain improvements at the international institutional level are needed to avoid biopiracy connected to illegal use of TK.

19. Notes with concern that the difficulties faced by TK holders include monitoring and enforcement, i.e. learning that violations have taken place and obtaining timely remedies; regrets in this context that traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources is not covered by any of the Nagoya Protocol’s monitoring measures, given that there is no obligation to disclose to the ‘checkpoint’ information on the TK used, while the internationally recognised certificate of compliance does not cover TK associated with GR, which limits the possibility of tracing biopiracy related to such TK; takes the view that the EU should grant tradit ...[+++]ional knowledge at least the same level of protection as genetic resources when implementing the Nagoya Protocol;

In particular, TK associated with GR is not covered by the Protocol’s monitoring measures: there is no obligation to disclose to the ‘checkpoint’ information on the TK used and the internationally recognised certificate of compliance does not cover TK associated with GR, which limits possibilities of tracing biopiracy related to such TK.

19. Notes with concern that the difficulties faced by TK holders include monitoring and enforcement, i.e. learning that violations have taken place and obtaining timely remedies; regrets in this context that traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources is not covered by any of the Nagoya Protocol’s monitoring measures, given that there is no obligation to disclose to the ‘checkpoint’ information on the TK used, while the internationally recognised certificate of compliance does not cover TK associated with GR, which limits the possibility of tracing biopiracy related to such TK; takes the view that the EU should grant tradit ...[+++]ional knowledge at least the same level of protection as genetic resources when implementing the Nagoya Protocol;

the weights Δtk = tk – tk-1 allow for the case when future exposure is calculated at dates that are not equally spaced over time.