Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Declaration upon signature:
"This signature engages also the French Community, the Flemish Community, the German-speaking Community, the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region."

Declaration made upon accession:
"Unless otherwise notified by the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Protocol shall not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China."

Upon its Approval of the Protocol, the Government of Denmark notified the Secretary-General that the Protocol shall not apply in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

For the European part and the Caribbean part (the Islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) of the Netherlands.