Yuliya Gevrenova

Oct 16, 2024 | lexology.com | Bart Van Vooren |Yuliya Gevrenova |Zoé Bertrand

October 12, 2024, marks the 10-year anniversary of entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair Benefit-Sharing from their Utilization (“ABS”). This additional treaty to the Convention on Biological Diversity (“CBD”) has now been ratified by 142 countries. Over the past decade, Nagoya Protocol has resulted in the mushrooming of more than one-hundred thirty (130+) national ABS laws around the globe.

Oct 9, 2024 | lexology.com | Bart Van Vooren |Yuliya Gevrenova |Zoé Bertrand

I. About the Upcoming Decision on the ‘DSI Tax’On 1 November 2024, the 196 countries that are party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (“CBD”) may agree on the terms and conditions of the “multilateral mechanism (“MLM”) for benefit-sharing from the use of digital sequence information.” The purpose of this mechanism is to extract funds from the private sector to finance recovery and preservation of Earth’s biodiversity.

Apr 11, 2024 | lexology.com | Zoé Bertrand |Candido Garcia Molyneux |Yuliya Gevrenova |Max Jerman

Yesterday, the European Parliament approved a new (recast) Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (“UWWTD”) that will impose new additional costs on producers marketing pharmaceutical and cosmetic products in the European Economic Area by the end of 2027. Some studies suggest that the costs that producers would have to collectively pay could be around €1 billion per Member State.

Apr 10, 2024 | lexblog.com | Zoé Bertrand |Yuliya Gevrenova |Max Jerman |Candido Garcia Molyneux

Today, the European Parliament approved a new (recast) Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (“UWWTD”) that will impose new additional costs on producers marketing pharmaceutical and cosmetic products in the European Economic Area by the end of 2027. Some studies suggest that the costs that producers would have to collectively pay could be around €1 billion Euro per Member State.

Sep 13, 2023 | lexblog.com | Bart Van Vooren |Yuliya Gevrenova |Inga-Marlene Pietsch |Max Jerman

Today, the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) finished the preparatory session for the draft International Legal Instrument Relating to Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources (the “Instrument”), which will be discussed and adopted at a diplomatic conference in 2024.