Article 33 of the Protocol states that:
"Each Party shall monitor the implementation of its obligations under this Protocol, and shall, at intervals to be determined by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, report to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol on measures that it has taken to implement the Protocol."
- September 2005 - Interim National Report on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (PDF File)
- September 2007 - First Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (PDF File)
- September 2011 - Second Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Link to BCH) (PDF File)
- September 2015 - Third National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (PDF File)
- October 2019 - Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (PDF File)
According to Decision BS-I/9 adopted by the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (MOP-1), Parties are requested to submit their reports:
(i) On a general frequency of every four years, but in the initial four-year period to submit an interim report two years after the entry into force of the Protocol;
(ii) Twelve months prior to the meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol that will consider the report;
(iii) In an official language of the United Nations;
(iv) In both hard copy and electronic format.
A draft format, based on obligations on Parties contained in the Protocol, has been developed and adopted at MOP-1.
Parties have also decided that the intervals and formats of the reports should be kept under review, building on the experience of Parties in preparing their reports.