Law on Biosafety.

The objectives of this law are to: Implement the precautionary approach on biosafety; Prevent adverse impact on the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources in the Kingdom of Cambodia caused by the transboundary movement, development, handling, transfer, use, storage, and release of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology; Ensure effective conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of biological resources, taking also into account risks to human health; Provide a transparent process for making and reviewing decisions on living modified organisms (LMO)and related activities and operations; Develop biotechnology education while preventing environmental and health hazards associated with the use and release of living modified organisms.
The Law shall govern the import and export, contained use, intentional introduction into the environment, and direct use as food or feed or for processing of living modified organisms that may have an adverse effect on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health.
Any legal or natural person who wants to conduct any activity or operation involving contained use, intentional introduction into the environment, and/or direct use as food or feed or for processing of LMOs in the Kingdom of Cambodia shall be subject to approval by the Ministry of Environment prior to authorization by the concerned competent authority. The Ministry of Environment shall manage and control all activities and operations involving LMOs covered by this law, and shall be the primary contact between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Secretariat of the Cartagena Protocol. The first import of an LMO into the Kingdom of Cambodia for contained use, or the first import into the Kingdom of Cambodia of an LMO for direct use as food or feed or for processing shall be subject to risk assessment and approval by the Ministry of Environment prior to application to the concerned competent authority for the import permit. Any legal or natural person who intends to export LMOs covered by this law from the Kingdom of Cambodia shall notify the national competent authority of the proposed importing State in writing prior to applying to the concerned competent authority of the Kingdom of Cambodia for an export permit.
The Law further makes provisions, inter alia, for: documentation for LMOs; confidential information; review of decisions; public information, awareness and public participation; offences and penalties; etc.