Biotechnology Support Act.

The purpose of this Act is to develop and support biotechnology more efficiently by laying the foundation of biotechnology research and to contribute to the sound progress of the national economy by facilitating the industrialization of the technology. Article 13 deals with the establishment of a policy to support biotechnology and establishes, inter alia, that the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy shall provide assistance in enhancing the biotechnology-related industrial process, developing new and renewable energy, efficiently utilizing energy and mineral resources and developing biotechnology-related manufacturing technology, and facilitating the industrialization of such developed technology. Article 15 emphasizess that the experimental guidelines shall include measures necessary to prevent biological hazards, negative influences upon the environment and any ethical problems that may arise in the course of research on biotechnology and its industrialization, and shall also include safety standards for the transfer, handling and use of genetically converted organism. The text consists of 20 articles.