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Development of National Biosafety Frameworks Project

National Executing Agency: Dr. K. Rozenbergs
NEA - National Executing Agency,
Deputy Director of Latvian Food Center Latvian Food Center Kr. Valdemara str. 38, Riga, LV 1010 Latvia
Tel. +371 7021715 Fax: +371 7021755
mailto:info@lpc.gov.lv
National Project Coordinator: Mr. Janis Ancans
List of NCC members and institutions:

Ministries

  1. Ms. Ilona Jepsena   - Ministry of Environment, Director of the Nature Protection Department, also the elected representative from the Monitoring Council of the Genetically Modified Organisms and Novel Foods
  2.   Ms. Rudite Pukaine - Ministry of Agriculture, Deputy Director of Plant Protection Department in the State Plant Protection Service (the member of the Monitoring Council of the Genetically Modified Organisms and Novel Foods) Ministry of Health
  3. Mr. Uldis Armanis - Director of the Latvian Food Center
  4. Mr. Karlis Rozenbergs -Deputy Director of the Latvian Food Center
  5.   Mrs. Rasa Atauga - Deputy Head of the Legislation Development Department in the Latvian Food Center
  6.   Ms. Aija Zilevica, University of Latvia, Professor in the Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  7. Dr. biol.h.c. asoc. prof. Jekabs Raipulis -Association of theLatvian Genetists and Selectionists (the member of the Monitoring Council of the Genetically Modified Organisms and Novel Foods)   
  8. Mr. Viktors Mende -  Latvian Federation of Food Enterprises, President
Updated June 2004
Official starting date: 7 / February / 2003
Expected finishing date: 6 / August / 2004
Initial status report from National Project Document as at starting date: LVprojectrep0.pdf
National Progress Report submitted to the third series of subregional workshops, 2003-2004: LVprogressrep.pdf
Final Draft National Biosafety Framework (as at end of the Project): LVNBFrep.pdf

LVNBFrepAnnex1-5.pdf
LVNBFrepAnnex6-10.pdf

LVNBFflowchart.pdf

Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) Project
National Executing Agency: Dr. K. Rozenbergs
NEA - National Executing Agency,
Deputy Director of Latvian Food Center Latvian Food Center Kr. Valdemara str. 38, Riga, LV 1010 Latvia
Tel. +371 7021715 Fax: +371 7021755
mailto:info@lpc.gov.lv
National Focal Point:  
Task Force: Uldis Armanis BCH Task Force Contact, Director of the Latvian Food Center (LFC)

Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks Project
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