On January 08, 2004 the Secretary-General of the European Commission has published a Document 5155/04 under the title "Commission Staff Working Paper - Annex to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council The implementation by the EC of the 'Bonn Guidelines' on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity". Before, on December 23, 2003, the General Secretariat had published Document 16354/03 on Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) concerning the Seventh ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 7) to CBD and the First Meeting of the Parties (MOP 1) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9-27 February 2004) including Council conclusions.