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Commission. Each working group provides recommendations to the Commission on issues related to the management of genetic resources in its respective sector. Each consists of a regionally balanced group of 28 member countries chosen by the Commission. In 2011, the Commission established an Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing, which met once, in 2012. In 2013, this working group was replaced by the Team of Technical and Legal Experts on Access and Benefit-Sharing.
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