At the First CoP serving as the MoP to this Protocol (CoP-MoP 1) in 2004, CoP-MoP 1 adopted procedures and mechanisms to facilitate decisionmaking by Parties of import (Decision BS-I/2). The guidelines and procedures state, inter alia, that Parties shall cooperate to ensure that importing Parties have access to the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), procedures and mechanisms should be demand-driven by importing Parties; and the roster of experts and the BCH are referred to as main mechanisms to provide support to facilitate decision making.