---
type: "AIHallucinationFinding"
title: "Does an AI model correctly characterise the temporal scope of the BBNJ Agreement's marine genetic…"
citation_id: "RLB-H-INT-UNTC-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-Q003-Opus47"
finding_uid: "INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-003--opus-47-websearch"
question_uid: "INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-003"
regulation_id: "INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023"
regulation_slug: "BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023"
regulation_title: "BBNJ High Seas Biodiversity Agreement"
regulator_short_code: "UNTC"
regulatory_body_id: "UNTC-INT-001"
jurisdiction_code: "INT"
j_level: "J1"
ai_subject: "claude-opus-4-7"
ai_subject_display: "Claude Opus 4.7 (web search on)"
ai_subject_version: "opus-47-websearch"
response_failure_mode: "misstated_rule"
substrate_document_name: "p_01_ACT_Part_III___Article_22_2____non_undermini_text-bbnj-agreement.html"
substrate_document_path: "https://reglegbrief.com/substrate/INT/UNTC/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023/_raw_manual_substrate/p_01_ACT_Part_III___Article_22_2____non_undermini_text-bbnj-agreement.html"
substrate_section_anchor: "Part II — Article 10(1) non-retroactivity of MGR provisions"
citation_issue_types: ["Contradictory", "Pretextual"]
audiences: ["ai_labs"]
published_at: "2026-06-07T07:58:55.387685+00:00"
substrate_version: 1
methodology_version: "2.3"
license: "CC-BY-4.0"
resource: "https://reglegbrief.com/regulators/j1/int/untc/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023/ai-labs/finding/INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-003--opus-47-websearch/"
tags: ["ai-hallucination", "misstated_rule", "untc", "bbnj-high-seas-biodiversity-agreement-2023", "int"]
timestamp: "2026-06-16T00:00:00+00:00"
---

# AI Hallucination Finding: Does an AI model correctly characterise the temporal scope of the BBNJ Agreement's marine genetic…

- **Citation ID.** `RLB-H-INT-UNTC-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-Q003-Opus47`
- **Finding UID.** `INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-003--opus-47-websearch`
- **Regulation.** [`BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023`](/okf/regulations/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023.md) — BBNJ High Seas Biodiversity Agreement
- **Regulator.** [`UNTC-INT-001`](/okf/bodies/UNTC-INT-001.md) — United Nations Treaty Collection (Office of Legal Affairs, Treaty Section)
- **AI subject.** Claude Opus 4.7 (web search on)
- **Failure mode.** [`misstated_rule`](/okf/taxonomy/failure-modes.md)
- **Published.** 2026-06-07T07:58:55.387685+00:00

## Question put to the AI subject

Does an AI model correctly characterise the temporal scope of the BBNJ Agreement's marine genetic resources framework under Article 10(1) — specifically whether the default rule is prospective or retroactive application to legacy sample collections?

## AI subject's verbatim answer

Under Article 10(1), the MGR/DSI provisions apply to 'utilization' of MGR and DSI of ABNJ that were collected or generated *before* entry into force, not just after.

## Verbatim regulator text contradicting the answer

> Article 10(1) — MGR and DSI provisions apply only to resources 'collected and generated after the entry into force of this Agreement for each Party'; most parties formally declared this non-retroactive

_Source:_ [p_01_ACT_Part_III___Article_22_2____non_undermini_text-bbnj-agreement.html](https://reglegbrief.com/substrate/INT/UNTC/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023/_raw_manual_substrate/p_01_ACT_Part_III___Article_22_2____non_undermini_text-bbnj-agreement.html)
_Section anchor:_ Part II — Article 10(1) non-retroactivity of MGR provisions

## Failure mode

**`misstated_rule`** — Misstated rule — the AI gave a definite rule, threshold, or obligation that the regulator's verbatim text does not support.

## Citation-issue types

- **Contradictory** — <https://demaribus.net/2024/08/01/eu-bbnj-agreement-declaration-of-competence-exception-on-non-retroactivity/>
- **Contradictory** — <https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-72100-7_14>
- **Pretextual** — <https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.70274>

## Related concepts

- Regulation: [BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023](/okf/regulations/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023.md)
- Regulator: [UNTC-INT-001](/okf/bodies/UNTC-INT-001.md)
- Failure-mode taxonomy: [misstated_rule](/okf/taxonomy/failure-modes.md)
- Methodology: [v2.3](/okf/methodology.md)
- Editorial standards: [right of reply](/okf/editorial-standards.md)

## Reproduction

Citation ID: `RLB-H-INT-UNTC-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-Q003-Opus47`

Resource URL (HTML view of this finding):

<https://reglegbrief.com/regulators/j1/int/untc/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023/ai-labs/finding/INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-003--opus-47-websearch/>

This finding is reproducible against the substrate document linked above, using the same AI subject, the same methodology version, and the verbatim question text.