The Protocol is limited, in that it only covers transboundary movements of LMOs, not their release within national borders, and it only applies to some classes of LMOs.
议定书的局限性在于它仅涉及了改性活生物体的跨界转移，而没有涉及其在本国界内的释放问题，并且议定书仅适用于某些类别的改性活生物体。