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LABORATORY PROCEDURES FOR MICROORGANISMS

REFERENCE NO.: M/1999/1.02


TITLE: INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE COLLECTION WORK


Within CABRI, each collection has to pay attention to international and national laws and regulations. The respective international laws and regulations are shown in the following list. Texts of these laws and regulations are available at the collections. Links to Web sites of relevant laws and regulations are given if available.

International laws and regulations

Convention on Biological Diversity 1992. In: B.E. Kirsop and D.L. Hawksworth (eds.), The Biodiversity of Microorganisms and the Role of Microbial Resource Centres, page 73-91. World Federation of Culture Collections, 1994 (for Germany only: Gesetz zu dem Übereinkommen vom 5. Juni 1992 über die biologische Vielfalt (BGBl II,1741, 9.Sept. 1993)

Universal Postal Union, Official compendium of general information of interest concerning the implementation of the 1995 Soeul Convention and its Detailed Regulations. International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, Berne, 1996 (The relevant chapters are reproduced in Rohde/Claus, Shipping of infectious, non-infectious and genetically modified biological materials - International regulations, 1998 edition, DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen)

International Air Transport Association, IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, 39th edition, Montreal, 1998 (The relevant chapters are reproduced in Rohde/Claus, Shipping of infectious, non-infectious and genetically modified biological materials - International regulations, 1998 edition, DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen)

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (done at Budapest on April 28, 1977 and amended on September 26, 1980)


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