Strain can be utilized for TAXONOMIC PURPOSES ONLY (see Art. 71 https://absch.cbd.int/api/v2013/documents/32CB8085-A51F-90AD-A5C3-B397A27CEAB0/attachments/Texto%20Consolidado%2042-2007.pdf).
For all other non-commercial or commercial purposes, please contact the Spanish competent national authority for a permit. For more information, please see the Spanish FAQs (http://www.mapama.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/recursos-geneticos/protocolo-de-nagoya/FAQ_Autorizaciones.aspx) on access and benefit sharing.
The translation of the definition of exclusively taxonomic purposes that is established in the Spanish ABS bylaw is: “Application of principles and methods for identification, delimitation and classification of living beings, which requires the study of their phylogenetic relationships as well as the evolutionary and ecological processes that have generated biodiversity using morphological, physiological, genetics, behavioral and environmental data”.
A mail box to answer questions on Spanish access legislation is set up:
bzn-protocolonagoya@mapama.es
