I want to share germplasm received from you with colleagues in a subsidiary station of my organization in another country. Should I to use the SMTA for transfers to them?
The SMTA is a legally binding contract between the provider and the recipient. When you accept germplasm with SMTA, the acceptance should be by your organization, not by you as an individual. In this case, the SMTA automatically applies to all employees in your organization. For transfers to a subsidiary body in another country, the key question is, does that subsidiary body have its own separate status as a legal entity? If it does, then your acceptance of the SMTA would not automatically apply to it and you would need to use the SMTA for transfers to it. If it does not, then your acceptance of the SMTA should apply to it, and you only need to ensure that your colleagues are aware that their use of the material is also governed by the SMTA. Can we modify the terms and conditions of the SMTA? The text of the SMTA was decided by negotiation between all governments on the Governing Body of the Treaty (which means all governments that are Party to the Treaty). IRRIis bound by legal contra
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