SUBMISSION is the forwarding of a sample containing genetic heritage for the provision of services abroad as part of research or technological development, in which the responsibility for the sample remains with the person who carries out the access in Brazil.
If you want to transfer a genetic heritage sample to an institution located outside the country for the purpose of access, in which the responsibility for the sample is transferred to the recipient, this is characterized as SHIPMENT, and not as SHIPMENT. For shipping guidelines, see Sample shipment abroad.
Before registering the project in the SisGen, prior to sending the material to the service provider, the following procedures must be complied with:
- Fill in Legal Instrument of Sample Submission and collect the signatures of the legal representative of the host institution, the director of the researcher's unit and the dean of research, in that order, and the document may be processed electronically (patgen@unicamp.br), with insertion of digital signatures.
- in possession of Legal Instrument of Sample Submission, duly completed and signed, the professor in charge will be able to send the sample and, subsequently, register the project in the SisGen.
The Legal Instrument of Dispatch may be replaced by contracts, partnership terms, etc., which contain the minimum content provided for in § 6 of art. 24 of Decree No. 8.772 of 2016.
For shipment, the sample must be properly packaged, with an identification label and accompanied by the Legal Instrument of Sample Submission.
Sample submission for sequencing
The Legal Instrument for Sending a Sample will not be mandatory in cases of sending a sample for genetic sequencing. However, the user must formally inform the partner or contracted institution of the following obligations:
- Obligation to return or destroy the submitted samples;
- Clauses prohibiting the partner institution or contractor from:
- pass on the sample of the genetic heritage or information on the genetic origin of the species being sent, including substances derived from the metabolism of these beings to third parties;
- Use the genetic heritage sample or information on the genetic origin of the species being sent for any purposes other than those provided;
- Exploit economically intermediate or finished product or reproductive material resulting from access; and
- Claim any type of intellectual property right.
Need for additional documentation
It should be noted that the sending abroad for scientific purposes of animal or plant biological material from species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), as well as biological material from wild fauna species (except fishing resources) not protected by Cites, may depend on obtaining an export license from IBAMA. See information about wildlife import/export license.
Source: IBAMA
The guidelines contained on this site do not exempt you from carefully reading the legislation that regulates the subject, whose texts must be strictly complied with.
Reference legislation