In most cases the depositor provides the relevant information concerning the cultivation, storage and viability testing of the mo. Most IDAs request this information on an 'Accession form'.
If this information is missing, the requirements of rule 6. Depositors should be aware that insufficient information can delay the completion of the viability test. The IDA shall notify the depositor immediately that information is missing and invite him to comply with the specified requirements rule 6.
In practice this is done either by phone, fax, e-mail or in writing cf. Given the IDA's scientific expertise, this lack of information is often not a technical difficulty but merely an administrative problem.
As such, the IDA may continue the deposit procedure applying its own standard methods for preservation and cultivation. If necessary the IDA should discuss with the depositor whether these methods are appropriate. The date of receipt of the viable biological material becomes the date of deposit, but only once the depositor has complied with all his obligations.
I am pleased to acknowledge the receipt of number cultures that you wish to deposit with the name of the IDA under the Budapest Treaty.
