EXPORT LICENCE

• Export Licence application can be made concurrently with the Access Licence.
• You must use existing facilities and expertise in Sabah. If not feasible, you must justify the need for export.
• Provide detailed research analyses; incomplete applications will not be processed.
• State the number of consignments to be shipped within one year; licence fees are based on this number.
• After receiving the Export Licence, your Local Collaborator must verify the materials, complete the Material Transfer Declaration form, and submit it to SaBC before shipment.
• Export of biological resources shall be made in accordance with other written laws* and regulations enforced in Sabah

1. If necessary, please contact us for advice.

2. Prepare all supporting documents.

3. Complete and submit the Access Licence Online Renewal Application Form.

3. Incomplete applications will be rejected.

1.  Complete online application form;
2.  Letter of support from your local collaborator mentioning the following:
   1. Supports your intention to export the materials;
   2. Justification on why the research could not be conducted in Sabah;
   3. List of samples/specimens, and the volume/quantity.
3. 3. Other supporting documents as requested by the secretariat to complete your licence application.

1. The Export Licence is valid for one (1) year.

2. You can only perform research analysis stated within the Export Licence.

3. You can only export the materials to the location listed within the Export Licence.;

4. You shall comply with other written laws governing the export of the material from

Sabah;

5. Application for patent or other intellectual property rights to the relevant authority in

or outside Malaysia must first be subject to gaining prior written consent from the

Sabah Biodiversity Council;

6. Once the research is completed, you must return the exported materials to your

local collaborator.