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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For all you herbarium folks – see below. I guess this would also go for other disciplines too. This is in line with what Dirk Neumann has been suggesting for loans to and from Germany for some time so maybe
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list [mailto:NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Young, Donna<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 13, 2015 3:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NATSCA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br>
<b>Subject:</b> loans to Spain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If any of you are sending nat sci research loans to Spain, please note the following (sent out from Rich at University of Michigan via herbaria forum):</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I was recently informed by Santiago Ma</span></i><span class="hps"><i><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">rtín
</span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bravo, curator of the UPOS herbarium (Sevilla, Spain) that institutions are experiencing some serious problems with incoming loans not being cleared by Spanish customs. In Santiago's
words, "There has been some kind of privatization of postal services and now they are trying to get a big tax for randomly selected loans", applying it as if the specimens were going to remain in Spain. If the tax is not paid, the loan is returned to the
sender.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Until the situation is resolved, he suggests that a label be attached to any package containing a loan labelled: "</span></i><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">
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</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TEMPORAL / TEMPORAL IMPORTATION". "This should clear the way of the loan through the customs as the taxes should not apply for temporally imported goods."</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rich Rabeler, MICH</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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