The European Commission assigned the accession number 03-FR-2020 to the PFL collection on April 2020 , certifying that the collection meets the EU Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) Regulation criteria, and fulfils the requirements of the Nagoya Protocol 51 . To date, only 3 European collections are recognized . The EU ABS Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 511/2014, establishes a comprehensive framework for the fair and equitable utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge within the European Union. The regulation mandates the obtaining of prior informed consent from provider countries before accessing genetic resources and requires the establishment of mutually agreed terms between users and providers .