Federal Negarit Gazeta 13th Year No. 13 ADDIS ABABA-27th February, 2006 Page 3357 7. Art. 7. Right to regulate access 1/ The right of local communities to regulate access to their community knowledge shall include the following: a/ the right to give prior informed consent for access to their community knowledge; b/ when exercising the right to give prior informed consent, the right to refuse consent when they believe that the intended access will be detrimental to the integrity of their cultural or natural heritages; c/ the right to withdrew or place restriction on the prior informed consent they have given for access to their community knowledge where they find out that such consent is likely to be detrimental to their socio-economic life or their natural or cultural heritages; d/ the right to demand the restriction or withdrawal of the prior informed consent given by the Institute for access to their genetic resources where they found out that is likely to be detrimental to their socio-economic life or their natural or cultural heritages; 2/ The conditions and the procedure in accordance to which local communities shall give prior informed consent for access to their community knowledge shall be specified by a regulation; 8. Use Right 1/ Local communities shall have an inalienable right to use or exchange among themselves their genetic resources or community knowledge in the course of sustaining their livelihood systems in accordance with their customary practices or norms. 2/ No legal restriction shall be placed on the traditional system of local communities on the use and exchange of genetic resources and community knowledge;