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diff --git a/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/faunaEuropaea/FaunaEuropaeaTaxonNameImport.java b/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/faunaEuropaea/FaunaEuropaeaTaxonNameImport.java
index 0800c3595c9ec4a5bb0ad30d3e045b3b3cd68487..d2d24f01722789a26c9ed9d6a0c6c2f65763afb4 100644 (file)
--- a/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/faunaEuropaea/FaunaEuropaeaTaxonNameImport.java
+++ b/cdmlib-io/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/io/faunaEuropaea/FaunaEuropaeaTaxonNameImport.java
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ public class FaunaEuropaeaTaxonNameImport extends FaunaEuropaeaImportBase  {
         * @return\r
         */\r
        private static boolean expressionMatches(String regEx, String targetString) {\r
+               if (targetString == null) {\r
+                       return false;\r
+               }\r
                Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regEx);\r
                Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(targetString);\r
                if (matcher.find()) {\r