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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 28 Oct 2025
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-LA-280839-1
- Competent National Authority: | ABSCH-CNA-LA-240772-10
Competent National Authority:
Department of Science, Ministry of Education and Sports ()
Km 14 Office, Thangon Road, Done Teaw Village,
Vientiane,
, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Phone: +856 21 253254,
Fax: +856 21 216007,
Website:
Details of the permit or its equivalent
Lao ABS-CNP/Appl/NUOL-UCPH2026
 This permission is granted to the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, represented by Lars Båstrup-Spohr, Associate Professor at the Freshwater Biology Section, in collaboration under the MOA and Project Agreement with the National University of Laos, for the research titled “The Plain of Jars Research Project.”
31 Oct 2025
31 Oct 2026
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Information
Yes
- Organization: National University of Laos () | ABSCH-CON-LA-280802-1
Organization:
National University of Laos ()
Academic or research institute
Dong Dok Campus, Xaythany District, Vientiane Prefecture
, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Phone:
Fax:
Website:
Confidential information
- Organization: Freshwater Biology Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen () | ABSCH-CON-LA-280803-1
Organization:
Freshwater Biology Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen ()
Academic or research institute
Universitetsparken 4, København Ø
Copenhagen,
, Denmark
Phone: +4535321166,
Fax:
Website:
Confidential information
Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) Information
Yes
 The Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the National University of Laos, Lao PDR, and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, on 11 November 2022. 
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
This research will be conducted at the Plain of Jars UNESCO World Heritage Site, Xieng Khouang Province, Lao PDR, with the aim of collecting 369 water sample tubes and 60 eDNA filters for phytoplankton and environmental DNA analysis. 
Confidential information
Information on the utilization of the genetic resource(s)
  • Non-Commercial
  1. The applicant is required to share the research results and related publications with the local project partners and the Lao ABS Authority, in order to acknowledge the resource providers. 
  2. This permission applies only to the specific research mentioned above. 
  3. If further experiments on the resources, or the use of their digital sequence information (DSI), are intended for commercialization purposes, the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, must inform the ABS Authority and the local partner to establish a new ABS Agreement. 
  4. The applicant is also required to acknowledge the country of origin of the genetic resources when producing or using digital sequence information (DSI) derived from those resources. 
The collected samples mentioned above are not allowed to be transferred to any third party without permission from the Lao ABS Authority and the local implementing partner in Lao PDR. 
Additional Information
The water samples will be exported from the Lao PDR to the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, for conducting taxonomic assessments of phytoplankton and environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis through sequencing and taxonomic identification using eDNA techniques. 
Amendment history
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Kongchay Phimmakong (kongchaybeechan@gmail.com)
28 Oct 2025 05:50
on 28 Oct 2025 05:50