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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 28 Oct 2025
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-LA-280842-1
- 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/IPL-MSKU2026
This permission is granted to the Institut Pasteur du Laos, represented by Dr. Moritoshi Iwagami, Head of the Parasitology Laboratory, in collaboration with Mahasarakham University, Thailand, for joint research activities under the title “Environmental DNA (eDNA) Technique and Eco-Health Education Approaches Toward the Control of Opisthorchiasis and Schistosomiasis in the Lao PDR under the JICA SATREPS Project.”
31 Oct 2025
31 Oct 2026
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Information
Yes
- Organization: Institute Pasteur du Laos () | ABSCH-CON-LA-273060-2
Organization:
Institute Pasteur du Laos ()
Academic or research institute
Samsenthai Road, Ban Kao-Gnot, Sisattanak District Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
,
, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Phone: +856 21 285321,
Fax: +856 21 285326,
Confidential information
- Organization: The Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Science Research Unit and Center of Excellence in Biodiversity Research, Mahasarakham University () | ABSCH-CON-LA-280624-1
Organization:
The Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Science Research Unit and Center of Excellence in Biodiversity Research, Mahasarakham University ()
Academic or research institute
41/20, Kham Riang
Kantharawichai District, Mahasarakham
, Thailand
Phone: Tel: +66 43719800,
Fax:
Website:
Confidential information
Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) Information
Yes
The Material Transfer Agreement was signed on 16 September 2025 between the Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL), the Ministry of Health of the Lao PDR, and Mahasarakham University, Thailand. 
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
Freshwater snails (Bithynia siamensis) were collected from 12 villages in Khong and Mounlapamok Districts, Champasak Province, Lao PDR  
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 to properly acknowledge the resource providers. 
  2. This permission is granted for the specific research mentioned above only. 
  3.  If further experiments on the resources or their digital sequence information are intended for commercialization purposes, Mahasarakham University, Thailand, must inform the ABS authority and the local partner to establish a new ABS agreement. 
  4.  The applicant is required to acknowledge the country of origin of the genetic resources when generating or using digital sequence information (DSI) derived from those resources. 
 The collected samples mentioned above are not allowed to be shared with any third party without permission from the Lao ABS authority and the Institut Pasteur du Laos. 
Additional Information
 Approximately 30 samples of freshwater snails (Bithynia siamensis), preserved in 80% ethanol, will be exported from the Lao PDR to Mahasarakham University, Thailand, for an observational study of snail morphology using a scanning electron microscope. 
Amendment history
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Kongchay Phimmakong (kongchaybeechan@gmail.com)
28 Oct 2025 10:19
on 28 Oct 2025 10:19