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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 02 Oct 2026
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-LA-301289-1
- 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/UTJP026
This permission is granted to the Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan, represented by Dr. Teruo Fujii, President of The University of Tokyo, in collaboration with the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MOAE), Lao PDR, under the academic cooperation project entitled “Conducting Research Activities on the Component Analysis and Investigation of the Metabolization Mechanisms of Wild Edible Plants in Laos.”
30 Sep 2026
30 Sep 2027
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Information
Yes
- Organization: The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Lao PDR () | ABSCH-CON-LA-301222-1
Organization:
The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Lao PDR ()
Nongviengkhame village, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital
,
, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Phone: +856 21770094, +856 2022840755,
Fax:
Website:
Confidential information
- Organization: The Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo () | ABSCH-CON-LA-301223-1
Organization:
The Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo ()
Academic or research institute
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654
,
, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3812-2111, +81-3-5841-3678,
Fax:
Website:
Confidential information
Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) Information
Yes
 The Academic Cooperation Agreement between the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MOAE), Lao PDR, and the Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan, was signed on 2 September 2024. 
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
 A total of 123 edible plant samples were collected as part of this project. Traditional knowledge associated with these samples was also documented. 
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 ensure proper acknowledgment of the resource providers.
  2. This permission is granted solely for the specific research mentioned above.
  3. If further experiments on the resources or their digital sequence information and Traditional Knowledge associated with genetic resources are intended for commercialization purposes, the Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan, 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 edible plant samples collected as described above shall not be shared with any third party without prior permission from the Lao ABS authority and the implementing partner in Lao PDR. 
Additional Information
 All collected edible plant specimens will be transported from Lao PDR to The University of Tokyo, Japan, and to laboratories at RIKEN, the National Institute of Public Health, the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kanazawa University, and Tohoku University for component analysis and investigation of their metabolization mechanisms. 
Amendment history
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Kongchay Phimmakong (kongchaybeechan@gmail.com)
02 Oct 2026 05:17
on 02 Oct 2026 05:17