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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 22 Jan 2025
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-276694-1
- Competent National Authority: | ABSCH-CNA-ZA-203907-3
Competent National Authority:
National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment ()
473 Steve Biko Road
Pretoria, Gauteng Province
0083, South Africa
Phone: +27 12 399 9611/8917/9612/9590,
Fax: +27 12 359 3636,
Details of the permit or its equivalent
SOUTH AFRICA/MLRA/NEMA/NEMBA/NEMPAA/SBSPA/PPSA/NEMICMA/RES2025-05
01 Dec 2024
30 Nov 2025 Expired
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Information
Yes
- Organization: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) | ABSCH-CON-ZA-260333-2
Organization:
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Government agency (National/Federal)
5th Floor Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way
Cape Town, Western Cape
8001, South Africa
Phone: +27 21 402 3546,
Fax: +27 21 402 3639,
Confidential information
- Organization: Fugro Survey Africa (Pty) Ltd () | ABSCH-CON-ZA-276641-1
Organization:
Fugro Survey Africa (Pty) Ltd ()
Private sector (business and industry)
Unit S2, 2nd Floor, 1 Waterhouse Place, Century City Boulevard
Century City, Western Cape
, South Africa
Phone: +27 82 380 0303,
Fax:
Confidential information
This permit allows collection, possession and transportation of marine organisms for the purpose of teaching, research and may not be used for commercial gain, the permit is subject to the provisions and regulations of the following laws:
a) The Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998)
b) The National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)
c) The National Environment Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)
d) The National Environment Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)
e) The Sea Birds and Seals Protection Act, 1973 (Act No. 46 of 1973)
f) The Prevention of Pollution from Ships Act, 1986 (Act No. 2 of 1986)
g) The National Environment Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008)
h) Any other relevant law
Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) Information
Yes
1. This permit is intended to facilitate bona fide research and should not be used for the purposes of financial
gain by the permit holder. 
2. This permit may not be used in marketing materials of the Permit Holders, or in any way which seeks to solicit business for the Permit Holder.
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
This permit covers species scientific investigation or identification activities which includes the collection, possession and transportation of various benthic macrofauna such as annelids, arthropods, mollusks, echinoderms, and meiofauna. 
Confidential information
Information on the utilization of the genetic resource(s)
  • Non-Commercial
The summary of the research findings and outcomes including the dates, locations, species and quantities
collected should be submitted to the Issuing Authority.
No specimens should be used in any way in a bioprospecting context.
Species collected in terms of this permit shall not be sold or offered for sale.
Additional Information
The specimens will be sent to Fugro UK labs in the United Kingdom for identification, with the intention to return voucher specimens to the Iziko Museum in South Africa after the completion of the counts.


Amendment history
Unique identifier Status Date
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-276694-1
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Ntambudzeni Nepfumembe (nnepfumembe@dffe.gov.za)
22 Jan 2025 06:50
on 22 Jan 2025 06:50