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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 26 Feb 2026
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-LA-284374-1
- 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/NCMAS-USA26
 This permission is granted to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, USA, represented by Dr. Bryan L. Stuart, Research Curator of Herpetology, to access and utilize amphibian and reptile specimens in academic cooperation with the Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, National University of Laos, Lao PDR. 
24 Feb 2026
28 Feb 2027
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Information
Yes
- Organization: Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, National University of Laos () | ABSCH-CON-LA-282335-1
Organization:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, National University of Laos ()
Academic or research institute
DongDok Village, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital
, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Phone: +85620 5577 8410,
Fax:
Website:
Confidential information
- Organization: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, United States of America () | ABSCH-CON-LA-282336-1
Organization:
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, United States of America ()
Academic or research institute
1671 Gold Star Drive
, Raleigh, North Carolina
, United States of America
Phone: 919.707.8861,
Fax:
Website:
Confidential information
Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) Information
Yes
The Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) between the Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, National University of Laos, Lao PDR, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, USA, was signed on 21 January 2026. 
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
Eighty-five (85) specimens of amphibians and reptiles (Amolops sp., Gracixalus sp., Kurixalus sp., Leptobrachella sp., Leptobrachium sp., Nanorana sp., Xenophrys sp., Odorrana sp., Ophryophryne sp., Philautus sp., Quasipaa sp., Pseudorana sp., Rhacophorus sp., Sylvirana sp., Scincella sp., Pareas sp.) 
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 described above.
  3.  If further experiments on the resources, or the use of their digital sequence information (DSI), are intended for commercialization purposes, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, USA, 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 specimens collected, as described above, shall not be transferred to any third party without prior permission from the Lao ABS Authority and the local implementing partner in Lao PDR. 
Additional Information
85 Specimens of Amphibians and Reptiles will be exported from Laos to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, USA, for analysis by DNA sequencing.
Amendment history
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Kongchay Phimmakong (kongchaybeechan@gmail.com)
26 Feb 2026 09:08
on 26 Feb 2026 09:08