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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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published: 27 Jun 2025 last updated: 15 Apr 2026
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-279467-2
Permit holder applied for IRCC extension. The request was supported by DFFE research permit under reference number: RES2026/72
- 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/RES2025-76/RES2026/72
01 Mar 2026
28 Feb 2027
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: Nelson Mandela University (NMU) | ABSCH-CON-ZA-269758-5
Organization:
Nelson Mandela University (NMU)
Academic or research institute
Dr. Silke Laakmann Dr Pierre Pistorius University Way, Summerstrand,
Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
6011, South Africa
Phone: +27 41 504 2383,
Fax:
Confidential information
This permit allows collection, possession and transportation of marine organisms (Stipulated under section 9.4 of permit no RES2025-76)  for the purpose of teaching and/or research 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. The indigenous stromatolite water and sediments samples from these marine water samples to which the permission pertains may be utilized solely for non-commercial research
objectives as defined in the permit and set research by the permit holder.
2. The indigenous stromatolite water and sediments to which the letter/permit related may not be
utilized for bioprospecting without a previous permit obtained in accordance with NEMBA and the BABS
Regulations.
3. The permit prohibits the collection and transportation of the following species:
(i) Rock lobsters
(ii) Oysters
(iii) Abalone species
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
To export stromatolite water and sediments for e-DNA research to the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at
the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) in Germany for the purpose of bona fide research only.
Confidential information
Information on the utilization of the genetic resource(s)
  • Non-Commercial
The e-DNA data should be submitted with the South African collaborator/PI who will then provide it to the
designated authority.
Water samples collected in terms of this permit shall not be sold or offered for sale.
Additional Information
The specimens will be sent to the below Institution in Germany for analysis:
Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity
University of Oldenburg (HIFMB)
Im Technologiepark 5
 26129 Oldenburg
Phone: +4947148312566
Email: silke.laakmann@hifmb.de

Analysed data will be shared with the University of Johannesburg for finalization of the study. 
Amendment history
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Ntambudzeni Nepfumembe (nnepfumembe@dffe.gov.za)
15 Apr 2026 12:57
on 15 Apr 2026 12:57
Permit holder applied for IRCC extension. The request was supported by DFFE research permit under reference number: RES2026/72
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ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-279467-1
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Ntambudzeni Nepfumembe (nnepfumembe@dffe.gov.za)
27 Jun 2025 07:32
on 27 Jun 2025 07:32