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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 09 Jul 2025
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-279729-1
- 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/SBSPA/PPSA/NEMPAA/NEMICMA/RES2024-16
01 Jan 2025
31 Dec 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: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Government () | ABSCH-CON-ZA-279414-1
Organization:
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Government ()
Government agency (National/Federal)
5th Floor Foretrust Building, Martin Hammerschlag Way
Cape Town, Western Cape
8001, South Africa
Phone: 0844144525,
Fax:
Confidential information
This permit allows collection, possession and transportation of marine organisms for the purpose of bona fide research subjected 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
This permit allows collection, possession and transportation of marine organisms for the purpose of research 
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
This permit is intended to facilitate bona fide research and should not be used for the purposes of financial
gain by the permit holder.
Confidential information
Information on the utilization of the genetic resource(s)
  • Non-Commercial
Scientific investigation or practical experiment which includes the collection, possession and transportation of
marine species. 
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 other bioprospecting context.
Species collected in terms of this permit shall not be sold or offered for sale.
Additional Information
Amendment history
Unique identifier Status Date
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-279729-1
REVOKED OLD VERSION PUBLISHED DELETED
Ntambudzeni Nepfumembe (nnepfumembe@dffe.gov.za)
09 Jul 2025 20:11
on 09 Jul 2025 20:11