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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 10 Jul 2025
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-279751-1
- 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/BABS/NEMPAA/RES2024-16/RES2025-29
01 Mar 2025
28 Feb 2026 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: 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
Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) Information
Yes
1. The indigenous marine water samples and extracted e-DNA genetic and biological resources 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 e-DNA genetic and biological resources 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.

Refer to permit Reference Number: Res2025-29 for detailed permit conditions.
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
To export water samples 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:
Focus Group Marine Molecular Ecology, Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of
Oldenburg (HIFMB) and Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research
Academic or research institute
Dr. Silke Laakmann
Phone: +4947148312566
Email: silke.laakmann@hifmb.de
Amendment history
Unique identifier Status Date
ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-279751-1
REVOKED OLD VERSION PUBLISHED DELETED
Ntambudzeni Nepfumembe (nnepfumembe@dffe.gov.za)
10 Jul 2025 16:25
on 10 Jul 2025 16:25