Chemical Weapons Convention - OPCW

1 Chemical Weapons CONVENTIONC onvention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their DestructionCONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, STOCKPILING AND USE OF Chemical Weapons AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION Version incorporating: 1. the correction of errors in the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts, pursuant to Depositary Notification , issued on 31 August 1994; 2. the addition, under Article XV of the Convention , of a new paragraph, 5bis, to Section B of Part VI of the Verification Annex, in accordance with: (a) the change to Section B of Part VI of the Verification Annex, effective 31 October 1999, pursuant to Depositary Notification , issued on 8 October 1999; together with (b) the correction to the change to Section B of Part VI of the Verification Annex, effective 9 March 2000, pursuant to Depositary Notification , issued on 13 March 2000; 3.

2 The addition, under Article XV of the Convention , of a new paragraph, 72bis, to Section D of Part V of the Verification Annex, pursuant to Depositary Notification , issued on 29 July 2005; and 4. the changes, under Article XV of the Convention , to Schedule 1 of the Annex on Chemicals, effective 7 June 2020, pursuant to Depositary Notification , issued on 23 April 2020. Table of Contents i TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE .. 1 ARTICLE I ..2 General Obligations ARTICLE II ..3 Definitions and Criteria ARTICLE III ..7 Declarations ARTICLE IV ..10 Chemical Weapons ARTICLE V ..13 Chemical Weapons Production Facilities ARTICLE VI .. 16 Activities not Prohibited Under this Convention ARTICLE VII .. 18 National Implementation Measures ARTICLE VIII .. 20 The Organization ARTICLE IX .. 30 Consultations, Cooperation and Fact-Finding ARTICLE X .. 35 Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons ARTICLE XI.

3 38 Economic and Technological Development ARTICLE XII .. 39 Measures to Redress a Situation and to Ensure Compliance, including Sanctions ARTICLE XIII .. 39 Relation to Other International Agreements ARTICLE XIV .. 40 Settlement of Disputes ARTICLE XV .. 41 Amendments Table of Contents ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) ARTICLE XVI .. 43 Duration and Withdrawal ARTICLE XVII .. 43 Status of the Annexes ARTICLE XVIII .. 43 Signature ARTICLE XIX .. 43 Ratification ARTICLE XX .. 44 Accession ARTICLE XXI .. 44 Entry into Force ARTICLE XXII .. 44 Reservations ARTICLE XXIII .. 44 Depositary ARTICLE XXIV .. 45 Authentic Texts ANNEX ON CHEMICALS A. GUIDELINES FOR SCHEDULES OF CHEMICALS .. 49 B. SCHEDULES OF CHEMICALS .. 51 Table of Contents iii TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) ANNEX ON IMPLEMENTATION AND VERIFICATION ("VERIFICATION ANNEX") PART I DEFINITIONS .. 65 PART II GENERAL RULES OF VERIFICATION A. DESIGNATION OF INSPECTORS AND INSPECTION ASSISTANTS.

4 70 B. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .. 71 C. STANDING ARRANGEMENTS .. 73 Points of entry .. 73 Arrangements for use of non-scheduled aircraft .. 74 Administrative arrangements .. 74 Approved equipment .. 75 D. PRE-INSPECTION ACTIVITIES .. 75 Notification .. 75 Entry into the territory of the inspected State Party or Host State and transfer to the inspection site ..76 Pre-inspection briefing .. 76 E. CONDUCT OF INSPECTIONS .. 75 General rules .. 77 Safety .. 77 Communications .. 77 Inspection team and inspected State Party 78 Collection, handling and analysis of samples .. 77 Extension of inspection duration .. 80 Debriefing .. 80 F. DEPARTURE .. 80 G. REPORTS .. 80 H. APPLICATION OF GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 81 PART III GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR VERIFICATION MEASURES PURSUANT TO ARTICLES IV, V AND VI, PARAGRAPH 3 A. INITIAL INSPECTIONS AND FACILITY AGREEMENTS .. 82 B. STANDING ARRANGEMENTS .. 83 Table of Contents iv TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) C.

5 PRE-INSPECTION ACTIVITIES .. 84 PART IV (A) DESTRUCTION OF Chemical Weapons AND ITS VERIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IV A. DECLARATIONS .. 85 Chemical Weapons .. 85 Declarations of Chemical Weapons pursuant to Article III, paragraph 1 (a) (iii) ..87 Declarations of past transfers and receipts .. 87 Submission of the general plan for destruction of Chemical Weapons .. 87 B. MEASURES TO SECURE THE STORAGE FACILITY AND STORAGE FACILITY PREPARATION .. 88 C. DESTRUCTION .. 89 Principles and methods for destruction of Chemical Weapons .. 89 Order of destruction .. 89 Modification of intermediate destruction deadlines .. 91 Extension of the deadline for completion of destruction .. 90 Detailed annual plans for destruction .. 92 Annual reports on destruction .. 94 D. VERIFICATION .. 94 Verification of declarations of Chemical Weapons through on-site inspection 94 Systematic verification of storage facilities.

6 95 Inspections and visits .. 95 Systematic verification of the destruction of Chemical Weapons .. 96 Chemical Weapons storage facilities at Chemical Weapons destruction facilities ..98 Systematic on-site verification measures at Chemical Weapons destruction facilities ..99 PART IV (B) OLD Chemical Weapons AND ABANDONED Chemical Weapons A. GENERAL .. 101 B. REGIME FOR OLD Chemical Weapons .. 101 C. REGIME FOR ABANDONED Chemical Weapons .. 102 Table of Contents v TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) PART V DESTRUCTION OF Chemical Weapons PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND ITS VERIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V A. DECLARATIONS .. 104 Declarations of Chemical Weapons production facilities .. 104 Declarations of Chemical Weapons production facilities pursuant to Article III, paragraph 1 (c) (iii) ..104 Declarations of past transfers and receipts .. 106 Submission of general plans for destruction .. 106 Submission of annual plans for destruction and annual reports on destruction.

7 107 B. DESTRUCTION .. 108 General principles for destruction of Chemical Weapons production facilities ..108 Principles and methods for closure of a Chemical Weapons production facility ..108 Technical maintenance of Chemical Weapons production facilities prior to their destruction ..108 Principles and methods for temporary conversion of Chemical Weapons production facilities into Chemical Weapons destruction facilities ..109 Principles and methods related to destruction of a Chemical Weapons production facility ..110 Order of destruction .. 111 Detailed plans for destruction .. 112 Review of detailed plans .. 113 C. VERIFICATION .. 114 Verification of declarations of Chemical Weapons production facilities through on-site inspection ..114 Systematic verification of Chemical Weapons production facilities and cessation of their activities ..115 Verification of destruction of Chemical Weapons production facilities.

8 116 Verification of temporary conversion of a Chemical Weapons production facility into a Chemical Weapons destruction D. CONVERSION OF Chemical Weapons PRODUCTION FACILITIES TO PURPOSES NOT PROHIBITED UNDER THIS Convention .. 117 Procedures for requesting conversion .. 117 Actions pending a decision .. 119 Conditions for conversion .. 119 Decisions by the Executive Council and the Conference .. 120 Table of Contents vi TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Detailed plans for conversion .. 121 Review of detailed plans .. 121 PART VI ACTIVITIES NOT PROHIBITED UNDER THIS Convention IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VI REGIME FOR SCHEDULE 1 CHEMICALS AND FACILITIES RELATED TO SUCH CHEMICALS A. GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 123 B. TRANSFERS .. 123 C. PRODUCTION .. 124 General principles for production .. 124 Single small-scale facility .. 124 Other facilities .. 124 D. DECLARATIONS.

9 123 Single small-scale facility .. 125 Other facilities referred to in paragraphs 10 and 11 .. 126 E. VERIFICATION .. 127 Single small-scale facility .. 127 Other facilities referred to in paragraphs 10 and 11 .. 128 PART VII ACTIVITIES NOT PROHIBITED UNDER THIS Convention IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VI REGIME FOR SCHEDULE 2 CHEMICALS AND FACILITIESRELATED TO SUCH CHEMICALS A. DECLARATIONS .. 129 Declarations of aggregate national data .. 129 Declarations of plant sites producing, processing or consuming Schedule 2 chemicals ..129 Declarations on past production of Schedule 2 chemicals for Chemical Weapons purposes ..131 Information to States Parties .. 132 B. VERIFICATION .. 132 General .. 132 Inspection aims .. 132 Table of Contents vii TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Initial inspections .. 133 Inspections .. 133 Inspection procedures .. 134 Notification of inspection.

10 135 C. TRANSFERS TO STATES NOT PARTY TO THIS Convention .. 135 PART VIII ACTIVITIES NOT PROHIBITED UNDER THIS Convention IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VI REGIME FOR SCHEDULE 3 CHEMICALS AND FACILITIES RELATED TO SUCH CHEMICALS A. DECLARATIONS .. 136 Declarations of aggregate national data .. 136 Declarations of plant sites producing Schedule 3 chemicals .. 136 Declarations on past production of Schedule 3 chemicals for Chemical Weapons purposes ..137 Information to States Parties .. 138 B. VERIFICATION .. 138 General .. 138 Inspection aims .. 139 Inspection procedures .. 139 Notification of inspection .. 140 C. TRANSFERS TO STATES NOT PARTY TO THIS Convention .. 140 PART IX ACTIVITIES NOT PROHIBITED UNDER THIS Convention IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VI REGIME FOR OTHER Chemical PRODUCTION FACILITIES A. DECLARATIONS .. 141 List of other Chemical production facilities .. 141 Assistance by the Technical 142 Information to States Parties.