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d) Detailed inventory of equipment, buildings and Structures and other items to be destroyed and of the buildings and structures to be modified;

e) Measures to be applied to each item on the inventory, if any;

f) Proposed measures for verification;

g) Security/safety measures to be observed during the conversion of the facility; and

h) Working and living conditions to be provided for inspectors.

Review of detailed plans

79 — On the basis of the detailed plan for conversion and proposed measures for verification submitted by the State Party, and on experience from previous inspections, the Technical Secretariat shall prepare a plan for verifying the conversion of the facility, consulting closely with the State Party. Any differences between the Technical Secretariat and the State Party concerning appropriate measures shall be resolved through consultations. Any unresolved matters shall be forwarded to the Executive Council for appropriate action with a view to facilitate the full implementation of this Convention.

80 — To ensure that the provisions of article v and this part are fulfilled, the combined plans for conversion and verification shall be agreed upon between the Executive Council and the State Party. This agreement shall be completed not less than 60 days before conversion is planned to begin.

81 —Each member of the Executive Council may consult with the Technical Secretariat on any issue regarding the adequacy of the combined plan for conversion and verification. If there are no objections by any member of the Executive Council, the plan shall be put into action.

82 — If there are any difficulties, the Executive Council should enter into consultations with the State Party to reconcile them. If any difficulties remain unresolved, they should be referred to the Conference. The resolution of any differences over methods of conversion should not delay the execution of other parts of the conversion plan that are acceptable.

83 — If agreement is not reached with the Executive Council on aspects of verification, or if the approved verification plan cannot be put into action, verification of conversion shall proceed through continuous monitoring with on-site instruments and physical presence of inspectors.

84 — Conversion and verification shall proceed according to the agreed plan. The verification shall not unduly interfere with the conversion process and shall be conducted through the presence of inspectors to confirm the conversion.

85 — For the 10 years after the Director-General certifies that conversion is complete, the State Party shall provide to inspectors unimpeded access to the facility at any time. The inspectors shall have the right to observe all areas, all activities, and all items of equipment at the facility. The inspectors shall have the right to verify that the activities at the facility are consistent with any conditions established under this section, by the Executive Council and the Conference. The inspectors shall also have the right, in accordance with provisions of part n, section E, of this Annex to receive samples from any area of the facility and to analyse them to verify the absence of schedule 1 chemicals, their stable by-products and decomposition products and of schedule 2 chemicals and to verify that the activities at the

facility are consistent with any other conditions on chemical activities established under this Section, by the Executive Council and the Conference. The inspectors shall also have the right to managed access, in accordance with part x, section C, of this Annex, to the plant site at which the facility is located. During the 10-year period, the State Party shall report annually on the activities at the convened facility. Upon completion of the 10-year period, the Executive Council, taking into account recommendations of the Technical Secretariat, shall decide on the nature of continued verification measures.

86 — Costs of verification of the converted facility shall be allocated in accordance with article v, paragraph 19.

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

1 — A State Party shall not produce, acquire, retain or use schedule 1 chemicals outside the territories of States Parties and shall not transfer such chemicals outside its territory except to another State Party.

2 — A State Party shall not produce, acquire, retain, transfer or use schedule 1 chemicals unless:

a) The chemicals are applied to research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective purposes; and

b) The types and quantities of chemicals are strictly limited to those which can be justified for such purposes; and

c) The aggregate amount of such chemicals at any given time for such purposes is equal to or )ess than 1 tonne; and

d) The aggregate amount for such purposes acquired by a State Party in any year through production, withdrawal from chemical weapons slocks and transfer is equal to or less than 1 tonne.

B — Transfers

3 — A State Party may transfer schedule I chemicals outside its territory only to another State Party and only for research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective purposes in accordance with paragraph 2.

4 — Chemicals transferred shall not be retransferred to a third State.

5 — Not less than 30 days before any transfer to another State Party both States Parties shall notify the Technical Secretariat of the transfer.

6 — Each State Party shall make a detailed annual declaration regarding transfers during the previous year. Tht declaration shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the end of that year and shall for each schedule 1 chemical that has been transferred include the following information:

a) The chemical name, structural formula and Chemical Abstracts Service registry number, if assigned;

b) The quantity acquired from other States or transferred to other States Parties. For each transfer the quantity, recipient and purpose shall be included.