Section 10. Power of National Authority to issue directions

10. Power of National Authority to issue directions. —Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law but subject to the provisions of this Act ,the National Authority may, in the exercise of its powers and performance of its functions under this Act, issue directions in writing to any person, officer or authority and such person, officer or authority shall be bound to comply with such directions. 10. "Production Capacity" means: The annual quantitative potential for manufacturing a specific chemical based on the technological process actually used or, if the process is not yet operational, planned to be used at the relevant facility. It shall be deemed to be equal to the nameplate capacity or, if the nameplate capacity is not available, to the design capacity. The nameplate capacity is the product output under conditions optimized for maximum quantity for the production facility, as demonstrated by one or more test-runs. The design capacity is the corresponding theoretically calculated product output. 10. Each State Party, during transportation, sampling, storage and destruction of chemical weapons, shall assign the highest priority to ensuring the safety of people and to protecting the environment. Each State Party shall transport, sample, store and destroy chemical weapons in accordance with its national standards for safety and emissions. 10. If a State ratifies or accedes to this Convention after the 10-year period for destruction set forth in paragraph 8, it shall destroy chemical weapons production facilities specified in paragraph 1 as soon as possible. The order of destruction and procedures for stringent verification for such a State Party shall be determined by the Executive Council. 10. In conducting verification activities, the Technical Secretariat shall avoid undue intrusion into the State Party's chemical activities for purposes not prohibited under this Convention and, in particular, abide by the provisions set forth in the Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information (hereinafter referred to as "Confidentiality Annex"). 10. The first session of the Conference shall be convened by the depositary not later than 30 days after the entry into force of this Convention. 10. For the purpose of verifying compliance with the provisions of this Convention, each State Party shall permit the Technical Secretariat to conduct the on-site challenge inspection pursuant to paragraph 8. 10. The Executive Council shall meet not later than 24 hours after receiving an investigation report to consider the situation and shall take a decision by simple majority within the following 24 hours on whether to instruct the Technical Secretariat to provide supplementary assistance. The Technical Secretariat shall immediately transmit to all States Parties and relevant international Organizations the investigation report and the decision taken by the Executive Council. When so decided by the Executive Council, the Director-General shall provide assistance immediately. For this purpose, the DirectorGeneral may cooperate with the requesting State Party, other States Parties and relevant international Organizations. The States Parties shall make the fullest possible efforts to provide assistance. 10. "In-Country Period" means the period from the arrival of the inspection team at a point of entry until its departure from the State at a point of entry. 10. Each State Party shall, not later than 30 days after acknowledgment of receipt of the list of inspectors and inspection assistants or of changes thereto, provide multiple entry/exit and/or transit visas and other such documents to enable each inspector or inspection assistant to enter and to remain on the territory of that State Party for the purpose of carrying out inspection activities. These documents shall be valid for at least two years after their provision to the Technical Secretariat. 10. Where applicable, the Technical Secretariat shall have the right to have continuous monitoring instruments and systems and seals installed and to use them, in conformity with the relevant provisions in this Convention and the facility agreements between States Parties and the Organization. 10. Maintenance activities of chemical weapons shall not include: (a) Replacement of agent or of munition bodies; (b) Modification of the original characteristics of munitions, or parts or components thereof. 10. A State Party which has abandoned chemical weapons on the territory of another State Party (hereinafter referred to as the "Abandoning State Party") shall, not later than 30 days after this Convention enters into force for it, submit to the Technical Secretariat all available relevant information concerning the abandoned chemical weapons. This information shall include, to the extent possible, the location, type, quantity as well as information on the abandonment, and the condition of the abandoned chemical weapons. 10. For a chemical weapons production facility declared pursuant to Article III, paragraph 1(c) (iii), it is the responsibility of the State Party on whose territory the facility is or has been located to make appropriate arrangements to ensure that the declarations specified in paragraphs 6 to 9 above are made. If the State Party on whose territory the facility is or has been located is not able to fulfil this obligation, it shall state the reasons therefor. B. DESTRUCTION General principles for destruction of chemical weapons production facilities 10. Production of Schedule 1 chemicals in aggregate quantities not exceeding 10 kg per year may be carried out for protective purposes at one facility outside a single small-scale facility. This facility shall be approved by the State Party. 10. Declarations of a plant site pursuant to paragraph 9 shall include: (a) The name of the plant site and the name of the owner, company, or enterprise operating it; - (b) Its precise location including the address; (c) For each plant which is located within the plant site, and which falls under the specifications set forth in paragraph 9, the same information as required under paragraph 7, sub-paragraphs (a) to (e); and (d) For each Schedule 2 chemical produced for chemical weapons purposes: (i) The chemical name, common or trade name used by the plant site for chemical weapons production purposes, structural formula, and Chemical Abstracts Service registry number, if assigned; (ii) The dates when the chemical was produced and the quantity produced; and (iii) The location to which the chemical was delivered and the final product produced there, if known. Information to States Parties 10. Declarations of a plant site pursuant to paragraph 9 shall include: (a) The name of the plant site and the name of the owner, company, or enterprise operating it; (b) Its precise location including the address; (c) For each plant which is located within the plant site, and which falls under the specifications set forth in paragraph 9, the same information as required under paragraph 7, sub-paragraphs (a) to (c); and (d) For each Schedule 3 chemical produced for chemical weapons purposes: (i) The chemical name, common or trade name used by the plant site for chemical weapons production purposes, structural formula, and Chemical Abstracts Service registry number, if assigned; (ii) The dates when the chemical was produced and the quantity produced; and (iii) The location to which the chemical was delivered and the final product produced there, if known. Information to States Parties 10. The programme and budget of the Organization to be adopted by the Conference pursuant to Article VIII, paragraph 21 (a), shall contain, as a separate item, a programme and budget for verification under this Section after its implementation has started. 10. The Director-General shall, not less than 12 hours before the planned arrival of the inspection team at the point of entry, inform the Executive Council about the location of the inspection site as specified in paragraph 7. 10. Immediately upon the receipt of a request for an investigation of alleged use of chemical weapons the Director-General shall, through contacts with the relevant States Parties, request and confirm arrangements for the safe reception of the team. 10. In order to avoid improper disclosures, inspectors and staff members shall be appropriately advised and reminded about security considerations and of the possible penalties that they would incur in the event of improper disclosure.