In force · As amended up to 2026-08
66. The provisions of this Part shall apply to all inspections conducted pursuant to this Convention, except where the provisions of this Part differ from the provisions set forth for specific types of inspections in Parts III to XI of this Annex, in which case the latter provisions shall take precedence.
66. For a chemical weapons production facility that is not being used for purposes not prohibited under this Convention when this Convention enters into force for the State Party, the request shall be submitted to the Director-General not later than 30 days after the decision to convert, but in no case later
than four years after this Convention enters into force for the State Party. The request shall contain the following information:
(a) A detailed justification for the request, including its economic needs;
(b) A general facility conversion plan that specifies:
(i) The nature of the activity planned to be conducted at the facility;
(ii) If the planned activity involves production, processing, or consumption of chemicals: the name of each of the chemicals, the flow diagram of the facility, and the quantities planned to be produced, processed, or consumed annually;
(iii) Which buildings or structures are proposed to be retained and what modifications are proposed, if any;
(iv) Which buildings or structures have been destroyed or are proposed to be destroyed and the plans for destruction;
(v) What equipment is proposed for use in the facility;
(vi) What equipment is proposed to be removed and destroyed and the plans for its destruction;
(vii) The proposed schedule for conversion; and
(viii) The nature of the activity of each other facility operating at the site; and
(c) A detailed explanation of how the measures set forth in sub-paragraph (b), as well as any other measures proposed by the State Party, will ensure the prevention of standby chemical weapons production capability at the facility.
66. At each chemical weapons destruction facility, to provide assurance that no chemical weapons are diverted and that the destruction process has been completed, inspectors shall have the right to verify through their physical presence and monitoring with on-site instruments:
(a) The receipt of chemical weapons at the facility;
(b) The temporary holding area for chemical weapons and the specific type and quantity of chemical weapons stored in that area;
(c) The specific type and quantity of chemical weapons being destroyed;
- (d) The process of destruction;
(e) The end-product of destruction;
- (f) The mutilation of metal parts; and
(g) The integrity of the destruction process and of the facility as a whole.
67. Inspectors shall have the right to tag, for sampling, munitions, devices, or containers located in the temporary holding areas at the chemical weapons destruction facilities.
Source: India Code