Article III

Declarations

    1. Each State Party shall submit to the Organization, not later than 30 days after this Convention enters into force for it, the following declarations, in which it shall:
      1. With respect to chemical weapons:
        1. Declare whether it owns or possesses any chemical weapons, or whether there are any chemical weapons located in any place under its jurisdiction or control;
        2. Specify the precise location, aggregate quantity and detailed inventory of chemical weapons it owns or possesses, or that are located in any place under its jurisdiction or control, in accordance with Part IV (A), paragraphs 1 to 3, of the Verification Annex, except for those chemical weapons referred to in sub-subparagraph (iii);
        3. Report any chemical weapons on its territory that are owned and possessed by another State and located in any place under the jurisdiction or control of another State, in accordance with Part IV (A), paragraph 4, of the Verification Annex;
        4. Declare whether it has transferred or received, directly or indirectly, any chemical weapons since 1 January 1946 and specify the transfer or receipt of such weapons, in accordance with Part IV (A), paragraph 5, of the Verification Annex;
        5. Provide its general plan for destruction of chemical weapons that it owns or possesses, or that are located in any place under its jurisdiction or control, in accordance with Part IV (A), paragraph 6, of the Verification Annex;
      2. With respect to old chemical weapons and abandoned chemical weapons:
        1. Declare whether it has on its territory old chemical weapons and provide all available information in accordance with Part IV (B), paragraph 3, of the Verification Annex;
        2. Declare whether there are abandoned chemical weapons on its territory and provide all available information in accordance with Part IV (B), paragraph 8, of the Verification Annex;
        3. Declare whether it has abandoned chemical weapons on the territory of other States and provide all available information in accordance with Part IV (B), paragraph 10, of the Verification Annex;
      3. With respect to chemical weapons production facilities:
        1. Declare whether it has or has had any chemical weapons production facility under its ownership or possession, or that is or has been located in any place under its jurisdiction or control at any time since 1 January 1946;
        2. Specify any chemical weapons production facility it has or has had under its ownership or possession or that is or has been located in any place under its jurisdiction or control at any time since 1 January 1946, in accordance with Part V, paragraph 1, of the Verification Annex, except for those facilities referred to in sub-subparagraph (iii);
        3. Report any chemical weapons production facility on its territory that another State has or has had under its ownership and possession and that is or has been located in any place under the jurisdiction or control of another State at any time since 1 January 1946, in accordance with Part V, paragraph 2, of the Verification Annex;
        4. Declare whether it has transferred or received, directly or indirectly, any equipment for the production of chemical weapons since 1 January 1946 and specify the transfer or receipt of such equipment, in accordance with Part V, paragraphs 3 to 5, of the Verification Annex;
        5. Provide its general plan for destruction of any chemical weapons production facility it owns or possesses, or that is located in any place under its jurisdiction or control, in accordance with Part V, paragraph 6, of the Verification Annex;
        6. Specify actions to be taken for closure of any chemical weapons production facility it owns or possesses, or that is located in any place under its jurisdiction or control, in accordance with Part V, paragraph 1 (i), of the Verification Annex;
        7. Provide its general plan for any temporary conversion of any chemical weapons production facility it owns or possesses, or that is located in any place under its jurisdiction or control, into a chemical weapons destruction facility, in accordance with Part V, paragraph 7, of the Verification Annex;
      4. With respect to other facilities:Specify the precise location, nature and general scope of activities of any facility or establishment under its ownership or possession, or located in any place under its jurisdiction or control, and that has been designed, constructed or used since 1 January 1946 primarily for development of chemical weapons. Such declaration shall include, inter alia, laboratories and test and evaluation sites;
      5. With respect to riot control agents: Specify the chemical name, structural formula and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number, if assigned, of each chemical it holds for riot control purposes. This declaration shall be updated not later than 30 days after any change becomes effective.
    2. The provisions of this Article and the relevant provisions of Part IV of the Verification Annex shall not, at the discretion of a State Party, apply to chemical weapons buried on its territory before 1 January 1977 and which remain buried, or which had been dumped at sea before 1 January 1985.

    Preamble

    Article I - General Obligations

    Article II - Definitions and Criteria

    Article IV - Chemical Weapons

    Article V - Chemical Weapons Production Facilities

    Article VI - Activities Not Prohibited Under this Convention

    Article VII - National Implementation Measures

    Article VIII - The Organization

    Article IX - Consultations, Cooperation and Fact‑Finding

    Article X - Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons

    Article XI - Economic and Technological Development

    Article XII - Measures to Redress a Situation and to Ensure Compliance, including Sanctions

    Article XIII - Relation to Other International Agreements

    Article XIV - Settlement of Disputes

    Article XV - Amendments

    Article XVI - Duration and Withdrawal

    Article XVII - Status of the Annexes

    Article XVIII - Signature

    Article XIX - Ratification

    Article XX - Accession

    Article XXI - Entry Into Force

    Article XXII - Reservations

    Article XXIII - Depositary

    Article XXIV - Authentic Texts

    Articles

    Preamble
    General Obligations
    Definitions and Criteria
    Declarations
    Chemical Weapons
    Chemical Weapons Production Facilities
    Activities Not Prohibited Under this Convention
    National Implementation Measures
    The Organization
    Consultations, Cooperation and Fact‑Finding
    Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons
    Economic and Technological Development
    Measures to Redress a Situation and to Ensure Compliance, including Sanctions
    Relation to Other International Agreements
    Settlement of Disputes
    Amendments
    Duration and Withdrawal
    Status of the Annexes
    Signature
    Ratification
    Accession
    Entry Into Force
    Reservations
    Depositary
    Authentic Texts

    Annexes

    Annex on Chemicals

    Annex on Chemicals

    Table 1
    Table 2
    Table 3

    Confidentiality Annex

    Verification Annex

    Definitions
    General Rules of Verification
    General Provisions for Verification Measures Pursuant to Articles IV, V and VI, Paragraph 3
    Destruction of Chemical Weapons and Its Verification Pursuant to Article IV
    Old Chemical Weapons and Abandoned Chemical Weapons
    Destruction of Chemical Weapons Production Facilities and Its Verification Pursuant to Article V
    Activities Not Prohibited under this Convention in Accordance with Article VI
    Challenge Inspections Pursuant to Article IX
    Investigations In Cases Of Alleged Use Of Chemical Weapons

    Articles

    Preamble
    General Obligations
    Definitions and Criteria
    Declarations
    Chemical Weapons
    Chemical Weapons Production Facilities
    Activities Not Prohibited Under this Convention
    National Implementation Measures
    The Organization
    Consultations, Cooperation and Fact‑Finding
    Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons
    Economic and Technological Development
    Measures to Redress a Situation and to Ensure Compliance, including Sanctions
    Relation to Other International Agreements
    Settlement of Disputes
    Amendments
    Duration and Withdrawal
    Status of the Annexes
    Signature
    Ratification
    Accession
    Entry Into Force
    Reservations
    Depositary
    Authentic Texts

    Annexes

    Annex on Chemicals

    Annexe sur les Produits Chimiques

    Table 1
    Table 2
    Table 3

    Annexe sur la Confidentialité

    Verification Annex

    Definitions
    General Rules of Verification
    General Provisions for Verification Measures Pursuant to Articles IV, V and VI, Paragraph 3
    Destruction of Chemical Weapons and Its Verification Pursuant to Article IV
    Old Chemical Weapons and Abandoned Chemical Weapons
    Destruction of Chemical Weapons Production Facilities and Its Verification Pursuant to Article V
    Activities Not Prohibited under this Convention in Accordance with Article VI
    Challenge Inspections Pursuant to Article IX
    Investigations In Cases Of Alleged Use Of Chemical Weapons