Pre-Inspection Briefing (PIB)

Pre-Inspection Briefing (PIB)

Définir l’orientation stratégique de l’OIAC

A Pre-Inspection Briefing (PIB) is the first official activity at a facility during an industry inspection. It serves to provide OPCW inspectors with enough information to design an inspection plan in the least intrusive manner possible.

What happens during a PIB 

Facility representatives provide a PIB presentation to OPCW inspectors. The PIB should take no longer than 3 hours. It may be presented in various forms, such as a PowerPoint presentation, a projection, hardcopies, etc. 

Before the PIB, it is recommended to provide hand-outs of the presentation material to OPCW inspectors. Any facility and/or process diagrams may be handed out as a separate hardcopy document to allow for better control over such documents during inspection activities. 

OPCW inspectors will return all the PIB materials at the end of the inspection.

How to prepare a PIB 

OPCW provides PIB guidelines to assist facilities in preparing a thorough, relevant, and accurate technical briefing about the facility. The guidelines are intended for use by industrial facilities subject to Article VI inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and are recommended as reference only. 

There are different PIB guidelines for Schedule 2, Schedule 3, and OCPF facilities.  

PIB guidelines 

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