Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996)

Notices

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

Annex on Implementation and Verification ("Verification Annex")

Part IX : Activities Not Prohibited under this Convention in accordance with Article VI

Regime for Other Chemical Production Facilities

A. Declarations

List of other chemical production facilities
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1.The initial declaration to be provided by each State Party pursuant to Article VI, paragraph 7, shall include a list of all plant sites that:
(a)Produced by synthesis during the previous calendar year more than 200 tonnes of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals; or
(b)Comprise one or more plants which produced by synthesis during the previous calendar year more than 30 tonnes of an unscheduled discrete organic chemical containing the elements phosphorus, sulfur or fluorine (hereinafter referred to as "PSF-plants" and "PSF-chemical").

 

2.The list of other chemical production facilities to be submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall not include plant sites that exclusively produced explosives or hydrocarbons.

 

3.Each State Party shall submit its list of other chemical production facilities pursuant to paragraph 1 as part of its initial declaration not later than 30 days after this Convention enters into force for it. Each State Party shall, not later than 90 days after the beginning of each following calendar year, provide annually the information necessary to update the list.

 

4.The list of other chemical production facilities to be submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall include the following information on each plant site:
(a)The name of the plant site and the name of the owner, company, or enterprise operating it;
(b)The precise location of the plant site including its address;
(c)Its main activities; and
(d)The approximate number of plants producing the chemicals specified in paragraph 1 in the plant site.

 

5.With regard to plant sites listed pursuant to paragraph 1(a), the list shall also include information on the approximate aggregate amount of production of the unscheduled discrete organic chemicals in the previous calendar year expressed in the ranges: under 1,000 tonnes, 1,000 to 10,000 tonnes and above 10,000 tonnes.

 

6.With regard to plant sites listed pursuant to paragraph 1(b), the list shall also specify the number of PSF-plants within the plant site and include information on the approximate aggregate amount of production of PSF-chemicals produced by each PSF-plant in the previous calendar year expressed in the ranges: under 200 tonnes, 200 to 1,000 tonnes, 1,000 to 10,000 tonnes and above 10,000 tonnes.