Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00013:schedule:1:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00013
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 14/57)
Character Range: 99394–102575

Secretariat for data storage and data processing:
             (i) Receive and initiate requests for data from the International Monitoring System;
             (ii) Receive data, as appropriate, resulting from the process of consultation and clarification, from on‑site inspections, and from confidence‑building measures; and
             (iii) Receive other relevant data from States Parties and international organizations in accordance with this Treaty and the Protocol;
(c) Supervise, coordinate and ensure the operation of the International Monitoring System and its component elements, and of the International Data Centre, in accordance with the relevant operational manuals;
(d) Routinely process, analyse and report on International Monitoring System data according to agreed procedures so as to permit the effective international verification of this Treaty and to contribute to the early resolution of compliance concerns;
(e) Make available all data, both raw and processed, and any reporting products, to all States Parties, each State Party taking responsibility for the use of International Monitoring System data in accordance with Article II, paragraph 7, and with paragraphs 8 and 13 of this Article;
(f) Provide to all States Parties equal, open, convenient and timely access to all stored data;
(g) Store all data, both raw and processed, and reporting products;
(h) Coordinate and facilitate requests for additional data from the International Monitoring System;
(i) Coordinate requests for additional data from one State Party to another State Party;
(j) Provide technical assistance in, and support for, the installation and operation of monitoring facilities and respective communication means, where such assistance and support are required by the State concerned;
(k) Make available to any State Party, upon its request, techniques utilized by the Technical Secretariat and its International Data Centre in compiling, storing, processing, analysing and reporting on data from the verification regime; and
(l) Monitor, assess and report on the overall performance of the International Monitoring System and of the International Data Centre.
15. The agreed procedures to be used by the Technical Secretariat in discharging the verification responsibilities referred to in paragraph 14 and detailed in the Protocol shall be elaborated in the relevant operational manuals.

B.  THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM

16. The International Monitoring System shall comprise facilities for seismological monitoring, radionuclide monitoring including certified laboratories, hydroacoustic monitoring, infrasound monitoring, and respective means of communication, and shall be supported by the International Data Centre of the Technical Secretariat.
17. The International Monitoring System shall be placed under the authority of the Technical Secretariat.  All monitoring facilities of the International Monitoring System shall be owned and operated by the States hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for them in accordance with the Protocol.
18. Each State Party shall have the right to participate in the international exchange of data and to have access to