Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00434:schedule:3:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00434
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 5/95)
Character Range: 272519–275545

(ii) other equipment commonly used in the chemical industry, such as: fire‑fighting equipment; guard and security/safety surveillance equipment; medical facilities, laboratory facilities; or communications equipment.
6. "Facility" in the context of Article VI means any of the industrial sites as defined below ("plant site", "plant" and "unit").
(a) "Plant Site" (Works, Factory) means the local integration of one or more plants, with any intermediate administrative levels, which are under one operational control, and includes common infrastructure, such as:
(i) administration and other offices;
(ii) repair and maintenance shops;
(iii) medical centre;
(iv) utilities;
(v) central analytical laboratory;
(vi) research and development laboratories;
(vii) central effluent and waste treatment area; and
(viii) warehouse storage.
(b) "Plant" (Production facility, Workshop) means a relatively self‑contained area, structure or building containing one or more units with auxiliary and associated infrastructure, such as:
(i) small administrative section;
(ii) storage/handling areas for feedstock and products;
(iii) effluent/waste handling/treatment area;
(iv) control/analytical laboratory;
(v) first aid service/related medical section; and
(vi) records associated with the movement into, around and from the site, of declared chemicals and their feedstock or product chemicals formed from them, as appropriate.
(c) "Unit" (Production unit, Process unit) means the combination of those items of equipment, including vessels and vessel set up, necessary for the production, processing or consumption of a chemical.
7. "Facility Agreement" means an agreement or arrangement between a State Party and the Organization relating to a specific facility subject to on‑site verification pursuant to Articles IV, V and VI.
8. "Host State" means the State on whose territory lie facilities or areas of another State, Party to this Convention, which are subject to inspection under this Convention.
9. "In‑Country Escort" means individuals specified by the inspected State Party and, if appropriate, by the Host State, if they so wish, to accompany and assist the inspection team during the in‑country period.
10. "In‑Country Period" means the period from the arrival of the inspection team at a point of entry until its departure from the State at a point of entry.
11. "Initial Inspection" means the first on‑site inspection of facilities to verify declarations submitted pursuant to Articles III, IV, V and VI and this Annex.
12. "Inspected State Party" means the State Party on whose territory or in any other place under its jurisdiction or control an inspection pursuant to this Convention takes place, or the State Party whose facility or area on the territory of a Host State is subject to such an inspection; it does not, however, include the State Party specified in Part II, paragraph 21 of this Annex.
13. "Inspection Assistant" means an individual designated by the Technical Secretariat as set forth in Part II, Section