Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00434:schedule:3:p44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00434
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 44/95)
Character Range: 376621–379715

facility‑specific and shall depend upon its individual characteristics.
25. The set of measures carried out for the purpose of converting a chemical weapons production facility into a chemical weapons destruction facility shall not be less than that which is provided for the disabling of other chemical weapons production facilities to be carried out not later than 90 days after this Convention enters into force for the State Party.
Principles and methods related to destruction of a chemical weapons production facility
26. A State Party shall destroy equipment and buildings covered by the definition of a chemical weapons production facility as follows:
(a) all specialized equipment and standard equipment shall be physically destroyed;
(b) all specialized buildings and standard buildings shall be physically destroyed.
27. A State Party shall destroy facilities for producing unfilled chemical munitions and equipment for chemical weapons employment as follows:
(a) facilities used exclusively for production of non‑chemical parts for chemical munitions or equipment specifically designed for use directly in connection with chemical weapons employment, shall be declared and destroyed. The destruction process and its verification shall be conducted according to the provisions of Article V and this Part of this Annex that govern destruction of chemical weapons production facilities;
(b) all equipment designed or used exclusively for producing non‑chemical parts for chemical munitions shall be physically destroyed. Such equipment, which includes specially designed moulds and metal‑forming dyes, may be brought to a special location for destruction;
(c) all buildings and standard equipment used for such production activities shall be destroyed or converted for purposes not prohibited under this Convention, with confirmation, as necessary, through consultations and inspections as provided for under Article IX;
(d) activities for purposes not prohibited under this Convention may continue while destruction or conversion proceeds.
Order of destruction
28. The order of destruction of chemical weapons production facilities is based on the obligations specified in Article I and the other Articles of this Convention, including obligations regarding systematic on‑site verification. It takes into account interests of States Parties for undiminished security during the destruction period; confidence‑building in the early part of the destruction stage; gradual acquisition of experience in the course of destroying chemical weapons production facilities; and applicability irrespective of the actual characteristics of the facilities and the methods chosen for their destruction. The order of destruction is based on the principle of levelling out.
29. A State Party shall, for each destruction period, determine which chemical weapons production facilities are to be destroyed and carry out the destruction in such a way that not more than what is specified in paragraph 30 and 31 remains at the end of each destruction period. A State Party is not precluded from destroying