Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00434:schedule:3:p69
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00434
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 69/95)
Character Range: 442359–445156

inspection under this Section, the Technical Secretariat shall observe the following limitation for the combined number of inspections to be received by a State Party per calendar year under this Part and Part IX of this Annex: the combined number of inspections shall not exceed three plus 5 per cent of the total number of plant sites declared by a State Party under both this Part and Part IX of this Annex, or 20 inspections, whichever of these two figures is lower.
Inspection aims
17. At plant sites declared under Section A, the general aim of inspections shall be to verify that activities are consistent with the information to be provided in declarations. The particular aim of inspections shall be the verification of the absence of any Schedule 1 chemical, especially its production, except if in accordance with Part VI of this Annex.
Inspection procedures
18. In addition to agreed guidelines, other relevant provisions of this Annex and the Confidentiality Annex, paragraphs 19 to 25 below shall apply.
19. There shall be no facility agreement, unless requested by the inspected State Party.
20. The focus of the inspections shall be the declared Schedule 3 plant(s) within the declared plant site. If the inspection team, in accordance with Part II, paragraph 51, of this Annex, requests access to other parts of the plant site for clarification of ambiguities, the extent of such access shall be agreed between the inspection team and the inspected State Party.
21. The inspection team may have access to records in situations in which the inspection team and the inspected State Party agree that such access will assist in achieving the objectives of the inspection.
22. Sampling and on‑site analysis may be undertaken to check for the absence of undeclared scheduled chemicals. In case of unresolved ambiguities, samples may be analysed in a designated off‑site laboratory, subject to the inspected State Party's agreement.
23. Areas to be inspected may include:
(a) areas where feed chemicals (reactants) are delivered or stored;
(b) areas where manipulative processes are performed upon the reactants prior to addition to the reaction vessel;
(c) feed lines as appropriate from the areas referred to in subparagraph (a) or subparagraph (b) to the reaction vessel together with any associated valves, flow meters, etc.;
(d) the external aspect of the reaction vessels and ancillary equipment;
(e) lines from the reaction vessels leading to long‑ or short‑term storage or to equipment further processing the declared Schedule 3 chemicals;
(f) control equipment associated with any of the items under subparagraphs (a) to (e);
(g) equipment and areas for waste and effluent handling;
(h) equipment and areas for disposition of chemicals not up to specification.
24. The period of