Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00434:schedule:3:p84
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00434
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 84/95)
Character Range: 481173–484096

possible non‑compliance with this Convention cited in the request for the challenge inspection, and shall be limited to information directly related to this Convention. It shall also include an assessment by the inspection team of the degree and nature of access and cooperation granted to the inspectors and the extent to which this enabled them to fulfil the inspection mandate. Detailed information relating to the concerns regarding possible non‑compliance with this Convention cited in the request for the challenge inspection shall be submitted as an Appendix to the final report and be retained within the Technical Secretariat under appropriate safeguards to protect sensitive information.
60. The inspection team shall, not later than 72 hours after its return to its primary work location, submit a preliminary inspection report, having taken into account, inter alia, paragraph 17 of the Confidentiality Annex, to the Director‑General. The Director‑General shall promptly transmit the preliminary inspection report to the requesting State Party, the inspected State Party and to the Executive Council.
61. A draft final inspection report shall be made available to the inspected State Party not later than 20 days after the completion of the challenge inspection. The inspected State Party has the right to identify any information and data not related to chemical weapons which should, in its view, due to its confidential character, not be circulated outside the Technical Secretariat. The Technical Secretariat shall consider proposals for changes to the draft final inspection report made by the inspected State Party and, using its own discretion, wherever possible, adopt them. The final report shall then be submitted not later than 30 days after the completion of the challenge inspection to the Director‑General for further distribution and consideration in accordance with Article IX, paragraphs 21 to 25.

PART XI

INVESTIGATIONS IN CASES OF ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS

A. GENERAL

1. Investigations of alleged use of chemical weapons, or of alleged use of riot control agents as a method of warfare, initiated pursuant to Articles IX of X, shall be conducted in accordance with this Annex and detailed procedures to be established by the Director‑General.
2. The following additional provisions address specific procedures required in cases of alleged use of chemical weapons.

B. PRE‑INSPECTION ACTIVITIES

Request for an investigation
3. The request for an investigation of an alleged use of chemical weapons to be submitted to the Director‑General, to the extent possible, should include the following information:
(a) the State Party on whose territory use of chemical weapons is alleged to have taken place;
(b) the point of entry or other suggested safe routes of access;
(c) location and characteristics of the areas where chemical weapons are alleged to have been used;
(d) when chemical