Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996)

Notices

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

Annex on Implementation and Verification ("Verification Annex")

Part V : Destruction of Chemical Weapons Production Facilities and its Verification pursuant to Article V

D. Conversion of Chemical Weapons Production Facilities to Purposes Not Prohibited under this Convention

Procedures for requesting conversion

Purchase

64.	A request to use a chemical weapons production facility for purposes not prohibited under this Convention may be made for any facility that a State Party is already using for such purposes before this Convention enters into force for it, or that it plans to use for such purposes.

65.

For a chemical weapons production facility that is being used for purposes not prohibited under this Convention when this Convention enters into force for the State Party, the request shall be submitted to the Director-General not later than 30 days after this Convention enters into force for the State Party. The request shall contain, in addition to data submitted in accordance with paragraph 1(h)(iii), the following information:

(a)	A detailed justification for the request;

(b)	A general facility conversion plan that specifies:

(i)	The nature of the activity to be conducted at the facility;

(ii)	If the planned activity involves production, processing, or consumption of chemicals: the name of each of the chemicals, the flow diagram of the facility, and the quantities planned to be produced, processed, or consumed annually;

(iii)

Which buildings or structures are proposed to be used and what modifications are proposed, if any;

(iv)	Which buildings or structures have been destroyed or are proposed to be destroyed and the plans for destruction;

(v)	What equipment is to be used in the facility;

(vi)	What equipment has been removed and destroyed and what equipment is proposed to be removed and destroyed and the plans for its destruction;

(vii)

The proposed schedule for conversion, if applicable; and

(viii)

The nature of the activity of each other facility operating at the site; and

(c)	A detailed explanation of how measures set forth in subparagraph (b), as well as any other measures proposed by the State Party, will ensure the prevention of standby chemical weapons production capability at the facility.

66.

For a chemical weapons production facility that is not being used for purposes not prohibited under this Convention when this Convention enters into force for the State Party, the request shall be submitted to the Director-General not later than 30 days after the decision to convert, but in no case later than four years after this Convention enters into force for the State Party. The request shall contain the following information:

(a)	A detailed justification for the request, including its economic needs;

(b)	A general facility conversion plan that specifies:

(i)	The nature of the activity planned to be conducted at the facility;

(ii)	If the planned activity involves production, processing, or consumption of chemicals: the name of each of the chemicals, the flow diagram of the facility, and the quantities planned to be produced, processed, or consumed annually;

(iii)

Which buildings or structures are proposed to be retained and what modifications are proposed, if any;

(iv)	Which buildings or structures have been destroyed or are proposed to be destroyed and the plans for destruction;

(v)	What equipment is proposed for use in the facility;

(vi)	What equipment is proposed to be removed and destroyed and the plans for its destruction;