Cap. 392 Art. 73Director-General, by the Technical the accuracy on the and to assess the under this submit a States Parties 74. If the is under tation of and request promptly measures shut 75. As soon taking whether which request among along 76. If the than 90 contain before Detailed plans 77. Not less facility pro

Not later than 90 days after receipt of the request by the an initial inspection of the facility shall be conducted Secretariat. The purpose of this inspection shall be to determine of the information provided in the request, to obtain information technical characteristics of the proposed converted facility, conditions under which use for purposes not prohibited Convention may be permitted. The Director-General shall promptly report to the Executive Council, the Conference, and all facility has been used for purposes not prohibited under this Convention before this Convention enters into force for the State Party, and continuing to be in operation, but the measures required to be certified paragraph 68 have not been taken, the Director-General shall immediately inform the Executive Council, which may require implemen-measures it deems appropriate, inter alia, shut-down of the facility removal of specialized equipment and modification of buildings or structures. The Executive Council shall stipulate the deadline for implementation of these measures and shall suspend consideration of the pending their satisfactory completion. The facility shall be inspected after the expiration of the deadline to determine whether the have been implemented. If not, the State Party shall be required to down completely all facility operations.

as possible after receiving the report of the Director-General, the Conference, upon recommendation of the Executive Council, shall decide, into account the report and any views expressed by States Parties, to approve the request, and shall establish the conditions upon approval is contingent. If any State Party objects to approval of the and the associated conditions, consultations shall be undertaken interested States Parties for up to 90 days to seek a mutually acceptable solution. A decision on the request and associated conditions, with any proposed modifications thereto, shall be taken, as a matter of substance, as soon as possible after the end of the consultation period. request is approved, a facility agreement shall be completed not later days after such a decision is taken. The facility agreement shall the conditions under which the conversion and use of the facility is permitted, including measures for verification. Conversion shall not begin the facility agreement is concluded. for conversion than 180 days before conversion of a chemical weapons production is planned to begin, the State Party shall provide the Technical Secretariat with the detailed plans for conversion of the facility, including measures for verification of conversion, with respect to, inter alia:

Timing of the presence of the inspectors at the facility to be converted;

Procedures for verification of measures to be applied to each item on declared inventory. detailed plan for conversion of each chemical weapons production shall contain: Detailed time schedule of the conversion process; Layout of the facility before and after conversion; Process flow diagram of the facility before, and as appropriate, after the conversion; Detailed inventory of equipment, buildings and structures and other items to be destroyed and of the buildings and structures to be modified; facility; and

(h) Working and living conditions to be provided for inspectors. Review of detailed plans