Cap. 392 Art. 13and Part IV (A) to avoid agreements on among States verification to a bilateral or with the the Verification assurance and the Organization

In carrying out verification activities pursuant to this Article of the Verification Annex, the Organization shall consider measures unnecessary duplication of bilateral or multilateral verification of chemical weapons storage and their destruction Parties. To this end, the Executive Council shall decide to limit measures complementary to those undertaken pursuant to such multilateral agreement, if it considers that:

(a) Verification provisions of such an agreement are consistent verification provisions of this Article and Part IV (A) of Annex;

(b) Implementation of such an agreement provides for sufficient of compliance with the relevant provisions of this Convention;

(c) Parties to the bilateral or multilateral agreement keep fully informed about their verification activities.