(Cont.) Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production,
Stockpiling And Use Of Chemical Weapons And On Their Destruction
"United Nations, 1993, pp. 1 - 172"

29.  The inspected State Party shall have the right, without prejudice to the prescribed time-frames, to inspect the equipment in the presence of inspection team members at the point of entry, i.e., to check the identity of the equipment brought in or removed from the territory of the inspected State Party or the Host State. To facilitate such identification, the Technical Secretariat shall attach documents and devices to authenticate its designation and approval of the equipment. The inspection of the equipment shall also ascertain to the satisfaction of the inspected State Party that the equipment meets the description of the approved equipment for the particular type of inspection. The inspected State Party may exclude equipment not meeting that description or equipment without the above-mentioned authentication documents and devices. Procedures for the inspection of equipment shall be considered and approved by the Conference pursuant to Article VIII, paragraph 21 (i).

30.  In cases where the inspection team finds it necessary to use equipment available on site not belonging to the Technical Secretariat and requests the inspected State Party to enable the team to use such equipment, the inspected State Party shall comply with the request to the extent it can.

D.   PRE-INSPECTION ACTIVITIES

Notification

31.  The Director-General shall notify the State Party before the planned arrival of the inspection team at the point of entry and within the prescribed time frames, where specified, of its intention to carry out an inspection.

32.  Notifications made by the Director-General shall include the following information:

         (a) The type of inspection;

         (b) The point of entry;

         (c) The date and estimated time of arrival at the point of entry;

         (d) The means of arrival at the point of entry;

         (e) The site to be inspected;

         (f) The names of inspectors and inspection assistants;

         (g) If appropriate, aircraft clearance for special flights.

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