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During an initial inspection at a facility or plant site, one of the tasks of an OPCW inspection team is to begin work on a facility agreement, which will govern all future inspections at that facility or plant site. Such agreements are required for all chemical weapons-related facilities, facilities producing Schedule 1 chemicals, and Schedule 2 plant sites. With respect to the last category, however, the Secretariat and the inspected State Party can agree that an agreement is not necessary for a particular site. For plant sites producing Schedule 3 chemicals or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals, a facility agreement is not normally needed, although the inspected State Party may request one. Facility agreements are negotiated between the Secretariat and the inspected State Party on the basis of models approved by the Conference of the States Parties, and are then submitted to the Executive Council for its approval.