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Technical Secretariat |
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Verification Division |
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S/101/99 |
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8 April 1999 |
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NOTE BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
UNDERSTANDING OF "MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE PLANT OR PLANT SITE"
TO BE PROVIDED IN DECLARATIONS UNDER PARTS VII, VIII AND IX
OF THE VERIFICATION ANNEX
Background
1. During the process
of implementing the verification regime under Part VII of the Verification
Annex, the Technical Secretariat (hereinafter the "Secretariat")
was requested by some States Parties to re-examine the understanding of
the requirement to provide details of the "main activities of the plant
or plant site" in the declaration forms. This requirement, which is
reflected in forms 2.3/3.3 and 4.1 of Section B of the Declaration Handbook
(Industrial Declarations), calls for main activity codes
(Appendix 3 of the Declaration Handbook) to be combined with product group
codes (Appendix 4 of the Declaration Handbook) in order to identify the
main activities of each plant or plant site.
The Secretariat’s understanding
2. The Secretariat has reviewed its understanding in relation to declarations of the "main activities of the plant or plant site" required under Parts VII, VIII and IX of the Verification Annex, and interprets the requirement as follows:
(a) in forms 2.3/3.3 and 4.1 of Section B of the Declaration Handbook, no reference is to be made to the main activity codes listed in Appendix 3. This change is reflected in the modified forms 2.3/3.3 and 4.1 attached in annex 1 to this Note; and
(b) the product
group codes (Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) codes)
listed in Appendix 4 (see annex 2 to this Note) are to be used to describe
the kind of ultimate products manufactured at the plant or plant site.
For example, in the case of a plant producing, consuming or processing
a Schedule 2 chemical, its main activities may be identified as "manufacturing"
of chemicals or products that fall within the product group code "582"
identified in
Appendix 4 as "plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics".
Annexes (English only):
Annex 1: Declaration Handbook, Section B: Declaration forms 2.3/3.3 and 4.1
Annex 2: Declaration Handbook, Appendix 4: Product group codes
Annex 1
DECLARATION HANDBOOK, SECTION B
DECLARATION FORMS 2.3/3.3 AND 4.1
Form 2.3: Declaration of Schedule 2 Plant
Form 3.3: Declaration of Schedule 3 Plant
(Please complete one form for each plant)
Please indicate to which scheduled chemical(s) plant this information relates:
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Schedule 3 |
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Plant Code: |
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Plant Site Code: |
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Name of plant: |
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The name of the owner, company, or enterprise operating the plant: |
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The precise location of the plant within the plant site: |
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Specific structure number, if any: |
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Specific building number, if any: |
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Identify the attachments for additional information on a voluntary basis on this plant (if available): |
Main activities of Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 plants.
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Use main activity codes (see Appendix 3) to describe main activities of the plant: |
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Use product group codes (see Appendix 4) to describe main [manufacturing] activities of the plant in terms of product group(s): |
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Is or was a chemical specified in subparagraph 8 (a) (i) of Article II of the CWC |
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produced at the facility as an unavoidable by-product in an amount not exceeding 3 per cent of the total product?] |
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Form 4.1: Declaration of "Other Chemical Production Facilities"
(Please complete one form for each "other chemical production facility")
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Name of plant site : |
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The name of the owner, company, or enterprise operating the plant site: |
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Street address: |
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City/district: |
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Province/state/other: |
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Latitude, longitude/Precise location: ] |
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Identify the attachment for additional information on this plant site (if available): |
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Use main activity codes (see Appendix 3), to describe the main activities of the plant site: |
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Use product group codes (see Appendix 4), to describe the main [manufacturing] activities of the plant site in terms of product group(s):
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For plant sites producing more than 200 tonnes of DOC chemicals |
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Aggregate amount of production of the unscheduled discrete organic chemicals (use Codes of Production Range, see Appendix 7): |
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Approximate number of plants producing unscheduled discrete organic chemicals, including PSF chemicals at the plant site: |
For plant sites comprising one or more plants producing more than 30 tonnes of a PSF chemical
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Number of PSF plants at plant site: |
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[Has this plant site during the previous calendar produced year more than 200 tonnes |
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of a PSF-chemical?] |
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Aggregate amount of production of PSF chemicals produced by each PSF plant. |
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Number of plants producing under 200 tonnes: |
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Number of plants producing 200 to 1,000 tonnes: |
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Number of plants producing 1,000 to 10,000 tonnes: |
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Number of plants producing more than 10,000 tonnes: |
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[Is or was a chemical specified in subparagraph 8 (a) (i) of Article II of the CWC |
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produced at the DOC/PSF facility as an unavoidable by-product in an amount not exceeding 3 percent of the total product?] |
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Annex 2
DECLARATION HANDBOOK, SECTION B
APPENDIX 4
Product Group Codes
Code |
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Chemicals and related products |
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511 |
Hydrocarbons and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
512 |
Alcohols, phenols, phenol-alcohols, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
513 |
Carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
514 |
Nitrogen-function compounds |
515 |
Organo-inorganic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, nucleic acids and their salts, and sulphonamides |
516 |
Other organic chemicals |
522 |
Inorganic chemical elements, oxides and halogen salts |
523 |
Metal salts and peroxysalts, of inorganic acids |
524 |
Other inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals |
525 |
Radioactive and associated materials |
531 |
Synthetic organic colouring matter and colour lakes, and preparations based thereon |
532 |
Dyeing and tanning extracts, and synthetic tanning materials |
533 |
Pigments, paints, varnishes and related materials |
541 |
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products, other than medicaments of Group 542 |
542 |
Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments) |
551 |
Essential oils, perfume and flavour materials |
553 |
Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (excluding soaps) |
554 |
Soap, cleansing and polishing preparations |
562 |
Fertilisers (other than those of Group 272) |
571 |
Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms |
572 |
Polymers of styrene, in primary forms |
573 |
Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins in primary forms |
574 |
Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; Polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters |
575 |
Other plastics, in primary forms |
579 |
Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics |
581 |
Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, of plastics |
582 |
Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics |
583 |
Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastics |
591 |
Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly papers) |
592 |
Starches, inulin and wheat gluten; albuminoidal substances; glues |
593 |
Explosives and pyrotechnic products |
597 |
Prepared additives for mineral oils and the like; Prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission; Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids; Lubricating preparations |
598 |
Miscellaneous chemical products |
599 |
Others |