Declarations adviser
The Declarations Handbook was developed to provide clear and simple guidance for the preparation of declarations to be made by States Parties in accordance with the requirements of the Convention. The Declarations Handbook incorporates the declaration requirements of the Convention and all relevant decisions and understandings in relation to such requirements agreed upon by the OPCW policy-making organs since entry into force of the Convention. This publication updates the previous version of the Declarations Handbook, issued in November 2002.
The Handbook on Chemicals was developed to facilitate the efforts of National Authorities, Customs Authorities and industry to identify individual chemicals, covered by the schedules in the Annex on Chemicals of the CWC. The Handbook on Chemicals has undergone a major revision since the previous version. The 2009 version incorporates information on all 1329 scheduled chemicals and riot control agents declared to the Technical Secretariat from 1997 until February 2009.
A list of scheduled chemicals of particular interest because of their trade. Information on commercial applications and industrial uses was gathered from a variety of open sources but of course it does not cover all possible applications.
The Electronic Declarations software for National Authorities (EDNA) has been developed in-house by the Technical Secretariat and is freely available for use by all States Parties for the creation of declarations required under Article VI. The Technical Secretariat will ensure that EDNA is kept current and updated to reflect applicable guidelines and any decisions made on the implementation of Article VI declaration requirements. To facilitate the use of EDNA, the Technical Secretariat will provide support and training to States Parties.
The Scheduled Chemicals Database is a tool developed by the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW to facilitate the identification of scheduled chemicals by National Authorities, customs authorities, and the chemical industry for the purposes of implementing the declaration and transfer provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Related CWC Provisions
- Article III. Declarations
- Annex on Implementation and Verification
- Part IV(A). Destruction of Chemical Weapons and Its Verification Pursuant to Article IV. A. Declarations > Chemical weapons
- Part V. Destruction of Chemical Weapons Production Facilities and Its Verification Pursuant to Article V > A. Declarations > Declarations of chemical weapons production facilities
- Part VI. Activities Not Prohibited under this Convention in Accordance with Article VI - Regime for Schedule 1 Chemicals and Facilities Related to such Chemicals > D. Declarations
- Part VII. Activities Not Prohibited under this Convention in Accordance with Article VI - Regime for Schedule 2 Chemicals and Facilities Related to such Chemicals > A. Declarations
- Part VIII. Activities Not Prohibited under this Convention in Accordance with Article VI - Regime for Schedule 3 Chemicals and Facilities Related to such Chemicals > A. Declarations
- Part IX. Activities Not Prohibited under this Convention in Accordance with Article VI - Regime for other Chemical Production Facilities > A. Declarations