BIS Seeks Comments on Impact of CWC on Schedule I Chemicals in 2012
The Bureau of Industry and Security is asking for comments by Jan, 18 on the impact that implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) has had on commercial activities involving “Schedule 1” chemicals during calendar year 2012. Information collected will be used by BIS to prepare its annual certification to Congress, which is required by the 1997 Senate Resolution giving its advice and consent to the ratification of the CWC.
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(The CWC imposes certain obligations on countries that have ratified the Convention, among which are the enactment of legislation to prohibit the production, storage, and use of chemical weapons, and the establishment of a National Authority to serve as the national focal point for effective liaison with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and other States Parties for the purpose of achieving the object and purpose of the Convention and the implementation of its provisions. The CWC also requires each State Party to implement a comprehensive data declaration and inspection regime to provide transparency and to verify that both the public and private sectors of the State Party are not engaged in activities prohibited under the CWC.)