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National legal framework Enforcement: civil/criminal penalties and others Remarks Yes If yes, source document Yes If yes, source document Nuclear weapons Chemical weapons Biological weapons Nuclear weapons Chemical weapons Biological weapons on the use of nuclear energy Chemical weapons: Legislative Decree No. 202 of 28 December 1999 on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, article 26 Biological weapons: Legislative Decree No. 190 of 28 January 1999 on biosafety, chapter II, section 1, article 4 (k) CITMA Decision No. 2 of 8 January 2004 on the regulations for accounting for and control of biological materials, equipment and related technology, chapter I, article 3 Chemical weapons/ biological weapons: Act No. 62 of 29 December 1987, Penal Code, amended by Legislative Decree No. 316 of 7 December 2013 amending the Penal Code and the Counter- Terrorism Act, article 106 14 Other a Means of delivery: missiles, rockets and other unmanned systems capable of delivering nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and that are speci ally designed for such use. S /A C .4 4 /2 0 1 9 /1 1 9 -0 6 6 2 8 2 4 /7 1 OP 3 (a) and (b) – Account for/secure/physically protect nuclear weapons, chemical weapons and biological weapons, including related materials* Are any of the following measures, procedures or legislation in place to account for, secure or otherwise protect nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and related materials? (...) National legal framework Enforcement: civil/criminal penalties and others Remarks Yes If yes, source document Yes If yes, source document Nuclear weapons Chemical weapons Biological weaponsa Nuclear weapons Chemical weapons Biological weapons Legislative Decree No. 207 of 14 February 2000 on the use of nuclear energy Chemical weapons: Legislative Decree No. 202 of 28 December 1999 on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, chapter IV CITMA Decision No. 15 of 25 February 2003 establishing rules for national inspections and arrangements for international inspections CITMA Decision No. 32 of 31 January 2003 establishing rules governing the implementation of the national system for the control of the chemicals listed in the Chemical Weapons Convention, the granting of licences and permits and the processing of information Legislative Decree No. 309 of 23 February 2013 on chemical safety, chapter III S /A C .4 4 /2 0 1 9 /1 1 9 -0 6 6 2 8 2 6 /7 1 Are any of the following measures, procedures or legislation in place to account for, secure or otherwise protect nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and related materials?

a Means of delivery: missiles, rockets and other unmanned systems capable of delivering nuclear, chemical or biological weapons that are specially designed for such use. (...) NW CW BWb Source document NW CW BW Source document Remarks CW: Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, sect. 2; Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Regulation, as amended BW: Ordinance on Safety and Health Protection Related to Work Involving Biological Agents of 27 January 1992; Technical Regulations for Biological Agents (TRBA 100: Protective measures for specific and unspecific work in laboratories involving biological agents); Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (Ricin, Saxitoxin); Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Regulation (Ricin, Saxitoxin) CW: Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, sects. 5, 7, 15 (penalties) and 20 (enforcement); Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Regulation, sect. 12 BW: Robert Koch Institute; Federal Centre for Health Education; Committee on Biological Agents; Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (Ricin, Saxitoxin); Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Regulation (Ricin, Saxitoxin) 3 Measures to account for storage X X X NW: Commission Regulation (Euratom) No. 302/2005 on the application of Euratom safeguards; Radiation Protection Ordinance, sects. 84–86 CW: Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, sect. 2; Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Regulation, as amended BW: Ordinance on Safety and Health Protection Related to Work Involving Biological Agents; Technical Regulations for Biological Agents (TRBA 100: Protective measures for specific and unspecific work in laboratories involving biological agents); Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (Ricin, Saxitoxin); Chemical Weapons X X X NW: EURATOM Treaty, art. 83; Commission Recommendation of 11 February 2009 on the implementation of a nuclear material accountancy and control system by operators of nuclear installations; Atomic Energy Act, sect. 46; Radiation Protection Ordinance, sects. 33 and 116 CW: Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, sects. 5, 7, 15 (penalties) and 20 (enforcement); Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Regulation, sect. 12 BW: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Robert Koch Institute; Federal Centre for Health Education; Committee on Biological Agents; Chemical Weapons Convention S /A C .4 4 /2 0 2 0 /1 2 0 -1 2 0 2 1 1 2 /3 0 Measures to establish domestic controls to prevent the proliferation of NW, CW, BW, and their means of delivery; controls over related materials National legal and/or regulatory framework Enforcement and civil/criminal penalties X/? (...) S /A C .4 4 /2 0 2 0 /1 2 0 -1 2 0 2 1 2 2 /3 0 Paragraph 3 (a) and (b): account for/secure/physically protect chemical weapons, including related materials (chemical weapon-specific) Measures to establish domestic controls to prevent the proliferation of chemical weapons, and their means of delivery; controls over related materials Source document Remarks 1 National Chemical Weapons Convention authority Bureau for Chemical Weapons and Biological Weapons Affairs Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) 2 Licensing/registration of installations/facilities/persons/ entities/use/handling of related materials Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, sects. 4, 15 and 16 Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Regulation, as amended, sects. 2 (licensing requirement for production or handling of Schedule 1, chemicals) and 12–13 3 Old or abandoned chemical weapons Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act Law on Explosives in conjunction with First and Second Ordinance Pertaining to the Law on Explosives and with pertinent regulations on storage of explosives Hazardous Substances Ordinance (handling of the chemical fill) Germany had destroyed its old chemical weapon stocks completely by April 2007.

Chemical weapons capability had strategic importance for Damascus in the context of long-standing tensions with Israel. (...) There were no confirmed cases of the Syrian government using chemical weapons during this period. At the same time, chemical weapon attacks committed by various anti-government forces, including terrorist groups supported by the US and its allies, were happening with increased frequency. (...) Director-General of the OPCW Ahmet Uzumcu officially announced the completion of the destruction of declared Syrian chemical weapons on January 4, 2016. At this moment, 27 Syrian chemical weapons production facilities (CWPFs) had been destroyed.

– Reports from the Damascus authorities of chemical weapons offences committed by terrorists are ignored (...) To clarify the situation with regard to the Syrian chemical dossier, OPCW put a number of claims to Syria. (...) II, of 4 October 1989), and part XI of the verification annex to the Chemical Weapons Convention, entitled “Investigation in cases of alleged use of chemical weapons”) and a gross violation of the bas ic principle of safeguarding the chain of custody.

In the light of the tasks assigned to the Team by those that established it, the conclusions of its first report on chemical incidents in Ltamenah on 24, 25 and 30 March 2017 were entirely predictable: they accused the Syrian Government of using chemical weapons. (...) The IIT report refers to the use of an aerial chemical bomb (containing 132 kg of sarin) “under favourable weather conditions”. (...) Generally, all the analysed fragments of an allegedly Syrian “chemical” M4000 aerial munition have traces of severe corrosion.

Russia produced no chemical weapons other than the declared ones. The destruction of all Russia’s stockpiles of chemical weapons was conducted under strict international supervision. (...) Ellison, D. Hank. Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents (2nd edi- tion). (...) Hoenig, Steven L. Compendium of Chemical Warfare Agents, N.Y.: Springer Sci- ence+Business Media, 2007.

ROMANIA CATA RELEVANT TO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

Although Cambodia did not produce and keep chemical and mass-Idled weapons Cambodia imported poisonous chemical substances to meet 'apicultural. industrial, commercial and health sectors, etc. (...) The NGO's f iy re indicated that Cambodia utilized chemical drugs in agricultural field for hundreds of metric tons a year. (...) National authority and chemical database Analysises and verification of chemical The aboke report, c o m s s i o n for cooperation with OPCW of Ministry of National Defense, Royal Government of Cambodia. would like to submit to Chairman of Security Council.

Transmission of Information (TI) or Request for Action (RA) Summary 22. 16 August 2016 69 RA Attaches letter 122 which contains information on Al- Awamid and requests investigation by FFM 23. 17 August 2016 70 TI Filling of chemical weapons 24. 26 September 2016 76 TI Storage of nitrate and napalm 25. 29 September 2016 77 TI Intention to use toxic chemicals 26. 3 October 2016 78 TI Coordination of use of chemical weapons 27. 5 October 2016 79 TI Information on attack on Um-Housh 28. 5 October 2016 80 TI Intention to use and storage location 29. 10 October 2016 82 TI Storage of toxic chemicals and their potential use 30. 10 October 2016 83 TI Theft and moving of toxic chemicals 31. 10 October 2016 84 TI Smuggling and transport of toxic chemicals 32. 18 October 2016 88 TI Stockpiling of toxic chemicals 33. 19 October 2016 89 TI Location of chemical weapons supplied from neighbouring country 34. 1 November 2016 90 TI Supply of chemical weapons to terrorists by neighbouring country 35. 1 November 2016 92 TI Intention of transportation of toxic chemicals by terrorists 36. 1 November 2016 93 TI Possession and location of chemical weapons by terrorists 37. 1 November 2016 94 TI Intention of terrorist organisation to attack civilians and fabricate evidence 38. 1 November 2016 95 TI Transport of chemical weapons from neighbouring country 39. 2 November 2016 96 TI Document classification 40. 4 November 2016 97 TI Export of chemical weapons 41. 4 November 2016 98 TI Preparation of chemical weapons by terrorist organisation 42. 10 November 2016 101 TI Preparation for targeting of military forces and civilians with toxic chemicals 43. 14 November 2016 105 TI Attack on 3 November S/2017/980 12/19 17-20712 Date of Note Verbale No. (...) EDMS 74433 62. 21 March 2017 18 TI Information regarding chemical weapons to be used in Damascus and Aleppo S/2017/980 17-20712 13/19 Date of Note Verbale No. (...) Transmission of Information (TI) or Request for Action (RA) Summary 83. 1 June 2017 55 TI Request for portions of samples referred to in S/1497/2017 report 84. 14 June 2017 58 TI Information regarding plan to attack town 85. 21 June 2017 62 TI Letter regarding the transfer of toxic chemicals 86. 22 June 2017 61 TI Information regarding the execution of an informant 87. 3 July 2017 68 TI Information regarding foreign nationals moving sarin into northern Syrian Arab Republic 88. 4 July 2017 64 TI Information regarding a chemical weapons rocket which may enter the Syrian Arab Republic 89. 4 July 2017 63 TI Detailed information regarding planned chemical attacks 90. 4 July 2017 60 TI Information regarding chemicals being moved into the Syrian Arab Republic 91. 10 July 2017 70 TI Reference to note No. 63 regarding planned chemical weapons attacks 92. 11 July 2017 71 TI Information regarding a planned attack 93. 14 July 2017 73 TI Updated information regarding the movement of chemical weapons (Note No. 68) 94. 17 July 2017 74 TI Request for samples (ref Note No. 55) 95. 19 July 2017 76 TI Updated - Intelligence regarding transfer of chemicals 96. 26 July 2017 77 TI Information regarding movement of chemicals 97. 9 August 2017 78 TI Information regarding movement of chemicals 98. 15 August 2017 81 TI Request for samples 99. 15 August 2017 80 TI Information regarding movement of chemicals 100. 28 August 2017 78 TI Registered as documentary evidence 101. 20 September 2017 88 RA Alleged chemical attack 102. 29 September 2017 91 TI Information regarding supply of chemical weapons 103. 29 September 2017 90 TI Information regarding supply of chemical weapons 104. 29 September 2017 89 TI Information regarding supply of chemical weapons S/2017/980 17-20712 15/19 Date of Note Verbale No.

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