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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 specially designed for such use. S /A C .4 4 /2 0 1 9 /1 2 4 /6 9 1 9 -0 6 6 2 8 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 2 6 /6 9 1 9 -0 6 6 2 8 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 1 2 /3 0 2 0 -1 2 0 2 1 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 2 /3 0 2 0 -1 2 0 2 1 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.

Transmission of Information (TI) or Request for Ac- tion (RA) Summary 1. 5 January 2016 4 TI Supply of toxic chemicals 2. 15 January 2016 8 TI Supply of toxic chemical 3. 1 February 2016 12 TI Targeting of areas with chemicals in an attempt to mis- lead 4. 2 February 2016 13 TI Supply of chemicals 5. 5 February 2016 16 TI Acquisition and development of missiles 6. 5 February 2016 17 TI Smuggling of chemicals 7. 8 February 2016 19 TI Reference to a chemical attack at an airport on 2 February 2016 8. 8 February 2016 20 TI Reference to a chemical attack on 19 March 2013 9. 15 February 2016 22 TI Supply of toxic gas and intention to use 10. 30 March 2016 34 TI Supply of chemicals and storage location 11. 19 April 2016 39 TI Information regarding attack (Tanaf) 12. 4 May 2016 40 TI Supply of chemicals and storage location 13. 6 May 2016 42 TI Supply of chemicals and distribution of masks 14. 11 May 2016 43 TI Transport and storage of toxic chemicals 15. 6 June 2016 48 TI Smuggling of chemicals from neighbouring country 16. 17 June 2016 54 TI Chemical attack on 13 June 2016 17. 7 July 2016 58 TI Request for answers from a neighbouring country 18. 11 July 2016 59 TI Storage locations 19. 11 July 2016 60 TI Targeting of Sheikh Maqsoud 8 March and 7 April 2016 20. 12 July 2016 62 TI Activities in the area of Sheikh Bahr in Idlib 21. 14 July 2016 64 TI Activity related to toxic chemicals 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 neigh- bouring country S/2017/980 10/15 17-20712 Date of Note Verbale No. Transmission of Information (TI) or Request for Ac- tion (RA) Summary 34. 1 November 2016 90 TI Supply of chemical weapons to terrorists by neigh- bouring country 35. 1 November 2016 92 TI Intention of transportation of toxic chemicals by ter- rorists 36. 1 November 2016 93 TI Possession and location of chemical weapons by ter- rorists 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 organisa- tion 42. 10 November 2016 101 TI Preparation for targeting of military forces and civil- ians with toxic chemicals 43. 14 November 2016 105 TI Attack on 3 November 44. 16 November 2016 106 TI Including CD, claims fabricated footage and explains why invalid with respect to chemical weapons. (...) Transmission of Information (TI) or Request for Ac- tion (RA) Summary 62. 21 March 2017 18 TI Information regarding chemical weapons to be used in Damascus and Aleppo 63. 10 April 2017 23 TI Information regarding movement of cars loaded with toxic materials 64. 11 April 2017 25 TI Open letter posted to the external server 65. 18 April 2017 26 TI Covering letter with attached CD showing footage of alleged use 66. 18 April 2017 27 TI Letter detailing chemical and associated munition ma- terial found in Aleppo, with analysis report 67. 19 April 2017 29 TI Letter with reference to potential chemical attacks tar- geting Damascus 68. 25 April 2017 30 TI Letter regarding boxes of chlorine found in the Syrian Arab Republic, Damascus area 69. 26 April 2017 31 TI Ref Note 27.

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The use of chemical weapons is, according to the Kurds, «ili condemn» today.. (...) 'Saboteurs (ie guerrillas) will wear then when we use chemical weap- ons to attack their concen» trama*.' i In the meantime, the chemical attacks against civilians are apparently con- tinuing. The Kurds say that the Iraqi Army has, within the last rew days, agaia resorted to chemical attacks in a drive to clear the Kurd- ish insurgents from the Ker- adagh mountains.

S/19648 Russian Page 2 Приложение Выпуск "Джейнз дифенс" от 27 февраля 1988 года Iraq now Middle East's biggest chemical weapon producer IRAQ has built up its chemical warfare (CW) .capability and is believed to be now manufacturing Sarin, a deadly nerve gas, at its two main CW plants. (...) The Iranians allege the Iraqis have used chemical weapons, mainly air-dropped bombs or artillery shells, more than 100 times. (...) The Iraqis have also built a chemical warfare research centre at Salman Pak, 40 km south-east of the capital.

For instance, it requires chemical manufacturers to submit available information about the formula, usage, properties, hazards and risks of chemical substances during registration (art. 14). (...) A/HRC/33/41/Add.1 GE.16-13452 5 Chemical Control Act 11. The Chemical Control Act purports to “protect public health and the environment by systematically managing chemical substances and preventing chemical accidents” (art. 1).8 The Act amends the Toxic Chemical Control Act in response to the 2012 hydrofluoric acid leak in Gumi (see para. 76 below). (...) A/HRC/33/41/Add.1 GE.16-13452 7 exclusively dedicated to chemical management, the Chemical Safety Division, was established within the Ministry of Environment. 19.

Online article regarding alleged chemical attack: https://cdanews.com/2016/08/chemical- weapons-attack-reported-in-syria/ 45. (...) Online article regarding alleged chemical attack: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/afp/2016/08/syria-conflict-chemical-opcw.html 51. (...) Online article regarding alleged chemical attack: http://gantdaily.com/2016/08/02/reports- of-chemical-gas-attacks-in-2-syrian-cities/ 53.

Spe- cifically, this has been pursued via allegations of ‘chemical attacks’, no matter how preposterous, or evidence-deprived, these claims may be. (...) The narrative authored by the “Seventh report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – United Nations Joint Investigative Mecha- nism” tells that a main probe that one bomb containing a chemical substance of highest toxicity was dropped by the ‘Syrian government’ consists in a crater left in a Khan Shaykhun road. (...) NYT, 21 November 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/world/middleeast/isis- chemical-weapons-syria-iraq-mosul.html [20] The New York Times, “U.S.

NW: Penal Code, as amended, Art. 142 CW: Act No. 10 of 6 May 1994 relating to the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Section 1 BW: Penal Code of 1902, as amended 2005, Sections 147a and 153a X X ? (...) Means of delivery: missiles, rockets and other unmanned systems capable of delivering nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons that are specially designed for such use. (...) Regulation 1356 of 6 December 2011 Concerning the design and layout of workplaces and premises 3 Old or abandoned chemical weapons State reports that Chemical Weapons from WWII were dumped at sea.