[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR710.5]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 710--GENERAL INFORMATION AND OVERVIEW OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REGULATIONS (CWCR)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 710.5  Authority.

    The CWCR (parts 710 through 722 of this subchapter) implement 
certain provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention under the 
authority of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 
(Act), the National Emergencies Act, the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), as amended, and the Export Administration 
Act of 1979, as amended, by extending verification and trade restriction 
requirements under Article VI and related parts of the Verification 
Annex of the Convention to U.S. persons. In Executive Order 13128 of 
June 25, 1999, the President delegated authority to the Department of 
Commerce to promulgate regulations to implement the Act, and consistent 
with the Act, to carry out appropriate functions not otherwise assigned 
in the Act but necessary to implement certain reporting, monitoring and 
inspection requirements of the Convention and the Act.