[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR710.2]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 710_GENERAL INFORMATION AND OVERVIEW OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
CONVENTION REGULATIONS (CWCR)--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  710.2  Scope of the CWCR.

    The Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (parts 710 through 722 
of this subchapter), or CWCR, implement certain obligations of the 
United States under the Convention on the Prohibition of the 
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on 
Their Destruction, known as the CWC or Convention.
    (a) Persons and facilities subject to the CWCR. (1) The CWCR 
declaration, reporting, and inspection requirements apply to all persons 
and facilities located in the United States, except U.S. Government 
facilities as follows:
    (i) Department of Defense facilities;
    (ii) Department of Energy facilities; and
    (iii) Facilities of other U.S. Government agencies that notify the 
USNA of their decision to be excluded from the CWCR.
    (2) For purposes of this subchapter, ``United States Government 
facilities'' are those facilities owned and operated by a U.S. 
Government agency (including those operated by contractors to the 
agency), and those facilities leased to and operated by a U.S. 
Government agency (including those operated by contractors to the 
agency). ``United States Government facilities'' does not

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include facilities owned by a U.S. Government agency and leased to a 
private company or other entity such that the private company or entity 
may independently decide for what purposes to use the facilities.
    (b) Activities subject to the CWCR. The CWCR compel data 
declarations and reports from facilities subject to the CWCR (parts 710 
through 722 of this subchapter) on activities, including production, 
processing, consumption, exports and imports, involving chemicals 
further described in parts 712 through 715 of this subchapter. These 
regulations do not apply to activities involving inorganic chemicals 
other than those listed in the Schedules of Chemicals or to other 
specifically exempted unscheduled discrete organic chemicals. In 
addition, these regulations set forth procedures for routine inspections 
of ``declared'' facilities by teams of international inspectors in part 
716 of this subchapter, and set forth clarification procedures and 
procedures for challenge inspections (see part 717) that could be 
requested at any facility or location in the United States subject to 
the CWCR. Finally, the CWCR restrict certain imports of Schedule 1 and 2 
chemicals into the United States from non-States Parties and prohibit 
imports of Schedule 1 chemicals except for research, medical, 
pharmaceutical, or protective purposes.