[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: 15CFR717.1]

[Page 175]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 717_CLARIFICATION OF POSSIBLE NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONVENTION; 
CHALLENGE INSPECTION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  717.1  Clarification procedures; challenge inspection requests 
pursuant to Article IX of the Convention.

    (a) Article IX of the Convention sets forth procedures for 
clarification, between States Parties, of issues about compliance with 
the Convention. If States Parties are unable to resolve such issues 
through consultation between themselves or through the Organization for 
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a State Party may request 
the OPCW to conduct an on-site challenge inspection of any facility or 
location in the territory or in any other place under the jurisdiction 
or control of any other State Party. Such an on-site challenge 
inspection request shall be for the sole purpose of clarifying and 
resolving any questions concerning possible non-compliance with the 
Convention.
    (b) Any person or facility subject to the CWCR (parts 710 through 
722 of this subchapter) must, within five working days, provide 
information required by the Department of Commerce pursuant to an 
Article IX clarification request from another State Party, or the OPCW, 
concerning possible non-compliance with the reporting, declaration, 
notification, or inspection requirements set forth in parts 712 through 
716 of this subchapter.