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Ensuring and Assisting U.S. Industry's Compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention
Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC
10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.

April 29, 2007 marked the tenth anniversary of entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the creation of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international body charged with overseeing implementation of the Convention. The OPCW commemorated the event on May 9, 2007 during a ceremony in The Hague, The Netherlands presided over by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, and attended by several dignitaries and member state representatives, to include U.S. officials. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sent a message to Director-General Rogelio Pfirter to commemorate the anniversary. Over 182 countries are now member states to the CWC.
NEW
  • Schedule 1 Notice of Inquiry: BIS is seeking public comments on the impact that implementation of the CWC has on commercial activities involving "Schedule 1 " chemicals during CY 2007. Comments received will be included in the annual certification to the Congress that BIS is required to submit under Condition 9 of the Senate conditions to ratification of the CWC. Public comments are due to BIS by December 17, 2007. [ PDF ]
  • Requests to access Web-DESI are now being accepted via fax or as a PDF attachment to an e-mail.
    Fax: 703-235-1481     E-mail: cwcwebdesi@cwc.gov
  • Amendment to the CWC Regulations: Addition of a new form - UDOC "Change In Inspection Status" Form; revision to the records review and recordkeeeping requirements; and update to the list of States Parties. [ PDF ]
    > Summary of Amendment to CWC Regulations.
  • Global Chemical Industry Compliance Program (GC-ICP)  A new handbook to assist companies in determining if their chemical is subject to declaration/reporting under the CWC and other administrative elements, such as corporate commitment statement and recordkeeping. [ PDF ]
  • Sampling and Analysis during Schedule 2 inspections
UPDATE
Presentations from the Regional Seminar Series 2006 are now available:
  • Best Practices: Complying with the Chemical Weapons Convention and Australia Group Export Controls [ HTML ]
  • Chemical Weapons Convention "Basics" [ HTML ]
BIS MISSION
  • Ensure an effective treaty compliance system by:
  • Assisting industry towards compliance with the CWC.
  • Maximizing the protection of confidential business information.
  • Minimizing burdens and costs to facilities.
  • Seeking equitable international implementation.
CONTACT BIS  
 

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Assistant Secretary of Commerce Cristopher Padilla at the 11th Conference of States Parties
Quoteworthy . . .
  "Our most immediate implementation priority should be to ensure that all States Parties that play prominent roles in the production and trade of organic chemicals have fully met their CWC obligations... To make next years celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the CWC even more meaningful, we should collectively focus in 2007 on "Twenty in Ten": encouraging full implementation by the approximately twenty States Parties that have organic chemical production facilities, but that have not yet fulfilled [the requirements of the Chemical Weapons Convention.]"
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Address of Assistant Secretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla to the 11th Session of the Conference of States Parties - December 6, 2006.
Web Data Entry Software for Industry

is available for submission of CWC declarations and reports via the Internet.

BIS Bulletin CWC-002: A Quick Guide
Separate Window: BIS Bulletin CWC-004-04: Chemicals
Schedule One Chemicals
Schedule Two Chemicals
Schedule Three Chemicals
Unscheduled Discrete Organic Chemicals
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