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Provisions related to chemical items 1. The following list contains chemicals *1 capable of being used for the development, production or acquisition of chemical weapons, but which also are usable for purposes not prohibited by resolution 687 (1991) and, therefore, are subject to monitoring and verification in accordance with paragraphs 29, 30 and 31 of the Plan.
Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS)
1.2 Dialkyl or dialkyl-substituted (Me, monochloro-M, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) N,N-dialkyl or N,N-dialkyl substitutes (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-phosphoramidates - e.g. Diethyl N,N-dimethylphosphoramidate (2404-03-7) 1.3 Arsenic trichloride (7784-34-1) 1.4 2,2-Diphenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid (benzilic acid) (76-93-7) 1.5 Quinuclidin-3-ol (1619-34-7) Quinuclidin-3-ol hydrochloride (6238-13-7) 1.6 N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethyl-2-chloride and corresponding protonated salts - e.g. N,N-diisopropyl-2-aminoethyl chloride hydrochloride (4261-68-1) 1.7 N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethane-2-ol and corresponding protonated salts - e.g. N,N-Diisopropyl-2-aminoethanol (96-80-0) 1.8 N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethane-2-thiol and corresponding protonated salts - e.g. N,N-Diisopropyl-2-aminoethanethiol (5842-07-9) 1.9 Phosgene (75-44-5) 1.10 Cyanogen chloride (506-77-4) 1.11 Hydrogen cyanide (74-90-8) 1.12 Trichloronitromethane (chloropicrin) (76-06-2) 1.13 Phosphorus oxychloride (10025-87-3) 1.14 Phosphorus trichloride (7719-12-2) 1.15 Phosphorus pentachloride (10026-13-8) 1.16 Trimethyl phosphite (TMP) (121-45-9) 1.17 Triethyl phosphite (122-52-1) 1.18 Dimethyl phosphite (DMP) (868-85-9) 1.19 Diethyl phosphite (762-04-9) 1.20 Diisopropylphosphite (1809-20-7) 1.21 Triisopropylphosphite (116-17-6) 1.22 Sulphur monochloride (10025-67-9) 1.23 Sulphur dichloride (10545-99-0) 1.24 Thionyl chloride (7719-09-7) 1.25 Cyclohexanol (108-93-0) 1.26 Hydrogen fluoride (7664-39-3) 1.27 Ortho-chlorobenzylidenemalononitri1e (CS) (2698-41-1) 1.28 Potassium fluoride (7789-23-3) 1.29 Ammonium bif1uoride (1341-49-7) 1.30 Sodium bifluoride (1333-83-1) 1.31 Sodium fluoride (7681-49-4) 1.32 Potassium bifluoride (7789-29-9) 1.33 Sodium sulphide (1313-82-2) 1.34 Hydrogen sulphide (7783-06-4) 1.35 Carbon disulphide (75-15-0) 1.36 Phosphorus pentasulphide (1314-80-3) 1.37 Chloroethanol (107-07-3) 1.38 Isopropanol (67-63-0) 1.39 Dimethylamine (124-40-3) 1.40 Dimethylamine hydrochloride (506-59-2) 1.41 Potassium cyanide (151-50-8) 1.42 Sodium cyanide (143-33-9) 1.43 Triethanolamine (102-71-6) 1.44 Triethanolamine hydrochloride (637-39-8) 1.45 Diisopropylamine (108-18-9) 1.46 Diisopropylamine hydrochloride (819-79-4) 1.47 Methyl diethanolamine (105-59-9)
1.48 Methyl diethanolamine hydrochloride (54060-15-0)
1.49 Ethyl diethanolamine (139-87-7) 1.50 Ethyl diethanolamine hydrochloride (58901-15-8) 1.51 Methyl benzilate (76-89-1) 1.52 O,O-Diethyl phosphorothioate (2465-65-8) 1.53 O,O-Diethyl phosphorodithioate (298-06-6) 1.54 Ethylene oxide (75-21-8) 1.55 Propylene oxide (75-56-9) 1.56 Hydroxy-1-methylpiperidine (3554-74-3) 1.57 Hydroxy-1-methylpiperidine hydrochloride (164-45-6) 1.58 Quinuclidone (3731-38-2) 1.59 Quinuclidone hydrochloride (1193-65-3) 1.60 Phosphorus (7723-14-0) 1.61 Sulphur (7704-34-9) 1.62 Chlorine (7782-50-5) 1.63 Fluorine (7782-41-4)
2. The following list contains chemicals *2 that have little or no use except as chemical warfare agents or for the development, production or acquisition of chemical weapons, or which have been used by Iraq as essential precursors for chemical weapons and are, therefore, prohibited to Iraq save under the procedure for special exceptions provided for in paragraph 32 of the Plan.
List B Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) 2.1 O-Alkyl (<C10, including cycloalkyl) alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-phosphonofluoridates - e.g. O-Isopropyl methylphosphono-fluoridate (Sarin) (107-44-8) O-Pinacolyl methylphosphono- fluoridate (Soman) (96-64-0) 2.2 O-Alkyl (<C10- including cycloalkyl) N,N-dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphoramidocyanidates - e.g. O-ethyl N,N-dimethylphosphoramido cyanidate (Tabun) (77-81-6) 2.3 O-Alkyl (H or <C10, including cycloalkyl) S-2-dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-aminoethyl alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphonothiolates or corresponding alkylated and protonated salts - e.g. O-Ethyl S-2{-(N,N-diisopropylamino)ethyl} methylphosphonothiolate (VX) (50782-69-9) 2.4 Sulphur mustards:
2-Chloroethylchloromethylsulphide (2625-76-5) Bis (2-chloroethyl)
sulphide (505-60-2) (Mustard
gas, H) Bis(2-chloroethylthio)methane
(63869-13-6) 1, 2-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)ethane
(3563-36-8) (Sesquimustard,
Q) 1,3-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-propane
(63905-10-2) 1,4-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-butane
(142868-93-7) l,5-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-pentane
(142868-94-8) Bis(2-chloroethylthiomethyl)ether
(63918-90-1) Bis(2-chloroethylthioethyl)ether
(63918-89-8) (O-Mustard,
T) 2.5 Lewisites:
2-Chlorovinyldichlorarsine (541-25-3) (Lewisite
l) Bis(2-chlorovinyl)chloroarsine
(40334-69-8) (Lewisite 2) Tris(2-chlorovinyl)arsine
(40334-70-1) (Lewisite
3) 2.6 Nitrogen mustards:
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ethylamine (538-07-8) (HN
1) Bis(2-chloroethyl)methylamine
(51-75-2) (HN
2) Tris(2-chloroethyl)amine
(555-77-1) (HN
3) and their protonated salts 2.7 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ) (6581-06-2) 2.8 Saxitoxin (35523-89-8) 2.9 Ricin (9009-86-3) 2.10 Alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphonyldihalides - e.g. Methylphosphonyldifluoride (DF) (676-99-3) Methylphosphonyldichloride (DC, MPC) (676-97-1) 2.11 Dimethylmethylphosphonate (DMMP) (756-79-6) 2.12 O-Alkyl (H or <C10, including cycloalkyl) O-2-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-aminoethyl alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphonites and corresponding alkylated salts and protonated salts - e.g. O-Ethyl 2-diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite (QL) (57856-11-8) 2.13 O-Alkyl (<C10, including cycloalkyl) alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-phosphonochloridates - e.g. O-Isopropyl methylphosphono-chloridate (1445-76-7) (Chlorosarin) O-Pinacolyl methylphosphono-chloridate (7040-57-5) (Chlorosoman) 2.14 N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphoramidic dihalides - e.g. N,N-dimethylphosphoramidic dichloride (677-43-0) 2.15 Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulphide (Thiodiglycol) (111-48-8) Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)disulphide (Dithiodiglycol) (1892-29-1) 2.16 3,3-Dimethylbutan-2-ol (Pinacolyl alcohol) (464-07-3) 2.17 3,3-Dimethylbutanone (Pinacolone) (75-97-8) 2.18 Amiton: O,O-Diethyl S-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl)) phosphorothiolate and corresponding (78-53-5) alkylated and protonated salts 2.19 PFIB: 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoro-2- (trifluoromethyl)-1-propene (382-21-8)
3. The initial information under paragraph 30 of the Plan, to be provided not later than 30 days after the adoption of the Plan by the Security Council, shall cover the period from 1 January 1988. Subsequent information shall be provided each 15 January and 15 July and shall cover the six-month period prior to the provision of the information. The advance notifications under paragraph 30 (d) of the Plan shall cover the subsequent six months. The special notifications under paragraph 31 of the Plan shall be provided not later than 30 days in advance. 4. Whenever the information that Iraq is required to provide under section C of the Plan and this annex is equal to nil, Iraq shall provide nil returns. 5. The information on chemicals to be provided under section C of the Plan shall, for each chemical, include:
5.1 the chemical name, common or trade name used by the site or the
facility, structural formula and Chemical Abstracts Service registry
number (if assigned); 5.2 the purposes
for which the chemical is produced, processed, consumed, stored, imported
or exported; and 5.3 the total
amount produced, processed, consumed, stored, imported or exported. 6. The information on sites or facilities to be provided under section C of the Plan shall, for each site or facility, include:
6.1 the name of the site or facility and of the owner, company or
enterprise operating the site or facility; 6.2 the location
of the site or facility; 6.3 a general
description of all types of activities at the site or facility; and 6.4 the sources
and amounts of the financing of the site or facility, and of its activities. 7. The location of a site or facility shall be specified by means of the address and a site diagram. Each diagram shall be drawn to scale and shall indicate the boundaries of the site or facility, all road and rail entrances and exits and all structures on the site or facility, indicating their purpose. If the site or facility is located within a larger complex, the diagram shall specify the exact location of the site or facility within the complex. On each diagram, the geographic coordinates of a point within the site or facility shall be specified to the nearest second. 8. In addition to information specified in paragraph 6 of this annex, the following information shall be provided for each site or facility that is or will be involved in production, processing, consumption, storage, import or export of chemicals specified in list A of this annex:
8.1 a detailed description of activities related to these chemicals
including, as applicable, material-flow and process-flow diagrams,
chemical reactions and end-use; 8.2 a list of
equipment used in activities related to these chemicals; and 8.3 the production
capacity for these chemicals. 9. In addition to information specified in paragraph 6 of this annex, the following information shall be provided for each site or facility that is or will be involved in production or processing of organophosphorus chemicals or in production of organic chemicals by halogenation:
9.1 a detailed description of activities related to the relevant
chemicals, and the end-uses for which the chemicals are produced or
processed; and 9.2 a detailed
description of the processes used in the production or processing
of organophosphorus chemicals or in the production of organic chemicals
by halogenation, including material-flow and process-flow diagrams,
chemical reactions and list of equipment involved. 10. For equipment capable of being used in the activities described in paragraphs 8 and 9 above, Iraq shall, for each item, declare:
10.1 the name of the site or facility at which it is located together
with the names of the owner, company or enterprise operating the site
or facility; 10.2 the location
of the site or facility; 10.3 the technical
specifications of the equipment that make it capable of dual-use,
including, where relevant, the material of construction, capacity,
specifications of control mechanisms, temperature and pressure tolerances
and flow-rates; and 10.4 any import
or any other acquisition of such equipment. Such
equipment shall include:
10.4.1 corrosion resistant *3
chemical production equipment as follows:
10.4.1.1
reactor vessels with a capacity of 0.050
m3 or more; 10.4.1.2
condensers and heat exchangers; 10.4.1.3
distillation columns; 10.4.1.4
scrubbers; 10.4.1.5
tanks and other storage vessels *4
with a volume of 0.05 m3 or more; and 10.4.1.6
sheets made of corrosion resistant metal or alloy with a surface
of more than 1 m2 and a thickness of 4 mm or more;
10.4.2 corrosion resistant pumps with a maximum flow-rate of 0.01
m3 per minute or more (under standard temperature of
293 K, i.e. 200 C, and standard pressure conditions of
101.30 kPa, i.e. 101.30 kilonewton per square metre), including
magnetic pumps and those using squeezers or progressive cavity tubing
pumps (including peristaltic or roller pumps in which only the elastometric
tubing is corrosion resistant), and corrosion resistant vacuum pumps
with a maximum flow-rate of 0.08 m3 per minute or more
under the same standard conditions; 10.4.3 corrosion
resistant pipes with an inner diameter of 12.5 mm or more and double-walled
pipes with an inner diameter of 12.5 mm or more; 10.4.4 corrosion
resistant valves with a smallest inner diameter of 12.5 mm or more; 10.4.5 corrosion
resistant remote-controlled filling equipment; 10.4.6 incineration
equipment designed for the disposal of toxic chemicals with an average
combustion chamber temperature of over 1273 K (10000
C) or with catalytic incineration over 623 K (3500 C); 10.4.7 equipment
and instruments *5 capable of detecting,
measuring or recording the air oncentration of toxic organic substances
or organic compounds containing the elements chlorine, fluorine,
phosphorus or sulphur with a detection threshold from 0.3 mg/m3
or suitable for detection or measuring levels of cholinesterase-inhibitors
in the air; and 10.4.8 protective
equipment designed for protection against toxic chemicals in lists
A and B, as follows:
10.4.8.1
external ventilated semi- or full-protection
personal suits; 10.4.8.2
autonomous respirators; and 10.4.8.3
air filtration equipment with liquid or
solid adsorption agent. 11. For equipment identified in paragraph 10.4.1.5 of this annex capable of storing chemicals in lists A and B, Iraq shall, for each item, declare:
11.1 the name of the site or facility at which it is located together
with the names of the owner, company or enterprise operating the site
or facility; 11.2 the location
of the site or facility; 11.3 the net
storage capacity of each piece of equipment and the aggregate storage
capacity at the site; and 11.4 any import
or any other acquisition of such equipment. 12. For the purposes of information to be provided in accordance with paragraph 30 (e) of the Plan concerning technologies, Iraq shall report the import or other acquisition of any technologies or services for planning, construction, commissioning, start up or normal operation of a chemical production plant capable of producing any chemical in list A or to operate and maintain the equipment identified in paragraphs 10 and 11 above. 13. For munitions, rockets and missile warheads capable of dispersing chemical warfare agents, Iraq shall, for each item, declare:
13.1 the name of the site or facility at which it is located together
with the names of the owner, company or enterprise operating the site
or facility; 13.2 the location
of the site or facility; 13.3 the quantity
of such items by type; and 13.4 any import
or any other acquisition of such items. 14. The information on each import to be provided under section C of the Plan and paragraphs 10, 11 and 13 of this annex shall include:
14.1 specification of each item and the quantity imported and the
purpose of its use in Iraq; 14.2 country
from which the item is imported and the specific exporter; 14.3 point or
port and time of entry of the item into Iraq; 14.4 site or
facility where it is to be used; and 14.5 name of
the specific importing organization in Iraq.
Revised Annex III to the Special Commission's Plan
Provisions related to biological items 1. The following list contains equipment *6, biological material and other items capable of being used for the development, production or acquisition of biological and toxin weapons or of a biological and toxin weapons capability and, therefore, subject to monitoring and verification in accordance with paragraphs 34 to 38 of the Plan:
1.1 microorganisms, *7 other organisms
and toxins *8 meeting the criteria
for risk groups IV, III and II according to the classification in
the World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory Biosafety Manual
(Geneva 1993, second edition), and genetic material for such toxins; 1.2 detection
and assay systems for risk groups IV, III, and II microorganisms and
toxins, or for genetic material, including immunological assays, gene
probe assays and other specific detection systems; 1.3 equipment
designed or accepted for use for processing, handling, transporting
or storing microorganisms, their products or components, including
toxins, or other biological material including foodstuffs, including:
1.3.1 centrifugal
separators or decanters for continuous or semi-continuous operation; 1.3.2 continuous
flow centrifuge rotors; 1.3.3 plate
press filter separators; 1.3.4 cross-flow
or tangential filtration equipment with a filter area of 0.5 square
metres or greater; 1.3.5 spray
drying equipment; 1.3.6 freeze-drying
(lyophilisation) equipment with a condenser capacity greater than
1 kg of ice per 24 hours; 1.3.7 pressure
cell disruption equipment or continuous flow ultrasonic cell disruption
equipment; 1.3.8 chromatography
equipment for preparative separations; 1.3.9 pharmaceutical
milling equipment; 1.3.10 drum
drying equipment; 1.3.11 jacketed
vessels; and 1.3.12 control
units, valves and filters for the above types of equipment;
1.4.1 facilities, rooms or other enclosures meeting the physical
containment criteria for P3 or P4 (BL3, BL4, L3, L4) biological
containment as defined in the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual
and using laminar or turbulent air flow clean air conditions
as specified for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, vaccine or other
applications; 1.4.2 biological
safety cabinets meeting Class I, II and III containment standards,
as defined in the WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual; 1.4.3 safety
cabinets allowing manual or remote operations to be performed within
at Class I, II or III biological containment levels, including flexible
film isolators, rigid isolators, dry boxes, glove boxes, anaerobic
chambers, interconnected cabinet lines, isolator lines and secondary
containment systems designed to enclose fermenters or downstream
processing equipment; 1.4.4 rubber
gloves specifically designed for use with safety cabinets and biological
safety cabinets; 1.4.5 autoclaves,
with an internal volume of 0.3 m3 or more, designed to
sterilise infectious material; 1.4.6 other
waste disposal systems for infectious material, such as liquid waste
treatment systems, solid waste treatment systems, liquid waste disposal
systems, solid waste disposal systems and incinerators; and 1.4.7 positive
pressure air-fed suits, half suits, helmets and respirators;
1.5 equipment designed or accepted for use for the microencapsulation
of living microorganisms, their products or components including toxins,
or other biological material; 1.6 complex media
for the growth of risk groups IV, III and II microorganisms; 1.7 fermentation
vessels (including bioreactors, chemostats and continuous flow systems),
orbital or reciprocal shakers and shaking incubators designed or accepted
for use for the cultivation of microorganisms or eukaryotic cells
or for the production of toxins, and components therefor, including
control units for fermenters and other vessels; 1.8 recombinant
nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), equipment and reagents *9
for their isolation, characterization or production and equipment
and reagents for the construction of synthetic genes, including nucleic
acid sequencing equipment, nucleic acid synthesizers, electroporation
or biolistics equipment, thermal cyclers, electrophoresis equipment,
transilluminators, automatic work stations and automatic data collection
systems, and components therefor, including derivatized solid supports
for solid phase nucleotide synthesis; 1.9 equipment
for the release and/or dispersal into the environment or into cabinets,
chambers, rooms or other enclosures of biological material and equipment
capable of being modified for such use, excluding devices designed
for personal use in self-administered prophylactic or therapeutic
preparations by inhalation, but including crop sprayers, aircraft
sprayers and tanks, other sprayers capable of chassis mounting and
tanks, jet engine disseminators, aerosol disseminators, droplet disseminators,
dry powder disseminators (including dry aerosol disseminators, venturi
air movers and nebulisers), mist generators and foggers, including
pulse jet disseminators; 1.10 equipment
designed or accepted for use for studying the aerobiological characteristics
or aerosols of micro-organisms, their components including toxins,
or other biological material and equipment capable of being modified
for such use, including aerosolization containers (drums, cabinets,
chambers, rooms or other enclosures), nose-only aerosolization equipment
and aerodynamic particle-sizing equipment; 1.11 equipment
for breeding of vectors of human, animal or plant diseases; 1.12 vaccines
for risk groups IV, III, and II micro- organisms, whether for use
with humans or animals and whether licensed, unlicensed or experimental; 1.13 documents
*10, information, software or technology
for the design, development, use, storage, manufacture, maintenance
or support of items listed in the preceding sub-paragraphs of this
paragraph, or of biological weapons or any component thereof, or of
biological and training activities or defence; and 1.14 munitions,
rockets or missile warheads *11 capable
of disseminating biological weapons agents. 2. The initial information under paragraphs 35 and 36 of the Plan to be provided not later than 30 days after the adoption of the Plan by the Security Council shall cover the period from 1 January 1986. Subsequent information shall be provided each 15 January and 15 July and shall cover the six-month period prior to the provision of the information. Notifications under paragraph 38 (a) of the Plan shall be provided not later than 60 days in advance. 3. Whenever the information that Iraq is required to provide under section D of the Plan and this annex is equal to nil, Iraq shall provide nil returns. 4. The information on each site or facility *12 to be provided under section D of the Plan shall include the following:
4.1 the name of the site or facility and of the owner, company, or
enterprise operating the facility; 4.2 the location
of the site or facility (including the address, geographic coordinates
to the nearest second, and a site diagram. Each diagram shall be drawn
to scale and shall indicate the boundaries of the site or facility,
all road and rail entrances and all structures, indicating their purpose
and any structure number. If the site or facility is located within
a larger complex, the diagram shall specify the exact location of
the site or facility within the larger complex); 4.3 the sources
and amounts of financing of the site or facility and of its activities; 4.4 the main
purpose of the site or facility, including research, development,
use, production, storage, testing, import and export; 4.5 the level
of protection, including, as applicable, the number and size of maximum
containment or containment laboratories (units); 4.6 scope and
description of activities, including, as applicable, a list of types
and quantities of microorganisms, toxins or vaccines and equipment
and other items specified in paragraph 1 of this annex; 4.7 a list of
microorganisms and toxins, equipment and vaccines imported or isolated
for the use of the site or facility, or exported, indicating the supplier
or recipient countries involved; 4.8 the date
when the planned activities, as described in paragraphs 35 (a) to
35 (g) of the Plan, are to begin at the site or facility; and 4.9 the number
of scientifically trained personnel and their main areas of responsibility. 5. Information on imports to be provided under paragraphs 35 (g) and 38 (a) of the Plan shall cover the items listed in the appendix to this annex and shall, for each import into Iraq, specify:
5.1 types and quantities of microorganisms, other organisms, toxins,
genetic material or vaccines; 5.2 quantities
of any equipment, facilities, information, software, technology or
other items specified in the appendix to this annex; 5.3 country of
export and the specific exporter; 5.4 point or
port and time of entry into Iraq; 5.5 site or facility
where it is to be used and purpose of its use; and 5.6 name of the
specific importing organization in Iraq. 6. The information under paragraph 37 of the Plan shall be provided within seven days of the occurrence and the standardized form contained in section III of the annex on confidence-building measures in document BWC/CONF.III/23/II shall be utilized as appropriate. 7. Iraq shall, not later than each 15 April, provide to the Special Commission the copies of the declarations, information and data that Iraq has sent to the Centre for Disarmament Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat pursuant to the agreements on confidence-building measures, including the exchange of information and data, reached at the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (document BWC/CONF.III/23/II and its annex on confidence-building measures).
APPENDIX
1. Risk groups IV and III *13 microorganisms *14, other organisms, toxins *15, or genetic material. 2. Biohazard containment and decontamination items as follows:
2.1 facilities, rooms or other enclosures:
(a) meeting
the physical containment criteria for P3 or P4 (BL3, BL4, L3,
L4) biological containment as specified in the WHO Laboratory
Biosafety Manual (Geneva, 1993); and (b) constructed
such that the number of particles of 0.5 microns in diameter in
the contained air does not exceed 35,000 particles per cubic metre;
3. Fermentation equipment, as follows:
3.1 fermenters, bioreactors, chemostats, and continuous flow fermentation
systems and specially designed components therefor; 3.2 other vessels
suitable for use for the cultivation of microorganisms or eukaryotic
cells or for toxin production, capable of operating without the propagation
of aerosols, and capable of in situ steam sterilisation in the closed
state, and specially designed components therefor; 3.3 orbital or
reciprocal shakers with a total flask capacity greater than 5 litres,
and specially designed components therefor; and 3.4 shaking incubators
with a total flask capacity greater than 5 litres, and specially designed
components therefor. 4. Equipment usable for processing, handling, transporting or storing microorganisms, their products or components excluding personal and household equipment, but including toxins, or other biological material (including foodstuffs), as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
4.1 centrifugal separators or decanters for continuous or semi-continuous
operation; 4.2 continuous
flow centrifuge rotors; 4.3 plate press
filter separators; 4.4 cross-flow
and tangential filtration equipment with a filter area equal to or
greater than 0.5 m2; 4.5 spray drying
equipment; 4.6 freeze-drying
(lyophilisation) equipment with a condenser capacity greater than
1 kg of ice in 24 hours; 4.7 pressure
cell disruption and continuous flow ultrasonic cell disruption equipment; 4.8 chromatography
columns with internal volumes greater than 2 litres, and specially
designed end pieces and flow adaptors for such columns; 4.9 milling equipment
capable of producing particle sizes of 10 microns or less; 4.10 drum drying
equipment; and 4.11 jacketed
vessels. 5. Formulated powdered complex media or concentrated liquid complex media for growth of microorganisms. 6. Detection and assay systems for microorganisms, toxins, or genetic material in List 1 and specially designed reagents therefor, as follows:
6.1 immunological assay systems; 6.2 gene probe
assay systems; and 6.3 biological
agent detection systems designed for biological defence or civil
defence applications. 7. Equipment and reagents for use in molecular biology research, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
7.1 nucleic acid sequencing equipment; 7.2 nucleic acid
synthesizers; 7.3 electroporation
or biolistics equipment; 7.4 thermal cyclers; 7.5 specially
designed automatic data collection systems; 7.6 transilluminators; 7.7 electrophoresis
equipment; 7.8 derivatized
solid supports for solid phase nucleotide synthesis; 7.9 dimethoxytrityl
(DMT)-ribonucleosides; and 7.10 dimethoxytrityl
(DMT)-deoxyribonucleosides. 8. Equipment capable of dispersing aerosols at a flow rate exceeding 1 litre of liquid suspension per minute or 10 g of dry material per minute, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
8.1 crop sprayers; 8.2 aircraft
sprayers and associated spray tanks; 8.3 other sprayers,
capable of chassis mounting, and associated spray tanks; 8.4 jet engine
disseminators; 8.5 aerosol disseminators; 8.6 droplet disseminators; 8.7 dry powder
disseminators; *18 8.8 mist generators;
and 8.9 foggers *19. 9. Equipment usable in the study of aerosols, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
9.1 aerosolization drums, cabinets, chambers, rooms or other enclosures; 9.2 nose-only
aerosolization equipment but not devices for personal prophylaxis
or therapy for medical conditions; and 9.3 aerodynamic
particle-sizing equipment. 10. Equipment designed for the microencapsulation of living organisms, their products or components including toxins, or other biological material. 11. Vaccines for microorganisms or toxins in List 1, whether for use with humans or animals and whether licensed, unlicensed or experimental. 12. Documents *20, information, software or technology for the design, development, use, storage, manufacture, maintenance or support of entries 1 to 11 above, or of biological weapons or any component thereof, or of biological defence and training activities or defence. 13. Munitions, rockets and missile warheads *21 capable of disseminating biological weapons agents.
World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory Biosafety Manual 1.1 Bacteria
1.1.1 Bacillus anthracis 1.1.2 Bacillus
cereus 1.1.3 Bacillus
subtilis 1.1.4 Bacillus
megaterium 1.1.5 Bacillus
thuringensis 1.1.6 Brucella
abortus 1.1.7 Brucella
melitensis 1.1.8 Brucella
suis 1.1.9 Chlamydia
psittaci 1.1.10 Clostridium
botulinum 1.1.11 Clostridium
perfringens 1.1.12 Francisella
tularensis 1.1.13 Pseudomonas
mallei 1.1.14 Pseudomonas
pseudomallei 1.1.15 Salmonella
typhi (Salmonella enterica var typhi) 1.1.16 Serratia
marcescens 1.1.17 Shigella
dysenteriae 1.1.18 Vibrio
cholera 1.1.19 Yersinia
pestis (Yersinia pseudotuberculosis var pestis) 1.1.20 Xanthomonas
albilineans 1.1.21 Xanthomonas
campestris pv. citri including strains referred to as Xanthomonas
campestris pv. citri types A,B,C,D,E or otherwise classified as Xanthomonas
citri, Xanthomonas campestris pv. aurantifolia or Xanthomonas campestris
pv. citrumelo 1.2 Mycoplasma
1.3 Rickettsiae
1.3.1 Coxiella burnetii 1.3.2 Rickettsia
prowasecki 1.3.3 Rickettsia
quintana 1.3.4 Rickettsia
rickettsii 1.4 Viruses
1.4.1 African swine fever virus 1.4.2 Avian influenza
virus 1.4.3 Bluetongue
virus 1.4.4 Chikungunya
virus 1.4.5 Congo-Crimean
haemorrhagic fever virus 1.4.6 Dengue
fever virus 1.4.7 Eastern
equine encephalitis virus 1.4.8 Ebola virus 1.4.9 Foot and
mouth disease virus 1.4.10 Goat pox
virus 1.4.11 Hantaan
virus 1.4.12 Human
influenza 1.4.13 Japanese
encephalitis virus 1.4.14 Junin
virus 1.4.15 Lassa
fever virus 1.4.16 Lymphocytic
choriomeningitis virus 1.4.17 Lyssa
virus 1.4.18 Machupo
virus 1.4.19 Marburg
virus 1.4.20 Monkey
pox virus 1.4.21 Newcastle
disease virus 1.4.22 Peste
des petits ruminants virus 1.4.23 Porcine
herpes virus (Aujeszky's disease) 1.4.24 Rift Valley
fever virus 1.4.25 Rinderpest
virus 1.4.26 Sheep
pox virus 1.4.27 Swine
fever virus (Hog cholera virus) 1.4.28 Swine
vesicular disease (Porcine enterovirus type 9) 1.4.29 Teschen
disease virus 1.4.30 Tick-borne
encephalitis virus (Russian Spring-Summer encephalitis
virus) 1.4.31 Variola
virus 1.4.32 Venezuelan
equine encephalitis virus 1.4.33 Vesicular
stomatitis virus 1.4.34 Western
equine encephalitis virus 1.4.35 White
pox virus 1.4.36 Yellow
fever virus 1.5 Toxins
1.5.1 Abrin 1.5.2 Botulinum
toxins 1.5.3 Clostridium
perfringens toxins 1.5.4 Conotoxin 1.5.5 Diphtheria
exotoxin 1.5.6 Microcystins
(Cyanginosins) 1.5.7 Modeccin 1.5.8 Pseudomonas
exotoxin 1.5.9 Ricin *23 1.5.10 Saxitoxin
2/ 1.5.11 Shiga
toxin 1.5.12 Staphylococcus
aureus toxins 1.5.13 Tetrodotoxin 1.5.14 Verotoxin 1.5.15 Volkensin 1.6 Fungi
1.6.1 Colletotrichum cof feanum var. virulans 1.6.2 Cochliobolus
miyabeanus (Helminthosporium oryzae) 1.6.3 Magnaporthe
grisea (Pyricularia grisea/Pyricularia oryzae) 1.6.4 Microcyclus
ulei (syn. Dothidella ulei) 1.6.5 Puccinia
graminis (syn. Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) 1.6.6 Puccinia
striiformis (syn. Puccinia glumarum) 1.7 Other Organisms
1.8 Genetically modified microorganisms, other organisms and genetic material
1.8.1 The above listed microorganisms when they have been genetically
modified. 1.8.2 Other genetically
modified microorganisms or genetic material that contain nucleic acid
sequences derived from any of the listed microorganisms, or that contain
nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity determinants
of any listed microorganism; or that contain nucleic acid sequences
associated with any listed toxin. 1.8.3 Genetically
modified variants of eukaryotic (nonmicrobial) organisms which produce
any listed toxin.
LIST 2 - RISK GROUP II MICROORGANISMS *24, OTHER ORGANISMS AND TOXINS (A) HUMAN AND ANIMAL PATHOGENS Bacteria
Rickettsia
Viruses
(B) OTHER ANIMAL PATHOGENS Actinomyces spp
(C) PLANT PATHOGENS Citrus greening
bacterium
(D) TOXINS Toxins other than specified on List 1 with a molecular weight of more than 250 daltons.
(E) OTHER ORGANISMS Eukaryotic (non-microbial) organisms which produce any toxin.
(F) GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS, OTHER ORGANISMS AND GENETIC MATERIAL l. The above listed microorganisms when they have been genetically modified. 2. Other genetically modified microorganisms or genetic material that contain nucleic acid sequences derived from any of the listed microorganisms, or that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity determinants of any listed microorganism; or that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with any listed toxin. 3. Genetically modified variants of eukaryotic (nonmicrobial) organisms which produce any toxin as above.
Revised Annex IV to the Special Commission's Plan
1. The prohibitions under the Plan apply to any ballistic missiles or missile delivery systems (referred as "missile systems") capable of a range greater than 150 kilometres regardless of payload, and to any related major parts, including surface-to-surface missiles, space launch vehicles, sounding rockets, cruise missiles, target drones, reconnaissance drones, and other unmanned air vehicle systems and such other items as are identified below as being prohibited. 2. The following list contains equipment, other items and technologies capable of being used in the deveolpment, production, construction, modification or acquisition of missile systems capable of a range greater than 150 kilometres and shall therefore, in accordance with paragraph 40 of the Plan, be subject to ongoing monitoring and verification:
2.1 Complete subsystems usable in missile systems, *25
as follows, and technologies, production facilities, and production
equipment therefor:
2.1.1 Individual
rocket stages; 2.1.2 Solid-
or liquid-fuel rocket engines; 2.1.3 Guidance
sets; 2.1.4 Thrust
vector controls, including,
2.1.4.1
Flexible nozzles; 2.1.4.2
Fluid or secondary gas injection systems; 2.1.4.3
Movable engines or nozzles; 2.1.4.4
Deflection systems of the exhaust gas stream (e.g. jet vanes
or probes); and 2.1.4.5
Thrust tabs.
2.2.4 Propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants, including:
2.2.4.1
Propulsive substances:
2.2.4.1.1
Hydrazine with a concentration of more than 70 percent and
its derivatives including monomethylhydrazine (MMH); 2.2.4.1.2
Unsymmetric dimethylhydrazine (UDMH); 2.2.4.1.3
Ammonium perchlorate, and other solid oxidizers including
salts of Nitroformic acid, Dinitroamines, Nitramines and
Nitrocubanes; 2.2.4.1.4
Spherical aluminium powder with particles of uniform diameter
of less than 500 x 10-6m (500 micrometer) and
an aluminium content of 97 percent by weight or greater; 2.2.4.1.5
Metal fuels in particle sizes less than 500 x 10-6
m (500 microns), whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal,
flaked or ground, consisting of 97 percent by weight or
more of any of the following: zirconium, beryllium, boron,
magnesium, zinc, and alloys of these; Misch metal; 2.2.4.1.6
Nitro-amines cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX), cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
(RDX); 2.2.4.1.7
Perchlorates, chlorates or chromates mixed with powdered
metals or other high energy fuel components; 2.2.4.1.8
Carboranes, decaboranes, pentaboranes and derivatives thereof; 2.2.4.1.9
Liquid oxidizers, as follows:
2.2.4.1.9.1
Dinitrogen trioxide; 2.2.4.1.9.2
Nitrogen dioxide/dinitrogen tetroxide; 2.2.4.1.9.3
Dinitrogen pentoxide; 2.2.4.1.9.4
Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid (IRFNA); 2.2.4.1.9.5
Compounds composed of fluorine and one or more of other
halogens, oxygen or nitrogen; 2.2.4.1.9.6
Hydrogen peroxide with a concentration greater than
70 percent.
2.2.4.2 Polymeric substances:
2.2.4.2.1
Carboxyl-terminated polybutadiene (CTPB); 2.2.4.2.2
Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB); 2.2.4.2.3
Glycidyl azide polymer (GAP); 2.2.4.2.4
Polybutadiene-acrylic acid (PBAA); 2.2.4.2.5
Polybutadiene-acrylic acid-acrylonitrile (PBAN); 2.2.4.2.6
Oxetanes including polymers of nitro methyl oxetane (NIMMO),
and 3,3 Bis (azidomethyl oxetane)(BAMO).
2.2.4.3 Propellants:
2.2.4.3.1
Composite propellants including case bonded propellants and
propellants with nitrated binders; 2.2.4.3.2
Noncomposite propellants including double base propellants.
2.2.4.4 Other high energy density propellants, with an energy
density of 40 x 106 joules/kg or greater, e.g. boron
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