(Cont.) Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production,
Stockpiling And Use Of Chemical Weapons And On Their Destruction
"United Nations, 1993, pp. 1 - 172"

        (a)    Verification provisions of such an agreement are consistent with the verification provisions of this Article and Part IV (A) of the Verification Annex;

        (b)    Implementation of such an agreement provides for sufficient assurance of compliance with the relevant provisions of this Convention; and

        (c)    Parties to the bilateral or multilateral agreement keep the Organization fully informed about their verification activities.

14.    If the Executive Council takes a decision pursuant-to paragraph 13, the organization shall have the right to monitor the implementation of the bilateral or multilateral agreement.

l5.    Nothing in paragraphs 13 and 14 shall affect the obligation of a State Party to provide declarations pursuant to Article III, this Article and Part IV (A) of the Verification Annex.

16.    Each State Party shall meet the costs of destruction of chemical weapons it is obliged to destroy. It shall also meet the costs of verification of storage and destruction of these chemical weapons unless the Executive Council decides otherwise. If the Executive Council decides to limit verification measures of the organization pursuant to paragraph 13; the costs of complementary verification and monitoring by the organization shall be paid in accordance with the United Nations scale of assessment, as specified in Article VIII, paragraph 7.

17.    The provisions of this Article and the relevant provisions of Part IV of the Verification Annex shall not, at the discretion of a State Party, apply to chemical weapons buried on its territory before 1 January 1977 and which remain buried, or which had been dumped at sea before 1 January 1985.

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