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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-166/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/166",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2012/166/CFSP of 23 March 2012 in support of activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-166",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. For the purpose of giving immediate and practical application to some elements of the EU Strategy, the Union shall support activities of the OPCW, with the following objectives:\nto enhance the capacities of States Parties in fulfilling their obligations under the CWC,\nto enhance the preparedness of States Parties to prevent and respond to attacks involving toxic chemicals,\nto enhance international cooperation in the field of chemical activities,\nto support the ability of the OPCW to adapt to developments in the field of science and technology,\nto promote universality by encouraging States not Parties to join the CWC.\n2. In this context, the Union-supported activities of the projects of the OPCW, which are in compliance with the measures of the EU Strategy, shall be the following:\nProject I: National Implementation, Verification and Universality\nActivities:\nBilateral technical assistance visits\nTraining courses for customs officials on the technical aspects of the CWC’s transfers’ regime\nGrants to national authorities\nE-learning tool for national authorities/associated stakeholders\nOutreach to States not Party to the CWC\nInvestigation of alleged use exercises\nProject II: International Cooperation\nActivities:\nAnalytical skills development course\nIndustry Outreach — CWC and Chemical Process Safety Workshop\nProject III: Visits by representatives of the Executive Council of the OPCW and observers to chemical weapons destruction facilities (CWDFs)\nActivity:\nVisits to CWDFs\nProject IV: Science and Technology\nActivities:\nScientific Advisory Board (SAB) working group meetings\nCo-funding of an OPCW-International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) International Science and Technology Workshop\nProject V: Preparedness of States Parties to prevent and respond to attacks involving chemicals\nActivities:\nRegional Workshops — Article X of the CWC and issues of regional cooperation in the area of assistance and emergency response\nTable Top Exercises (TTEs) and exercise module\nOPCW as a platform for enhancing security at chemical plants\nProject VI: Africa Programme\nActivities:\nBilateral technical assistance visits\nTraining courses for customs officials on the technical aspects of the CWC’s transfers’ regime\nIndustry Outreach — CWC and Chemical Process Safety Workshop\nAnalytical skills development course\nRegional workshop — Article X of the CWC and issues of regional cooperation in the area of assistance and emergency response\nRegional long-term capacity building project in the assistance and protection field\nA detailed description of the Union supported activities of the OPCW referred to above is set out in the Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/166/article/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}