# Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/538 of 1 April 2019 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, Division: Purposes

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Verification for continued confidence in compliance
Capacity development to prevent and respond to the hostile use of toxic chemicals and to foster international cooperation
Engagement to utilise others' capabilities
An organisation that remains fit for purpose
To identify the perpetrators of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic by identifying and reporting on all information potentially relevant to the origin of those chemical weapons in those instances in which the fact-finding mission (‘the FFM’) determines or has determined that use or likely use occurred, and cases for which the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism (‘JIM’) has not issued a report

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/538/annex/division/1/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-538/annex/division-1/division-2
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