Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information

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legal instrument treaty annex

The Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information is a key component of the Chemical Weapons Convention that sets out detailed rules and procedures for handling, safeguarding, and limiting the disclosure of sensitive data obtained during the treaty’s implementation and verification activities.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal instrument → treaty annex →
adoptedWith	Chemical Weapons Convention →
aimsTo	maintain confidence of States Parties in the verification regime → prevent misuse of information obtained through verification → protect national security information of States Parties → protect sensitive commercial information →
appliesTo	industrial trade secrets submitted under the Chemical Weapons Convention → information obtained during on-site inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention → information obtained from declarations under the Chemical Weapons Convention → national security information provided in the context of the Chemical Weapons Convention →
bindingOn	all States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention →
defines	categories of confidentiality for information obtained under the Convention → confidential information for the purposes of the Chemical Weapons Convention →
hasFullName	Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information →
implementedBy	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons → Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons →
languageOfText	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
linkedTo	Verification Annex of the Chemical Weapons Convention →
partOf	Chemical Weapons Convention →
providesFor	classification procedures for confidential information → disciplinary measures for breaches of confidentiality by OPCW staff → disciplinary measures for breaches of confidentiality by inspectors → liability of States Parties in case of wrongful disclosure → liability of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in case of wrongful disclosure → security measures for processing of confidential information → security measures for storage of confidential information → security measures for transmission of confidential information → training requirements on confidentiality for OPCW staff → training requirements on confidentiality for inspectors →
regulates	disclosure of confidential information obtained under the Chemical Weapons Convention → handling of confidential information by States Parties → handling of confidential information by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons → protection of confidential information obtained under the Chemical Weapons Convention → use of confidential information obtained during verification activities →
setsOut	conditions for access to confidential information → limitations on the disclosure of confidential information → limitations on the use of confidential information → obligations of States Parties regarding confidentiality → obligations of inspectors regarding confidentiality → obligations of the Technical Secretariat regarding confidentiality → procedures for handling confidential information → rules for safeguarding confidential information →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chemical Weapons Convention →	annex
Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information →	hasFullName