Schedules of substances annexed to the Chemical Weapons Convention

State Parties are required to provide the OPCW with an annual summary of the production and use in their territory of substances listed in these Schedules, in accordance with the Convention.

[2] The lists are compiled according to decreasing probability that the substance is intended for military use.

The Lists are subject to the following criteria, among others:[2][3] The State Parties to the Convention are required to provide the monitoring Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) annually with an overview of the production of substances covered by the Convention.

Any (intended) production of Schedule 1 chemicals or transfers thereof to other Contracting States must be declared.

[5] Schedules 2 and 3 chemicals produced on their territory must also be reported in the annual statement insofar as the quantity thereof has exceeded a certain threshold value.