PROTOCOL TO THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY

Part I:









Part II:








Part III:

Annex 1 to
the Protocol












Annex 2 to
the Protocol

The International Monitoring System and
International Data Centre Functions

A. General Provisions
B. Seismological Monitoring
C. Radionuclide Monitoring
D. Hydroacoustic Monitoring
E. Infrasound Monitoring
F. International Data Centre Functions

On-Site Inspections

A. General Provisions
B. Standing Arrangements
C. On-Site Inspection Request, Inspection Mandate and Notification of Inspection
D. Pre-Inspection Activities
E. Conduct of Inspections

Confidence-Building Measures

Table 1-A List of Seismological Stations Comprising the Primary Network

Table 1-B List of Seismological Stations Comprising the Auxiliary Network

Table 2-A List of Radionuclide Stations

Table 2-B List of Radionuclide Laboratories

Table 3 List of Hydroacoustic Stations

Table 4 List of Infrasound Stations

List of Characterization Parameters for International Data Centre Standard Event Screening
PROTOCOL TO THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY

PART I

THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE FUNCTIONS

A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The International Monitoring System shall comprise monitoring facilities as set out in Article IV, paragraph 16, and respective means of communication.

2. The monitoring facilities incorporated into the International Monitoring System shall consist of those facilities specified in Annex 1 to this Protocol. The International Monitoring System shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the relevant operational manuals.

3. The Organization, in accordance with Article II, shall, in cooperation and consultation with the States Parties, with other States, and with international organizations as appropriate, establish and coordinate the operation and maintenance, and any future agreed modification or development of the International Monitoring System.

4. In accordance with appropriate agreements or arrangements and procedures, a State Party or other State hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for International Monitoring System facilities and the Technical Secretariat shall agree and cooperate in establishing, operating, upgrading, financing, and maintaining monitoring facilities, related certified laboratories and respective means of communication within areas under its jurisdiction or control or elsewhere in conformity with international law. Such cooperation shall be in accordance with the security and authentication requirements and technical specifications contained in the relevant operational manuals. Such a State shall give the Technical Secretariat authority to access a monitoring facility for checking equipment and communication links, and shall agree to make the necessary changes in the equipment and the operational procedures to meet agreed requirements. The Technical Secretariat shall provide to such States appropriate technical assistance as is deemed by the Executive Council to be required for the proper functioning of the facility as part of the International Monitoring System.

5. Modalities for such cooperation between the Organization and States Parties or States hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for facilities of the International Monitoring System shall be set out in agreements or arrangements as appropriate in each case.

B. SEISMOLOGICAL MONITORING

6. Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of seismological data to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the establishment and operation of a global network of primary and auxiliary seismological monitoring stations. These stations shall provide data in accordance with agreed procedures to the International Data Centre.

7. The network of primary stations shall consist of the 50 stations specified in Table 1-A of Annex 1 to this Protocol. These stations shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the Operational Manual for Seismological Monitoring and the International Exchange of Seismological Data. Uninterrupted data from the primary stations shall be transmitted, directly or through a national data centre, on-line to the International Data Centre.

8. To supplement the primary network, an auxiliary network of 120 stations shall provide information, directly or through a national data centre, to the International Data Centre upon request. The auxiliary stations to be used are listed in Table 1-B of Annex 1 to this Protocol. The auxiliary stations shall fulfill the technical and operational requirements specified in the Operational Manual for Seismological Monitoring and the International Exchange of Seismological Data. Data from the auxiliary stations may at any time be requested by the International Data Centre and shall be immediately available through on-line computer connections.

C. RADIONUCLIDE MONITORING

9. Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of data on radionuclides in the atmosphere to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the establishment and operation of a global network of radionuclide monitoring stations and certified laboratories. The network shall provide data in accordance with agreed procedures to the International Data Centre.

10. The network of stations to measure radionuclides in the atmosphere shall comprise an overall network of 80 stations, as specified in Table 2-A of Annex 1 to this Protocol. All stations shall be capable of monitoring for the presence of relevant particulate matter in the atmosphere. Forty of these stations shall also be capable of monitoring for the presence of relevant noble gases upon the entry into force of this Treaty. For this purpose the Conference, at its initial session, shall approve a recommendation by the Preparatory Commission as to which 40 stations from Table 2-A of Annex 1 to this Protocol shall be capable of noble gas monitoring. At its first regular annual session, the Conference shall consider and decide on a plan for implementing noble gas monitoring capability throughout the network. The Director-General shall prepare a report to the Conference on the modalities for such implementation. All monitoring stations shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the Operational Manual for Radionuclide Monitoring and the International Exchange of Radionuclide Data.

11. The network of radionuclide monitoring stations shall be supported by laboratories, which shall be certified by the Technical Secretariat in accordance with the relevant operational manual for the performance, on contract to the Organization and on a fee-for-service basis, of the analysis of samples from radionuclide monitoring stations. Laboratories specified in Table 2-B of Annex 1 to this Protocol, and appropriately equipped, shall, as required, also be drawn upon by the Technical Secretariat to perform additional analysis of samples from radionuclide monitoring stations. With the agreement of the Executive Council, further laboratories may be certified by the Technical Secretariat to perform the routine analysis of samples from manual monitoring stations where necessary. All certified laboratories shall provide the results of such analysis to the International Data Centre, and in so doing shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the Operational Manual on Radionuclide Monitoring and the International Exchange of Radionuclide Data.

D. HYDROACOUSTIC MONITORING

12. Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of hydroacoustic data to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the establishment and operation of a global network of hydroacoustic monitoring stations. These stations shall provide data in accordance with agreed procedures to the International Data Centre.

13. The network of hydroacoustic stations shall consist of the stations specified in Table 3 of Annex 1 to this Protocol, and shall comprise an overall network of six hydrophone and five T-phase stations. These stations shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the Operational Manual for Hydroacoustic Monitoring and the International Exchange of Hydroacoustic Data.

E. INFRASOUND MONITORING

14. Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of infrasound data to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the establishment and operation of a global network of infrasound monitoring stations. These stations shall provide data in accordance with agreed procedures to the International Data Centre.

15. The network of infrasound stations shall consist of the stations specified in Table 4 of Annex 1 to this Protocol, and shall comprise an overall network of 60 stations. These stations shall fulfil the technical an operational requirements specified in the Operational Manual for Infrasound Monitoring and the International Exchange of Infrasound Data.

F. INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE FUNCTIONS

16. The International Data Centre shall receive, collect, process, analyse, report on and archive data from International Monitoring System facilities, including the results of analysis conducted at certified laboratories.

17. The procedures and standard event screening criteria to be used by the International Data Centre in carrying out its agreed functions, in particular for the production of standard reporting products and for the performance of standard range of services for States Parties, shall be elaborated in the Operational Manual for the International Data Centre and shall be progressively developed. The procedures and criteria developed initially by the Preparatory Commission shall be approved by the Conference at its initial session.

International Data Centre Standard Products

18. The International Data Centre shall apply on a routine basis automatic processing methods and interactive human analysis to raw International Monitoring System data in order to produce and archive standard International Data Centre products on behalf of all States Parties. These products shall be provided at no cost to States Parties and shall be without prejudice to final judgements with regard to the nature of any event, which shall remain the responsibility of States Parties, and shall include:

19. The International Data Centre shall carry out, at no cost to States Parties, special studies to provide in-depth, technical review by expert analysis of data from the International Monitoring System, if requested by the Organization or by a State Party, to improve the estimated values for the standard signal and event parameters.

International Data Centre Services to States Parties

20. The International Data Centre shall provide States Parties with open, equal, timely and convenient access to all International Monitoring System data, raw or processed, all International Data Centre products, and all other International Monitoring System data in the archive of the International Data Centre or, through the International Data Centre, of International Monitoring System facilities. The methods for supporting data access and the provision of data shall include the following services:

The International Data Centre services specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be made available at no cost to each State Party. The volumes and formats of data shall be set out in the Operational Manual for the International Data Centre.

National Event Screening

21. The International Data Centre shall, if requested by a State Party, apply to any of its standard products, on a regular and automatic basis, national event screening criteria established by that State Party, and provide the results of such analysis to that State Party. This service shall be undertaken at no cost to the requesting State Party. The output of such national event screening processes shall be considered a product of the requesting State Party.

Technical Assistance

22. The International Data Centre shall, where required, provide technical assistance to individual States Parties:

23. The International Data Centre shall continuously monitor and report on the operational status of the International Monitoring System facilities, of communications links, and of its own processing systems. It shall provide immediate notification to those responsible should the operational performance of any component fail to meet agreed levels set out in the relevant operational manual.

PART II

ON-SITE INSPECTIONS

A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The procedures in this Part shall be implemented pursuant to the provisions for on-site inspections set out in Article IV.

2. The on-site inspection shall be carried out in the area where the event that triggered the on-site inspection request occurred.

3. The area of an on-site inspection shall be continuous and its size shall not exceed 1000 square kilometres. There shall be no linear distance greater than 50 kilometres in any direction.

4. The duration of an on-site inspection shall not exceed 60 days from the date of the approval of the on-site inspection request in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 46, but may be extended by a maximum of 70 days in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 49.

5. If the inspection area specified in the inspection mandate extends to the territory or other place under the jurisdiction or control of more than one State Party, the provisions on on-site inspections shall, as appropriate, apply to each of the States Parties to which the inspection area extends.

6. In cases where the inspection area is under the jurisdiction or control of the inspected State Party but is located on the territory of another State Party or where the access from the point of entry to the inspection area requires transit through the territory of a State Party other than the inspected State Party, the inspected State Party shall exercise the rights and fulfil the obligations concerning such inspections in accordance with this Protocol. In such a case, the State Party on whose territory the inspection area is located shall facilitate the inspection and shall provide for the necessary support to enable the inspection team to carry out its tasks in a timely and effective manner. States Parties through whose territory transit is required to reach the inspection area shall facilitate such transit.

7. In cases where the inspection area is under the jurisdiction or control of the inspected State Party but is located on the territory of a State not Party to this Treaty, the inspected State Party shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the inspection can be carried out in accordance with this Protocol. A State Party that has under its jurisdiction or control one or more areas on the territory of a State not Party to this Treaty shall take all necessary measures to ensure acceptance by the State on whose territory the inspection area is located of inspectors and inspection assistants designated to that State Party. If an inspected State Party is unable to ensure access, it shall demonstrate that it took all necessary measures to ensure access.

8. In cases where the inspection area is located on the territory of a State Party but is under the jurisdiction or control of a State not Party to this Treaty, the State Party shall take all necessary measures required of an inspected State Party and a State Party on whose territory the inspection area is located, without prejudice to the rules and practices of international law, to ensure that the on-site inspection can be carried out in accordance with this Protocol. If the State Party is unable to ensure access to the inspection area, it shall demonstrate that it took all necessary measures to ensure access, without prejudice to the rules and practices of international law.

9. The size of the inspection team shall be kept to the minimum necessary for the proper fulfilment of the inspection mandate. The total number of members of the inspection team present on the territory of the inspected State Party at any given time, except during the conduct of drilling, shall not exceed 40 persons. No national of the requesting State Party or the inspected State Party shall be a member of the inspection team.

10. The Director-General shall determine the size of the inspection team and select its members from the list of inspectors and inspection assistants, taking into account the circumstances of a particular request.

11. The inspected State Party shall provide for or arrange the amenities necessary for the inspection team, such as communication means, interpretation services, transportation, working space, lodging, meals, and medical care.

12. The inspected State Party shall be reimbursed by the Organization, in a reasonably short period of time after conclusion of the inspection, for all expenses, including those mentioned in paragraphs 11 and 49, related to the stay and functional activities of the inspection team on the territory of the inspected State Party.

13. Procedures for the implementation of on-site inspections shall be detailed in the Operational Manual for On-Site Inspections.

B. STANDING ARRANGEMENTS

Designation of Inspectors and Inspection Assistants

14. An inspection team may consist of inspectors and inspection assistants. An on-site inspection shall only be carried out by qualified inspectors specially designated for this function. They may be assisted by specially designated inspection assistants, such as technical and administrative personnel, aircrew and interpreters.

15. Inspectors and inspection assistants shall be nominated for designation by the States Parties or, in the case of staff of the Technical Secretariat, by the Director-General, on the basis of their expertise and experience relevant to the purpose and functions of on-site inspections. The nominees shall be approved in advance by the States Parties in accordance with paragraph 18.

16. Each State Party, no later than 30 days after the entry into force of this Treaty for it, shall notify the Director-General of the names, dates of birth, sex, ranks, qualifications and professional experience of the persons proposed by the State Party for designation as inspectors and inspection assistants.

17. No later than 60 days after the entry into force of this Treaty, the Technical Secretariat shall communicate in writing to all States Parties an initial list of the names, nationalities, dates of birth, sex and ranks of the inspectors and inspection assistants proposed for designation by the Director-General and the States Parties, as well as a description of their qualifications and professional experience.

18. Each State Party shall immediately acknowledge receipt of the initial list of inspectors and inspection assistants proposed for designation. Any inspector or inspection assistant included in this list shall be regarded as accepted unless a State Party, no later than 30 days after acknowledgment of receipt of the list, declares its non-acceptance in writing. The State Party may include the reason for the objection. In the case of non-acceptance, the proposed inspector or inspection assistant shall not undertake or participate in on-site inspection activities on the territory or in any other place under the jurisdiction or control of the State Party that has declared its non-acceptance. The Technical Secretariat shall immediately confirm receipt of the notification of objection.

19. Whenever additions or changes to the list of inspectors and inspection assistants are proposed by the Director-General or a State Party, replacement inspectors and inspection assistants shall be designated in the same manner as set forth with respect to the initial list. Each State Party shall promptly notify the Technical Secretariat if an inspector or inspection assistant nominated by it can no longer fulfil the duties of an inspector or inspection assistant.

20. The Technical Secretariat shall keep the list of inspectors and inspection assistants up to date and notify all States Parties of additions or changes to the list.

21. A State Party requesting an on-site inspection may propose that an inspector from the list of inspectors and inspection assistants serve as its observer in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 61.

22. Subject to paragraph 23, a State Party shall have the right at any time to object to an inspector or inspection assistant who has already been accepted. It shall notify the Technical Secretariat of its objection in writing and may include the reason for the objection. Such objection shall come into effect 30 days after receipt of the notification by the Technical Secretariat. The Technical Secretariat shall immediately confirm receipt of the notification of the objection and inform the objecting and nominating States Parties of the date on which the inspector or inspection assistant shall cease to be designated for that State Party.

23. A State Party that has been notified of an inspection shall not seek the removal from the inspection team of any of the inspectors or inspection assistants named in the inspection mandate.

24. The number of inspectors and inspection assistants accepted by a State Party must be sufficient to allow for availability of appropriate numbers of inspectors and inspection assistants. If, in the opinion of the Director-General, the non-acceptance by a State Party of proposed inspectors or inspection assistants impedes the designation of a sufficient number of inspectors and inspection assistants or otherwise hampers the effective fulfilment of the purposes of an on-site inspection, the Director-General shall refer the issue to the Executive Council.

25. Each inspector included in the list of inspectors and inspection assistants shall receive relevant training. Such training shall be provided by the Technical Secretariat pursuant to the procedures specified in the Operational Manual for On-Site Inspections. The Technical Secretariat shall co-ordinate, in agreement with the States Parties, a schedule of training for the inspectors.

Privileges and Immunities

26. Following acceptance of the initial list of inspectors and inspection assistants as provided for in paragraph 18 or as subsequently altered in accordance with paragraph 19, each State Party shall be obliged to issue, in accordance with its national procedures and upon application by an inspector or inspection assistant, multiple entry/exit and/or transit visas and other relevant documents to enable each inspector and inspection assistant to enter and to remain on the territory of that State Party for the sole purpose of carrying out inspection activities. Each State Party shall issue the necessary visa or travel documents for this purpose no later than 48 hours after receipt of the application or immediately upon arrival of the inspection team at the point of entry on the territory of the State Party. Such documents shall be valid for as long as is necessary to enable the inspector or inspection assistant to remain on the territory of the inspected State Party for the sole purpose of carrying out the inspection activities.

27. To exercise their functions effectively, members of the inspection team shall be accorded privileges and immunities as set forth in sub-paragraphs (a) to (i). Privileges and immunities shall be granted to members of the inspection team for the sake of this Treaty and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves. Such privileges and immunities shall be accorded to them for the entire period between arrival on and departure from the territory of the inspected State Party, and thereafter with respect to acts previously performed in the exercise of their official functions.

28. When transiting the territory of States Parties other than the inspected State Party, the members of the inspection team shall be accorded the privileges and immunities enjoyed by diplomatic agents pursuant to Article 40, paragraph 1, of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Papers and correspondence, including records, and samples and approved equipment carried by them, shall be accorded the privileges and immunities set forth in paragraph 27 (c) and (d).

29. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities the members of the inspection team shall be obliged to respect the laws and regulations of the inspected State Party and, to the extent that is consistent with the inspection mandate, shall be obliged not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State. If the inspected State Party considers that there has been an abuse of privileges and immunities specified in this Protocol, consultations shall be held between the State Party and the Director-General to determine whether such an abuse has occurred and, if so determined, to prevent a repetition of such an abuse.

30. The immunity from jurisdiction of members of the inspection team may be waived by the Director-General in those cases when the Director-General is of the opinion that immunity would impede the course of justice and that it can be waived without prejudice to the implementation of the provisions of this Treaty. Waiver must always be express.

31. Observers shall be accorded the same privileges and immunities accorded to members of the inspection team pursuant to this section, except for those accorded pursuant to paragraph 27 (d).

Points of Entry

32. Each State Party shall designate its points of entry and shall supply the required information to the Technical Secretariat no later than 30 days after this Treaty enters into force for it. These points of entry shall be such that the inspection team can reach any inspection area from at least one point of entry within 24 hours. Locations of points of entry shall be provided to all States Parties by the Technical Secretariat. Points of entry may also serve as points of exit.

33. Each State Party may change its points of entry by giving notice of such change to the Technical Secretariat. Changes shall become effective 30 days after the Technical Secretariat receives such notification, to allow appropriate notification to all States Parties.

34. If the Technical Secretariat considers that there are insufficient points of entry for the timely conduct of inspections or that changes to the points of entry proposed by a State Party would hamper such timely conduct of inspections, it shall enter into consultations with the State Party concerned to resolve the problem.

Arrangements for Use of Non-Scheduled Aircraft

35. Where timely travel to the point of entry is not feasible using scheduled commercial flights, an inspection team may utilize non-scheduled aircraft. No later than 30 days after this Treaty enters into force for it, each State Party shall inform the Technical Secretariat of the standing diplomatic clearance number for non-scheduled aircraft transporting an inspection team and equipment necessary for inspection. Aircraft routings shall be along established international airways that are agreed upon between the State Party and the Technical Secretariat as the basis for such diplomatic clearance.

Approved Inspection Equipment

36. The Conference, at its initial session, shall consider and approve a list of equipment for use during on-site inspections. Each State Party may submit proposals for the inclusion of equipment in the list. Specifications for the use of the equipment, as detailed in the Operational Manual for On-Site Inspections, shall take account of safety and confidentiality considerations where such equipment is likely to be used.

37. The equipment for use during on-site inspections shall consist of core equipment for the inspection activities and techniques specified in paragraph 69 and auxiliary equipment necessary for the effective and timely conduct of on-site inspections.

38. The Technical Secretariat shall ensure that all types of approved equipment are available for on-site inspections when required. When required for an on-site inspection, the Technical Secretariat shall duly certify that the equipment has been calibrated, maintained and protected. To facilitate the checking of the equipment at the point of entry by the inspected State Party, the Technical Secretariat shall provide documentation and attach seals to authenticate the certification.

39. Any permanently held equipment shall be in the custody of the Technical Secretariat. The Technical Secretariat shall be responsible for the maintenance and calibration of such equipment.

40. As appropriate, the Technical Secretariat shall make arrangements with States Parties to provide equipment mentioned in the list. Such States Parties shall be responsible for the maintenance and calibration of such equipment.

C. ON-SITE INSPECTION REQUEST, INSPECTION MANDATE AND NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION

On-Site Inspection Request

41. Pursuant to Article IV, paragraph 37, the on-site inspection request shall contain at least the following information:

Inspection Mandate

42. The mandate for an on-site inspection shall contain:

If a decision by the Executive Council pursuant to Article IV, paragraphs 46 to 49, necessitates a modification of the inspection mandate, the Director-General may update the mandate with respect to sub-paragraphs (d), (h) and (j), as appropriate. The Director-General shall immediately notify the inspected State Party of any such modification.

Notification of Inspection

43. The notification made by the Director-General pursuant to Article IV, paragraph 55 shall include the following information:

44. The inspected State Party shall acknowledge receipt of the notification by the Director-General no later than 12 hours after having received the notification.

D. PRE-INSPECTION ACTIVITIES

Entry Into the Territory of the Inspected State Party, Activities at the
Point of Entry and Transfer to the Inspection Area

45. The inspected State Party that has been notified of the arrival of the inspection team shall ensure the immediate entry of the inspection team into its territory.

46. When a non-scheduled aircraft is used for travel to the point of entry, the Technical Secretariat shall provide the inspected State Party with a flight plan, through the National Authority, for the flight of the aircraft from the last airfield prior to entering the airspace of that State Party to the point of entry, no less than six hours before the scheduled departure time from that airfield. Such a plan shall be filed in accordance with the procedures of the International Civil Aviation Organization applicable to civil aircraft. The Technical Secretariat shall include in the remarks section of the flight plan the standing diplomatic clearance number and the appropriate notation identifying the aircraft as an inspection aircraft. If a military aircraft is used, the Technical Secretariat shall request prior authorization from the inspected State Party to enter its airspace.

47. No less than three hours before the scheduled departure of the inspection team from the last airfield prior to entering the airspace of the inspected State Party, the inspected State Party shall ensure that the flight plan filed in accordance with paragraph 46 is approved, so that the inspection team may arrive at the point of entry by the estimated arrival time.

48. Where necessary, the head of the inspection team and the representative of the inspected State Party shall agree on a basing point and a flight plan from the point of entry to the basing point and, if necessary, to the inspection area.

49. The inspected State Party shall provide for or arrange parking, security protection, servicing and fuel as required by the Technical Secretariat for the aircraft of the inspection team at the point of entry and, where necessary, at the basing point and at the inspection area. Such aircraft shall not be liable for landing fees, departure tax, and similar charges. This paragraph shall also apply to aircraft used for overflight during the on-site inspection.

50. Subject to paragraph 51, there shall be no restriction by the inspected State Party on the inspection team bringing approved equipment that is in conformity with the inspection mandate into the territory of that State Party, or on its use in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty and this Protocol.

51. The inspected State Party shall have the right, without prejudice to the time-frame specified in paragraph 54, to check in the presence of inspection team members at the point of entry that the equipment has been approved and certified in accordance with paragraph 38. The inspected State Party may exclude equipment that is not in conformity with the inspection mandate or that has not been approved and certified in accordance with paragraph 38.

52. Immediately upon arrival at the point of entry and without prejudice to the time-frame specified in paragraph 54, the head of the inspection team shall present to the representative of the inspected State Party the inspection mandate and an initial inspection plan prepared by the inspection team specifying the activities to be carried out by it. The inspection team shall be briefed by representatives of the inspected State Party with the aid of maps and other documentation as appropriate. The briefing shall include relevant natural terrain features, safety and confidentiality issues, and logistical arrangements for the inspection. The inspected State Party may indicate locations within the inspection area that, in its view, are not related to the purpose of the inspection.

53. After the pre-inspection briefing, the inspection team shall, as appropriate, modify the initial inspection plan, taking into account any comments by the inspected State Party. The modified inspection plan shall be made available to the representative of the inspected State Party.

54. The inspected State Party shall do everything in its power to provide assistance and to ensure the safe conduct of the inspection team, the approved equipment specified in paragraphs 50 and 51 and baggage from the point of entry to the inspection area no later than 36 hours after arrival at the point of entry, if no other timing has been agreed upon within the time-frame specified in paragraph 57.

55. To confirm that the area to which the inspection team has been transported corresponds to the inspection area specified in the inspection mandate, the inspection team shall have the right to use approved location-finding equipment. The inspected State Party shall assist the inspection team in this task.

E. CONDUCT OF INSPECTIONS

General Rules

56. The inspection team shall discharge its functions in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty and this Protocol.

57. The inspection team shall begin its inspection activities in the inspection area as soon as possible, but in no case later than 72 hours after arrival at the point of entry.

58. The activities of the inspection team shall be so arranged as to ensure the timely and effective discharge of its functions and the least possible inconvenience to the inspected State Party and disturbance to the inspection area.

59. In cases where the inspected State Party has been requested, pursuant to paragraph 43 (e) or in the course of the inspection, to make available any equipment for use by the inspection team in the inspection area, the inspected State Party shall comply with the request to the extent it can.

60. During the on-site inspection the inspection team shall have, inter alia:

61. During the on-site inspection the inspected State Party shall have, inter alia:

Communications

62. The members of the inspection team shall have the right at all times during the on-site inspection to communicate with each other and with the Technical Secretariat. For this purpose they may use their own duly approved and certified equipment with the consent of the inspected State Party, to the extent that the inspected State Party does not provide them with access to other telecommunications.

Observer

63. In accordance with Article IV, paragraph 61, the requesting State Party shall liaise with the Technical Secretariat to coordinate the arrival of the observer at the same point of entry or basing point as the inspection team within a reasonable period of the arrival of the inspection team.

64. The observer shall have the right throughout the inspection to be in communication with the embassy of the requesting State Party located in the inspected State Party or, in the case of absence of an embassy, with the requesting State Party itself.

65. The observer shall have the right to arrive at the inspection area and to have access to and within the inspection area as granted by the inspected State Party.

66. The observer shall have the right to make recommendations to the inspection team throughout the inspection.

67. Throughout the inspection, the inspection team shall keep the observer informed about the conduct of the inspection and the findings.

68. Throughout the inspection, the inspected State Party shall provide or arrange for the amenities necessary for the observer similar to those enjoyed by the inspection team as described in paragraph 11. All costs in connection with the stay of the observer on the territory of the inspected State Party shall be borne by the requesting State Party.

Inspection Activities and Techniques

69. The following inspection activities may be conducted and techniques used, in accordance with the provisions on managed access, on collection, handling and analysis of samples, and on overflights:

70. Up to 25 days after the approval of the on-site inspection in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 46, the inspection team shall have the right to conduct any of the activities and use any of the techniques listed in paragraph 69 (a) to (e). Following the approval of the continuation of the inspection in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 47, the inspection team shall have the right to conduct any of the activities and use any of the techniques listed in paragraph 69 (a) to (g). The inspection team shall only conduct drilling after the approval of the Executive Council in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 48. If the inspection team requests an extension of the inspection duration in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 49, it shall indicate in its request which of the activities and techniques listed in paragraph 69 it intends to carry out in order to be able to fulfil its mandate.

Overflights

71. The inspection team shall have the right to conduct an overflight over the inspection area during the on-site inspection for the purposes of providing the inspection team with a general orientation of the inspection area, narrowing down and optimizing the locations for ground-based inspection and facilitating the collection of factual evidence, using equipment specified in paragraph 79.

72. The overflight shall be conducted as soon as practically possible. The total duration of the overflight over the inspection area shall be no more than 12 hours.

73. Additional overflights using equipment specified in paragraphs 79 and 80 may be conducted subject to the agreement of the inspected State Party.

74. The area to be covered by overflights shall not extend beyond the inspection area.

75. The inspected State Party shall have the right to impose restrictions or, in exceptional cases and with reasonable justification, prohibitions on the overflight of sensitive sites not related to the purpose of the inspection. Restrictions may relate to the flight altitude, the number of passes and circling, the duration of hovering, the type of aircraft, the number of inspectors on board, and the type of measurements or observations. If the inspection team considers that the restrictions or prohibitions on the overflight of sensitive sites may impede the fulfilment of its mandate, the inspected State Party shall make every reasonable effort to provide alternative means of inspection.

76. Overflights shall be conducted according to a flight plan duly filed and approved in accordance with aviation rules and regulations of the inspected State Party. Flight safety regulations of the inspected State Party shall be strictly observed throughout all flying operations.

77. During overflights landing should normally be authorized only for purposes of staging or refueling.

78. Overflights shall be conducted at altitudes as requested by the inspection team consistent with the activities to be conducted, visibility conditions, as well as the aviation and the safety regulations of the inspected State Party and its right to protect sensitive information not related to the purposes of the inspection. Overflights shall be conducted up to a maximum altitude of 1500 metres above the surface.

79. For the overflight conducted pursuant to paragraphs 71 and 72, the following equipment may be used on board the aircraft:

80. For any additional overflights conducted pursuant to paragraph 73, inspectors on board the aircraft may also use portable, easily installed equipment for:

81. Overflights shall be conducted with a relatively slow fixed or rotary wing aircraft. The aircraft shall afford a broad, unobstructed view of the surface below.

82. The inspected State Party shall have the right to provide its own aircraft, pre-equipped as appropriate in accordance with the technical requirements of the relevant operational manual, and crew. Otherwise, the aircraft shall be provided or rented by the Technical Secretariat.

83. If the aircraft is provided or rented by the Technical Secretariat, the inspected State Party shall have the right to check the aircraft to ensure that it is equipped with approved inspection equipment. Such checking shall be completed within the time-frame specified in paragraph 57.

84. Personnel on board the aircraft shall consist of:

85. Procedures for the implementation of overflights shall be detailed in the Operational Manual for On-Site Inspections.

Managed Access

86. The inspection team shall have the right to access the inspection area in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty and this Protocol.

87. The inspected State Party shall provide access within the inspection area in accordance with the time-frame specified in paragraph 57.

88. Pursuant to Article IV, paragraph 57 and paragraph 86 above, the rights and obligations of the inspected State Party shall include:

89. Pursuant to Article IV, paragraph 57 (b) and paragraph 88 (a) above, the inspected State Party shall have the right throughout the inspection area to take measures to protect sensitive installations and locations and to prevent disclosure of confidential information not related to the purpose of the inspection. Such measures may include, inter alia:

90. Access to buildings and other structures shall be deferred until after the approval of the continuation of the on-site inspection in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 47, except for access to buildings and other structures housing the entrance to a mine, other excavations, or caverns of large volume not otherwise accessible. For such buildings and structures, the inspection team shall have the right only of transit, as directed by the inspected State Party, in order to enter such mines, caverns or other excavations.

91. If, following the approval of the continuation of the inspection in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 47, the inspection team demonstrates credibly to the inspected State Party that access to buildings and other structures is necessary to fulfil the inspection mandate and that the necessary activities authorized in the mandate could not be carried out from the outside, the inspection team shall have the right to gain access to such buildings or other structures. The head of the inspection team shall request access to a specific building or structure indicating the purpose of such access, the specific number of inspectors, as well as the intended activities. The modalities for access shall be subject to negotiation between the inspection team and the inspected State Party. The inspected State Party shall have the right to impose restrictions or, in exceptional cases and with reasonable justification, prohibitions, on the access to buildings and other structures.

92. When restricted-access sites are declared pursuant to paragraph 89 (e), each such site shall be no larger than four square kilometres. The inspected State Party has the right to declare up to 50 square kilometers of restricted-access sites. If more than one restricted-access site is declared, each such site shall be separated from any other such site by a minimum distance of 20 metres. Each restricted-access site shall have clearly defined and accessible boundaries.

93. The size, location, and boundaries of restricted-access sites shall be presented to the head of the inspection team no later than the time that the inspection team seeks access to a location that contains all or part of such a site.

94. The inspection team shall have the right to place equipment and take other steps necessary to conduct its inspection up to the boundary of a restricted-access site.

95. The inspection team shall be permitted to observe visually all open places within the restricted-access site from the boundary of the site.

96. The inspection team shall make every reasonable effort to fulfil the inspection mandate outside the declared restricted-access sites prior to requesting access to such sites. If at any time the inspection team demonstrates credibly to the inspected State Party that the necessary activities authorized in the mandate could not be carried out from the outside and that access to a restricted-access site is necessary to fulfil the mandate, some members of the inspection team shall be granted access to accomplish specific tasks within the site. The inspected State Party shall have the right to shroud or otherwise protect sensitive equipment, objects and materials not related to the purpose of the inspection. The number of inspectors shall be kept to the minimum necessary to complete the tasks related to the inspection. The modalities for such access shall be subject to negotiation between the inspection team and the inspected State Party.

Collection, Handling and Analysis of Samples

97. Subject to paragraphs 86 to 96 and 98 to 100, the inspection team shall have the right to collect and remove relevant samples from the inspection area.

98. Whenever possible, the inspection team shall analyze samples on-site. Representatives of the inspected State Party shall have the right to be present when samples are analyzed on-site. At the request of the inspection team, the inspected State Party shall, in accordance with agreed procedures, provide assistance for the analysis of samples on-site. The inspection team shall have the right to transfer samples for off-site analysis at laboratories designated by the Organization only if it demonstrates that the necessary sample analysis can not be performed on-site.

99. The inspected State Party shall have the right to retain portions of all samples collected when these samples are analysed and may take duplicate samples.

100. The inspected State Party shall have the right to request that any unused samples or portions thereof be returned.

101. The designated laboratories shall conduct chemical and physical analysis of the samples transferred for off-site analysis. Details of such analysis shall be elaborated in the Operational Manual for On-Site Inspections.

102. The Director-General shall have the primary responsibility for the security, integrity and preservation of samples and for ensuring that the confidentiality of samples transferred for off-site analysis is protected. The Director-General shall do so in accordance with procedures contained in the Operational Manual for On-Site Inspections. The Director-General shall, in any case:

103. When off-site analysis is to be performed, samples shall be analyzed in at least two designated laboratories. The Technical Secretariat shall ensure the expeditious processing of the analysis. The samples shall be accounted for by the Technical Secretariat and any unused samples or portions thereof shall be returned to the Technical Secretariat.

104. The Technical Secretariat shall compile the results of the laboratory analysis of samples relevant to the purpose of the inspection. Pursuant to Article IV, paragraph 63, the Director-General shall transmit any such results promptly to the inspected State Party for comments and thereafter to the Executive Council and to all other States Parties and shall include detailed information concerning the equipment and methodology employed by the designated laboratories.

Conduct of Inspections in Areas beyond the Jurisdiction or Control of any State

105. In case of an on-site inspection in an area beyond the jurisdiction or control of any State, the Director-General shall consult with the appropriate States Parties and agree on any transit or basing points to facilitate a speedy arrival of the inspection team in the inspection area.

106. The States Parties on whose territory transit or basing points are located shall, as far as possible, assist in facilitating the inspection, including transporting the inspection team, its baggage and equipment to the inspection area, as well as providing the relevant amenities specified in paragraph 11. The Organization shall reimburse assisting States Parties for all costs incurred.

107. Subject to the approval of the Executive Council, the Director-General may negotiate standing arrangements with States Parties to facilitate assistance in the event of an on-site inspection in an area beyond the jurisdiction or control of any State.

108. In cases where one or more States Parties have conducted an investigation of an ambiguous event in an area beyond the jurisdiction or control of any State before a request is made for an on-site inspection in that area, any results of such investigation may be taken into account by the Executive Council in its deliberations pursuant to Article IV.

Post-Inspection Procedures

109. Upon conclusion of the inspection, the inspection team shall meet with the representative of the inspected State Party to review the preliminary findings of the inspection team and to clarify any ambiguities. The inspection team shall provide the representative of the inspected State Party with its preliminary findings in written form according to a standardized format, together with a list of any samples and other material taken from the inspection area pursuant to paragraph 98. The document shall be signed by the head of the inspection team. In order to indicate that he or she has taken notice of the contents of the document, the representative of the inspected State Party shall countersign the document. The meeting shall be completed no later than 24 hours after the conclusion of the inspection.

Departure

110. Upon completion of the post-inspection procedures, the inspection team and the observer shall leave, as soon as possible, the territory of the inspected State Party. The inspected State Party shall do everything in its power to provide assistance and to ensure the safe conduct of the inspection team, equipment and baggage to the point of exit. Unless agreed otherwise by the inspected State Party and the inspection team, the point of exit used shall be the same as the point of entry.

PART III

CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES

1. Pursuant to Article IV, paragraph 68, each State Party shall, on a voluntary basis, provide the Technical Secretariat with notification of any chemical explosion using 300 tonnes or greater of TNT-equivalent blasting material detonated as a single explosion anywhere on its territory, or at any place under its jurisdiction or control. If possible, such notification shall be provided in advance. Such notification shall include details on location, time, quantity and type of explosive used, as well as on the configuration and intended purpose of the blast.

2. Each State Party shall, on a voluntary basis, as soon as possible after the entry into force of this Treaty provide to the Technical Secretariat, and at annual intervals thereafter update, information related to its national use of all other chemical explosions greater than 300 tonnes TNT-equivalent. In particular, the State Party shall seek to advise:

and to assist the Technical Secretariat in clarifying the origins of any such event detected by the International Monitoring System.

3. A State Party may, on a voluntary and mutually-acceptable basis, invite representatives of the Technical Secretariat or of other States Parties to visit sites within its territory referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.

4. For the purpose of calibrating the International Monitoring System, States Parties may liaise with the Technical Secretariat to carry out chemical calibration explosions or to provide relevant information on chemical explosions planned for other purposes.

ANNEX 1 TO THE PROTOCOL

Table 1-A List of Seismological Stations Comprising the Primary Network

#State Responsible for StationLocationLatitudeLongitudeType
1ArgentinaPLCA
Paso Flores
40.7 S70.6 W3-C
2AustraliaWRA
Warramunga, NT
19.9 S134.3 Earray
3AustraliaASAR
Alice Springs, NT
23.7 S133.9 Earray
4AustraliaSTKA
Stephens Creek, SA
31.9 S141.6 E3-C
5AustraliaMAW
Mawson, Antarctica
67.6 S62.9 E3-C
6BoliviaLPAZ
La Paz
16.3 S68.1 W3-C
7BrazilBDFB
Brasilia
15.6 S48.0 W3-C
8CanadaULMC
Lac du Bonnet, Man.
50.2 N95.9 W3-C
9CanadaYKAC
Yellowknife,
N.W.T.
62.5 N114.6 Warray
10CanadaSCH
Schefferville,
Quebec
54.8 N66.8 W3-C
11Central African
Republic
BGCA
Bangui
05.2 N18.4 E3-C
12ChinaHAI
Hailar
49.3 N119.7 E3-C >
array
13ChinaLZH
Lanzhou
36.1 N103.8 E3-C >
array
14ColombiaXSA
El Rosal
04.9 N74.3 W3-C
15Côte d'IvoireDBIC
Dimbroko
06.7 N04.9 W3-C
16EgyptLXEG
Luxor
26.0 N33.0 Earray
17FinlandFINES
Lahti
61.4 N26.1 Earray
18FrancePPT
Tahiti
17.6 S149.6 W3-C
19GermanyGEC2
Freyung
48.9 N13.7 Earray
20To be determinedTo be determinedTo be determinedTo be determinedTo be determined
21Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
THR
Tehran
35.8 N51.4 E3-C
22JapanMJAR
Matsushiro
36.5 N138.2 Earray
23KazakstanMAK
Makanchi
46.8 N82.0 Earray
24KenyaKMBO
Kilimambogo
01.1 S37.2 E3-C
25MongoliaJAVM
Javhlant
48.0 N106.8 E3-C >
array
26NigerNew SiteTo be determinedTo be determined3-C >
array
27NorwayNAO
Hamar
60.8 N10.8 Earray
28NorwayARAO
Karasjok
69.5 N25.5 Earray
29PakistanPRPK
Pari
33.7 N73.3 Earray
30ParaguayCPUP
Villa Florida
26.3 S57.3 W3-C
31Republic of KoreaKSRS
Wonju
37.5 N127.9 Earray
32Russian FederationKBZ
Khabaz
43.7 N42.9 E3-C
33Russian FederationZAL
Zalesovo
53.9 N84.8 E3-C >
array
34Russian FederationNRI
Norilsk
69.0 N88.0 E3-C
35Russian FederationPDY
Peleduy
59.6 N112.6 E3-C >
array
36Russian FederationPET
Petropavlovsk-
Kamchatskiy
53.1 N157.8 E3-C >
array
37Russian FederationUSK
Ussuriysk
44.2 N132.0 E3-C >
array
38Saudi ArabiaNew SiteTo be determinedTo be determinedarray
39South AfricaBOSA
Boshof
28.6 S25.6 E3-C
40SpainESDC
Sonseca
39.7 N04.0 Warray
41ThailandCMTO
Chiang Mai
18.8 N99.0 Earray
42TunisiaTHA
Thala
35.6 N08.7 E3-C
43TurkeyBRTR
Belbashi
The array is subject to relocation at Keskin
39.9 N32.8 Earray
44TurkmenistanGEYT
Alibeck
37.9 N58.1 Earray
45UkraineAKASG
Malin
50.4 N29.1 Earray
46United States of AmericaLJTX
Lajitas, TX
29.3 N103.7 Warray
47United States of AmericaMNV
Mina, NV
38.4 N118.2 Warray
48United States of AmericaPIWY
Pinedale, WY
42.8 N109.6 Warray
49United States of AmericaELAK
Eielson, AK
64.8 N146.9 Warray
50United States of AmericaVNDA
Vanda, Antarctica
77.5 S161.9 E 3-C

Key:

3-C > array: indicates that the site could start operations in the International Monitoring System as a three-component station and be upgraded to an array at a later time.

Table 1-B List of Seismological Stations Comprising the Auxiliary Network

#State Responsible for StationLocationLatitudeLongitudeType
1ArgentinaCFA
Coronel Fontana
31.6 S68.2 W3-C
2ArgentinaUSHA
Ushuaia
55.0 S68.0 W3-C
3ArmeniaGNI
Garni
40.1 N44.7 E3-C
4AustraliaCTA
Charters Towers, QLD
20.1 S146.3 E3-C
5AustraliaFITZ
Fitzroy Crossing, WA
18.1 S125.6 E3-C
6AustraliaNWAO
Narrogin, WA
32.9 S117.2 E3-C
7BangladeshCHT
Chittagong
22.4 N91.8 E3-C
8BoliviaSIV
San Ignacio
16.0 S61.1 W3-C
9BotswanaLBTB
Lobatse
25.0 S25.6 E3-C
10BrazilPTGA
Pitinga
0.7 S60.0 W3-C
11BrazilRGNB
Rio Grande do Norte
6.9 S37.0 W3-C
12CanadaFRB
Iqaluit, N.W.T.
63.7 N68.5 W3-C
13CanadaDLBC
Dease Lake, B.C.
58.4 N130.0 W3-C
14CanadaSADO
Sadowa, Ont.
44.8 N79.1 W3-C
15CanadaBBB
Bella Bella, B.C.
52.2 N128.1 W3-C
16CanadaMBC
Mould Bay, N.W.T.
76.2 N119.4 W3-C
17CanadaINK
Inuvik, N.W.T.
68.3 N133.5 W3-C
18ChileRPN
Easter Island
27.2 S109.4 W3-C
19ChileLVC
Limon Verde
22.6 S68.9 W3-C
20ChinaBJT
Baijiatuan
40.0 N116.2 E3-C
21ChinaKMI
Kunming
25.2 N102.8 E3-C
22ChinaSSE
Sheshan
31.1 N121.2 E3-C
23ChinaXAN
Xi'an
34.0 N108.9 E3-C
24Cook IslandsRAR
Rarotonga
21.2 S159.8 W3-C
25Costa RicaJTS
Las Juntas de Abangares
10.3 N85.0 W3-C
26Czech RepublicVRAC
Vranov
49.3 N16.6 E3-C
27DenmarkSFJ
Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland
67.0 N50.6 W3-C
28DjiboutiATD
Arta Tunnel
11.5 N42.9 E3-C
29EgyptKEG
Kottamya
29.9 N31.8 E3-C
30EthiopiaFURI
Furi
8.9 N38.7 E3-C
31FijiMSVF
Monasavu, Viti Levu
17.8 S178.1 E3-C
32FranceNOUC
Port Laguerre, New Caledonia
22.1 S166.3 E3-C
33FranceKOG
Kourou, French Guiana
5.2 N52.7 W3-C
34GabonBAMB
Bambay
1.7 S13.6 E3-C
35Germany/South Africa---
SANAE Station, Antarctica
71.7 S2.9 W3-C
36GreeceIDI
Anogia, Crete
35.3 N24.9 E3-C
37GuatemalaRDG
Rabir
15.0 N90.5 W3-C
38IcelandBORG
Borgarnes
64.8 N21.3 W3-C
39To be determinedTo be determinedTo be determinedTo be determinedTo be determined
40IndonesiaPACI
Cibinong, Jawa Barat
6.5 S107.0 E3-C
41IndonesiaJAY
Jayapura, Irian Jaya
2.5 S140.7 E3-C
42IndonesiaSWI
Sorong, Irian Jaya
0.9 S131.3 E3-C
43IndonesiaPSI
Parapat, Sumatera
2.7 N98.9 E3-C
44IndonesiaKAPI
Kappang, Sulawesi Selatan
5.0 S119.8 E3-C
45IndonesiaKUG
Kupang, Nusatenggara Timur
10.2 S123.6 E3-C
46Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
KRM
Kerman
30.3 N57.1 E3-C
47Iran
(Islamic Republic of)
MSN
Masjed-e-Soleyman
31.9 N49.3 E3-C
48IsraelMBH
Eilath
29.8 N34.9 E3-C
49IsraelPARD
Parod
32.6 N35.3 Earray
50ItalyENAS
Enna, Sicily
37.5 N14.3 E3-C
51JapanJNU
Ohita, Kyushu
33.1 N130.9 E3-C
52JapanJOW
Kunigami, Okinawa
26.8 N128.3 E3-C
53JapanJHJ
Hachijojima, Izu Islands
33.1 N139.8 E3-C
54JapanJKA
Kamikawa-asahi, Hokkaido
44.1 N142.6 E3-C
55JapanJCJ
Chichijima, Ogasawara
27.1 N142.2 E3-C
56Jordan---
Ashqof
32.5 N37.6 E3-C
57KazakstanBRVK
Borovoye
53.1 N70.3 Earray
58KazakstanKURK
Kurchatov
50.7 N78.6 Earray
59KazakstanAKTO
Aktyubinsk
50.4 N58.0 E3-C
60KyrgyzstanAAK
Ala-Archa
42.6 N74.5 E3-C
61MadagascarTAN
Antananarivo
18.9 S47.6 E3-C
62MaliKOWA
Kowa
14.5 N4.0 W3-C
63MexicoTEYM
Tepich, Yucatan
20.2 N88.3 W3-C
64MexicoTUVM
Tuzandepeti, Veracruz
18.0 N94.4 W3-C
65MexicoLPBM
La Paz, Baja California Sur
24.2 N110.2 W3-C
66MoroccoMDT
Midelt
32.8 N4.6 W3-C
67NamibiaTSUM
Tsumeb
19.1 S17.4 E3-C
68NepalEVN
Everest
28.0 N86.8 E3-C
69New ZealandEWZ
Erewhon, South Island
43.5 S170.9 E3-C
70New ZealandRAO
Raoul Island
29.2 S177.9 W3-C
71New ZealandUPZ
Urewera, North Island
38.3 S177.1 E3-C
72NorwaySPITS
Spitsbergen
78.2 N16.4 Earray
73NorwayJMI
Jan Mayen
70.9 N8.7 W3-C
74OmanWSAR
Wadi Sarin
23.0 N58.0 E3-C
75Papua New GuineaPMG
Port Moresby
9.4 S147.2 E3-C
76Papua New GuineaBIAL
Bialla
5.3 S151.1 E3-C
77PeruCAJP
Cajamarca
7.0 S78.0 W3-C
78PeruNNA
Nana
12.0 S76.8 W3-C
79PhilippinesDAV
Davao, Mindanao
7.1 N125.6 E3-C
80PhilippinesTGY
Tagaytay, Luzon
14.1 N120.9 E3-C
81RomaniaMLR
Muntele Rosu
45.5 N25.9 E3-C
82Russian FederationKIRV
Kirov
58.6 N49.4 E3-C
83Russian FederationKIVO
Kislovodsk
44.0 N42.7 Earray
84Russian FederationOBN
Obninsk
55.1 N36.6 E3-C
85Russian FederationARU
Arti
56.4 N58.6 E3-C
86Russian FederationSEY
Seymchan
62.9 N152.4 E3-C
87Russian FederationTLY
Talaya
51.7 N103.6 E3-C
88Russian FederationYAK
Yakutsk
62.0 N129.7 E3-C
89Russian FederationURG
Urgal
51.1 N132.3 E3-C
90Russian FederationBIL
Bilibino
68.0 N166.4 E3-C
91Russian FederationTIXI
Tiksi
71.6 N128.9 E3-C
92Russian FederationYSS
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
47.0 N142.8 E3-C
93Russian FederationMA2
Magadan
59.6 N150.8 E3-C
94Russian FederationZIL
Zilim
53.9 N57.0 E3-C
95SamoaAFI
Afiamalu
13.9 S171.8 W3-C
96Saudi ArabiaRAYN
Ar Rayn
23.6 N45.6 E3-C
97SenegalMBO
Mbour
14.4 N17.0 W3-C
98Solomon IslandsHNR
Honiara, Guadalcanal
9.4 S160.0 E3-C
99South AfricaSUR
Sutherland
32.4 S20.8 E3-C
100Sri LankaCOC
Colombo
6.9 N79.9 E3-C
101SwedenHPS
Hagfors
60.1 N13.7 Earray
102SwitzerlandDAVOS
Davos
46.8 N9.8 E3-C
103UgandaMBRU
Mbarara
0.4 S30.4 E3-C
104United KingdomEKA
Eskdalemuir
55.3 N3.2 Warray
105United States of AmericaGUMO
Guam, Marianas Islands
13.6 N144.9 E3-C
106United States of AmericaPMSA
Palmer Station, Antarctica
64.8 S64.1 W3-C
107United States of AmericaTKL
Tuckaleechee Caverns, TN
35.7 N83.8 W3-C
108United States of AmericaPFCA
Pinon Flat, CA
33.6 N116.5 W3-C
109United States of AmericaYBH
Yreka, CA
41.7 N122.7 W3-C
110United States of AmericaKDC
Kodiak Island, AK
57.8 N152.5 W3-C
111United States of AmericaALQ
Albuquerque, NM
35.0 N106.5 W3-C
112United States of AmericaATTU
Attu Island, AK
52.8 N172.7 E3-C
113United States of AmericaELK
Elko, NV
40.7 N115.2 W3-C
114United States of AmericaSPA
South Pole, Antarctica
90.0 S- -3-C
115United States of AmericaNEW
Newport, WA
48.3 N117.1 W3-C
116United States of AmericaSJG
San Juan, PR
18.1 N66.2 W3-C
117VenezuelaSDV
Santo Domingo
8.9 N70.6 W3-C
118VenezuelaPCRV
Puerto la Cruz
10.2 N64.6 W3-C
119ZambiaLSZ
Lusaka
15.3 S28.2 E3-C
120ZimbabweBUL
Bulawayo
to be advisedto be advised3-C

Table 2-A List of Radionuclide Stations

#State Responsible for StationLocationLatitudeLongitude
1ArgentinaBuenos Aires34.0 S58.0 W
2ArgentinaSalta24.0 S65.0 W
3ArgentinaBariloche41.1 S71.3 W
4AustraliaMelbourne, VIC37.5 S144.6 E
5AustraliaMawson, Antarctica67.6 S62.5 E
6AustraliaTownsville, QLD19.2 S146.8 E
7AustraliaMacquarie Island54.0 S159.0 E
8AustraliaCocos Islands12.0 S97.0 E
9AustraliaDarwin, NT12.4 S130.7 E
10AustraliaPerth, WA31.9 S116.0 E
11BrazilRio de Janeiro22.5 S43.1 W
12BrazilRecife8.0 S35.0 W
13CameroonDouala4.2 N9.9 E
14CanadaVancouver, B.C.49.3 N123.2 W
15CanadaResolute, N.W.T.74.7 N94.9 W
16CanadaYellowknife, N.W.T.62.5 N114.5 W
17CanadaSt. John's, N.L.47.0 N53.0 W
18ChilePunta Arenas53.1 S70.6 W
19ChileHanga Roa, Easter Island27.1 S108.4 W
20ChinaBeijing39.8 N116.2 E
21ChinaLanzhou35.8 N103.3 E
22ChinaGuangzhou23.0 N113.3 E
23Cook IslandsRarotonga21.2 S159.8 W
24EcuadorIsla San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands1.0 S89.2 W
25EthiopiaFiltu5.5 N42.7 E
26FijiNadi18.0 S177.5 E
27FrancePapeete, Tahiti17.0 S150.0 W
28FrancePointe-á-Pitre, Guadeloupe17.0 N62.0 W
29FranceRéunion21.1 S 55.6 E
30FrancePort-aux-Francais, Kerguelen49.0 S70.0 E
31FranceCayenne, French Guiana5.0 N52.0 W
32FranceDumont d'Urville, Antarctica66.0 S140.0 E
33GermanySchauinsland/Freiburg47.9 N7.9 E
34IcelandReykjavik64.4 N21.9 W
35To be determinedTo be determinedTo be determinedTo be determined
36Iran (Islamic Republic of)Tehran35.0 N52.0 E
37JapanOkinawa26.5 N127.9 E
38JapanTakasaki, Gunma36.3 N139.0 E
39KiribatiKiritimati2.0 N157.0 W
40KuwaitKuwait City29.0 N48.0 E
41LibyaMisratah32.5 N15.0 E
42MalaysiaKuala Lumpur2.6 N101.5 E
43MauritaniaNouakchott18.0 N17.0 W
44MexicoBaja California28.0 N113.0 W
45MongoliaUlaanbaatar47.5 N107.0 E
46New ZealandChatham Island44.0 S176.5 W
47New ZealandKaitaia35.1 S173.3 E
48NigerBilma18.0 N13.0 E
49NorwaySpitsbergen78.2 N16.4 E
50PanamaPanama City8.9 N79.6 W
51Papua New GuineaNew Hanover3.0 S150.0 E
52PhilippinesQuezon City14.5 N121.0 E
53PortugalPonta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores37.4 N25.4 W
54Russian FederationKirvov58.6 N49.4 E
55Russian FederationNorilsk69.0 N88.0 E
56Russian FederationPeleduy59.6 N112.6 E
57Russian FederationBilibino68.0 N166.4 E
58Russian FederationUssuriysk43.7 N131.9 E
59Russian FederationZalesovo53.9 N84.8 E
60Russian FederationPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy53.1 N158.8 E
61Russian FederationDubna56.7 N37.3 E
62South AfricaMarion Island46.5 S37.0 E
63SwedenStockholm59.4 N18.0 E
64TanzaniaDar es Salaam6.0 S39.0 E
65ThailandBangkok13.8 N100.5 E
66United KingdomBIOT/Chagos Archipelago7.0 S72.0 E
67United KingdomSt. Helena16.0 S6.0 W
68United KingdomTristan da Cunha37.0 S12.3 W
69United KingdomHalley, Antarctica76.0 S28.0 W
70United States of AmericaSacramento, CA38.7 N121.4 W
71United States of AmericaSand Point, AK55.0 N160.0 W
72United States of AmericaMelbourne, FL28.3 N80.6 W
73United States of AmericaPalmer Station, Antarctica64.5 S64.0 W
74United States of AmericaAshland, KS37.2 N99.8 W
75United States of AmericaCharlottesville, VA38.0 N78.0 W
76United States of AmericaSalchaket, AK64.4 N147.1 W
77United States of AmericaWake Island19.3 N166.6 E
78United States of AmericaMidway Islands28.0 N177.0 W
79United States of AmericaOahu, HI21.5 N158.0 W
80United States of AmericaUpi, Guam13.7 N144.9 E

Table 2-B List of Radionuclide Laboratories

#State Responsible for LaboratoryName and place of laboratory
1ArgentinaNational Board of Nuclear Regulation
Buenos Aires
2AustraliaAustralian Radiation Laboratory
Melbourne, VIC
3AustriaAustrian Research Center
Seibersdorf
4BrazilInstitute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry
Rio de Janeiro
5CanadaHealth Canada
Ottawa, Ont.
6China
Beijing
7FinlandCentre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety
Helsinki
8FranceAtomic Energy Commission
Montlhéry
9IsraelSoreq Nuclear Research Centre
Yavne
10ItalyLabortory of the National Agency for the Protection of the Enivironment
Rome
11JapanJapan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Tokai, Ibaraki
12New ZealandNational Radiation Laboratory
Christchurch
13Russian FederationCentral Radiation Control Laboratory, Ministry of Defense Special Verification Service
Moscow
14South AfricaAtomic Energy Corporation
Pelindaba
15United KingdomAWE Blacknest
Chilton
16United States of AmericaMcClellan Central Laboratories
Sacramento, CA

Table 3 List of Hydroacoustic Stations

#State Responsible for StationLocationLatitudeLongitudeType
1AustraliaCape Leeuwin, WA34.4 S115.1 EHydrophone
2CanadaQueen Charlotte Islands, B.C.53.3 N132.5 WT-phase
3ChileJuan Fernández Island33.7 S78.8 WHydrophone
4FranceCrozet Islands46.5 S52.2 EHydrophone
5FranceGuadeloupe16.3 N61.1 WT-phase
6MexicoClarión Island18.2 N114.6 WT-phase
7PortugalFlores39.3 N31.3 WT-phase
8United KingdomBIOT/Chagos Archipelago7.3 S72.4 EHydrophone
9United KingdomTristan da Cunha37.2 S12.5 WT-phase
10United States of AmericaAscension8.0 S14.4 WHydrophone
11United States of AmericaWake Island19.3 N166.6 EHydrophone

Table 4 List of Infrasound Stations

#State Responsible for StationLocationLatitudeLongitude
1ArgentinaPaso Flores40.7 S70.6 W
2ArgentinaUshuaia55.0 S68.0 W
3AustraliaDavis Base, Antarctica68.4 S77.6 E
4AustraliaNarrogin, WA32.9 S117.2 E
5AustraliaHobart, TAS42.1 S147.2 E
6AustraliaCocos Islands12.3 S97.0 E
7AustraliaWarramunga, NT19.9 S134.3 E
8BoliviaLa Paz16.3 S68.1 W
9BrazilBrasilia15.6 S48.0 W
10CanadaLac du Bonnet, Man.50.2 N95.9 W
11Cape VerdeCape Verde Islands16.0 N24.0 W
12Central African RepublicBangui5.2 N18.4 E
13ChileEaster Island27.0 S109.2 W
14ChileJuan Fernández Island33.8 S80.7 W
15ChinaBeijing40.0 N116.0 E
16ChinaKunming25.0 N102.8 E
17Côte d'IvoireDimbokro6.7 N4.9 W
18DenmarkDundas, Greenland76.5 N68.7 W
19DjiboutiDjibouti11.3 N43.5 E
20EcuadorGalápagos Islands0.0 N91.7 W
21FranceMarquesas Islands10.0 N140.0 W
22FrancePort LaGuerre, New Caledonia22.1 S166.3 E
23FranceKerguelen49.2 S69.1 E
24FranceTahiti17.6 S149.6 W
25FranceKourou, French Guiana5.2 N52.7 W
26GermanyFreyung48.9 N13.7 E
27GermanyGeorg von Neumayer, Antarctica70.6 S8.4 W
28To be determinedTo be determinedTo be determinedTo be determined
29Iran (Islamic Republic of)Tehran35.7 N51.4 E
30JapanTsukuba36.0 N140.1 E
31KazakstanAktyubinsk50.4 N58.0 E
32KenyaKilmanbogo1.3 S36.8 E
33MadagascarAntananarivo18.8 S47.5 E
34MongoliaJavhlant48.0 N106.8 E
35NamibiaTsumeb19.1 S17.4 E
36New ZealandChatham Island44.0 S176.5 W
37NorwayKarasjok69.5 N25.5 E
38PakistanRahimyar Khan28.2 N70.3 E
39PalauPalau7.5 N134.5 E
40Papua New GuineaRabaul4.1 S152.1 E
41ParaguayVilla Florida26.3 S57.3 W
42PortugalAzores37.8 N25.5 W
43Russian FederationDubna56.7 N37.3 E
44Russian FederationPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy53.1 N158.8 E
45Russian FederationUssuriysk43.7 N131.9 E
46Russian FederationZalesovo53.9 N84.8 E
47South AfricaBoshof28.6 S25.4 E
48TunisiaThala35.6 N8.7 E
49United KingdomTristan da Cunha37.0 S12.3 W
50United KingdomAscension8.0 S14.3 W
51United KingdomBermuda32.0 N64.5 W
52United KingdomBIOT/Chagos Archipelago5.0 S72.0 E
53United States of AmericaEielson, AK 64.8 N146.9 W
54United States of AmericaSiple Station, Antarctica75.5 S83.6 W
55United States of AmericaWindless Bight, Antarctica77.5 S161.8 E
56United States of AmericaNewport, WA48.3 N117.1 W
57United States of AmericaPiñon Flat, CA33.6 N116.5 W
58United States of AmericaMidway Islands28.1 N177.2 W
59United States of AmericaHawaii, HI19.6 N155.3 W
60United States of AmericaWake Island19.3 N166.6 W



ANNEX 2 TO THE PROTOCOL

List of Characterization Parameters for International Data Centre Standard Event Screening

1. The International Data Centre standard event screening criteria shall be based on the standard event characterization parameters determined during the combined processing of data from all the monitoring technologies in the International Monitoring System. Standard event screening shall make use of both global and supplementary screening criteria to take account of regional variations where applicable.

2. For events detected by the International Monitoring System seismic component, the following parameters, inter alia, may be used:

  • location of the event;
  • depth of the event;
  • ratio of the magnitude of surface waves to body waves;
  • signal frequency content;
  • spectral ratios of phases;
  • spectral scalloping;
  • first motion of the P-wave;
  • focal mechanism;
  • relative excitation of seismic phases;
  • comparative measures to other events and groups of events; and
  • regional discriminants where applicable.

3. For events detected by the International Monitoring System hydroacoustic component, the following parameters, inter alia, may be used:

  • signal frequency content including corner frequency, wide-band energy and mean centre frequency and bandwidth;
  • frequency-dependent duration of signals;
  • spectral ratio; and
  • indications of bubble-pulse signals and bubble-pulse delay.

4. For events detected by the International Monitoring System infrasound component, the following parameters, inter alia, may be used:

  • signal frequency content and dispersion;
  • signal duration; and
  • peak amplitude.

5. For events detected by the International Monitoring System radionuclide component, the following parameters, inter alia, may be used:

  • concentration of background natural and man-made radionuclides;
  • concentration of specific fission and activation products outside normal observations; and
  • ratios of one specific fission and activation product to another.