Inspections inspection teams, responsibilities

The lead investigator is responsible for the preparation of the EIR. Other members of the inspection team may be called upon to participate in its preparation, however, particularly in supplying specialized scientific or technical information. The field investigator and the supervisor at the district office will tentatively classify the completed EIR under one of the following three categories No Action Indicated (NAI), Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI), or Official Action Indicated (OAI). 

It is good laboratory practice to organize a safety inspection team from the laboratory staff. This team is then responsible for conducting periodic and scheduled safety inspections of the laboratory. ... 

Where possible, a representative from the procurement agency (the person responsible for prequalification with a knowledge of GMP) should be part of the inspection team. 

Principle. The purpose of self-inspection is to evaluate the manufacturer s compliance with GMP in all aspects of production and quality control. The self-inspection program should be designed to detect any shortcomings in the implementation of GMP and to recommend the necessary corrective actions. Self-inspections should be performed routinely, and may be, in addition, performed on special occasions, e.g., in the case of product recalls or repeated rejections, or when an inspection by the heath authorities is announced. The team responsible for seif-inspection should consist of personnel who can evaluate the implementation of GMP objectively all recommendations for corrective action should be implemented. The procedure for self-inspection should be documented, and there should be an effective follow-up programme. 

If evidence is uncovered by investigations or by inspection teams of treaty violations, and if the state concerned fails to meet the requests for compliance by the Executive Council, then support for the Convention will be put to the test. Even Thomas Bernauer, a staunch supporter of the CWC, conceded that the assistance and sanction provisions of the Convention are rather weak . By leaving the Convention without any automatic and mandatory recourse to sanctions and/or assistance, and by leaving the UN Security Council with responsibility for coping with major treaty violations, the Conference on Disarmament simply reflected international realities. Yet the great powers have repeatedly failed to act decisively over outbreaks of chemical warfare (other than occasionally to assist the victim by sending protective equipment, though often in quite inadequate amounts), and their failures have frequently fuelled... 

Recalling that the Commission recommended that these verification activities would be the responsibility of a CW destruction facility inspection team,... 

Inspection team personnel shall be present during the inspection of the approved equipment at all times, shall observe fuUy the inspection, and shall discharge this responsibility without unnecessary delay. 

Particular responsibilities of members of an inspection team stem from the following ... 

The requesting State Party shall be fully responsible for and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the Observer complies with all relevant provisions of the Media Policy. For his/her part, the Observer therefore is to adhere to and be bound by the same provisions of the Media Policy that apply to members of the inspection team and is not to take any independent action in this regard. 

The inspection team leader is responsible for the health and safety of inspection personnel while engaged in an inspection. The team leader shall be assisted and advised by appropriately qualified health and safety personnel, as required, to ensure that all OPCW Health and Safety Poliey and Regulations are properly implemented in the light of prevailing eonditions in order to minimise health and safety risks. All inspection team persoimel must be fuUy eonversant with aU OPCW health and safety requirements. The inspection teams will be provided with safety and medical staff as appropriate. 

If at any time the inspection team cannot comply with OPCW Regulations the inspection activities will cease until such time as a waiver is granted in accordance with paragraph 7 below. In the case of difficulties, the provisions of paragraph 3.3.3 below shall apply. Inspection team personnel are also responsible for their own safety and shall comply with advice from OPCW health and safety representatives at all times. At hazardous sites, inspection team personnel must remain constantly aware of their personal environment and must be alert to the activities of others in the immediate area. All members of an inspection team are required to comply with the OPCW Health and Safety Policy and Regulations and also with the inspected State Party national and site-specific health and safety policies and regulations, and, where appropriate, also with those of a relevant Host State. 

An inspected State Party shad be responsible for ensuring that the health and safety risks are ndrurnised and shall facilitate the conduct of the inspection in a safe maimer. When, despite a high level of safety measures, a risk remains, the inspected State Party shall inform the inspection team leader of the level of risk. 

Procedures for emergency response to chemical casualties of the inspection team, if required ... 

In accordance with paragraph 60 of Part II of the Verification Annex, Upon completion of an inspection the inspection team shall meet with representatives of the inspected State Party and the personnel responsible for the inspection site to review the preliminary findings of... 

The responsibility of the head of the escort team includes representing [State Party] vis-a-vis the head of the inspection team and the persons subject to international verification. 

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