Chemical Weapons Convention

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an international arms-control and non-proliferation agreement that prohibits enterprises and private persons to develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile or retain chemical weapons, or transfer, directly or indirectly, chemical weapons to anyone.

International Monitoring Organ
The international organisation, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), is monitoring and controlling that chemicals covered by the Convention are only used for purposes not prohibited under the Convention.

The OPCW cooperates with the national authorities in the countries that have acceded to the Convention. In Denmark the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority under the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs has been designated as National Authority.

The Obligations Of Companies 
Companies that produce, develop, consume, process, import or export scheduled chemicals are obliged to;  

• inform the Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority about their activities with the chemicals to be included in annual declarations which the Agency has to submit to the OPCW, one covering past activities in the preceding year and one covering anticipated activities in the coming year;
  
  
• accept routine inspections which are carried out by inspectors from the OPCW in order to verify the information contained in the declarations.