Thus, following the adoption of its final regulatory action by the Party, there might be no international trade of the chemical between the Party and the importing Party before the first export of the chemical takes place.

Designated national authorities

Ministry of the Interior

The Interministerial Committee for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the National Authority for purposes of the Convention and the body competent to exercise the oversight powers provided for in this Decree.

Acknowledging the considerable efforts of some Member States to collect, secure and destroy voluntarily those man portable air defence systems declared to be surplus by the competent national authority,

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Interim responses may include an interim decision regarding import. Under paragraph 2 of the article, if a Party modifies that response, the designated national authority must forthwith submit the revised response to the secretariat.

Acknowledging the considerable efforts of some Member States to collect, secure and destroy voluntarily those man portable air defence systems declared to be surplus by the competent national authority,

Malawi stated that the competent authority charged with the responsibility of coordinating and rendering mutual legal assistance was

delivery of the final document by the pilot ministries to the competent national authorities.

The competent supervisory authority has also the power to impose a fine on anyone who

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(e) Permits or regulations for waste water discharges issued by the competent authority or appropriate body.

Malawi stated that the competent authority charged with the responsibility of coordinating and rendering mutual legal assistance was

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Finland stated that the Ministry of Justice was the central authority competent to receive, execute or transmit requests for mutual legal assistance

Spain stated that its central authority designated to receive, respond to and process requests for mutual legal assistance was the Ministry of Justice. Sweden stated that the central authority in Sweden competent to receive requests for mutual assistance was the Ministry of Justice

NOTE Where real data on the substance or mixture is available this data will take precedence over models and predictions.

C. Referral of cases involving intermediate and lower ranking accused to competent national jurisdictions

When the incident typifies the crime of sexual harassment, according to article 216 A of the Penal Code, the complaint is forwarded to the competent authority.

The secretariat updates the list of designated national authorities as new designations and changes to existing designated national authorities are received and distributes the complete list with the PIC circular every six months. Updates are also made available via the Rotterdam Convention web site (www.pic.int).

While it is true that an international court would not be a foreign court, it would not be a domestic court, either for purposes of handing over an accused person, it would have to be equated with a foreign court and, accordingly, it would be necessary to guarantee that the accused was able to fully exercise his right by the competent national authorities in an extradition proceeding.

It has been under the control of the Palestinian National Authority since 1995.

The competent authority of the requested Party shall provide upon request information for the purposes referred to in article 1.

The Ministry of Public Health is the competent authority for the adoption of measures to monitor and carry out health policies, including control of the peaceful uses of micro organisms and production of vaccines.

Burkina Faso stated that the central authority competent to receive and execute requests for mutual legal assistance was the Garde des sceaux, the Minister of Justice.

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The Palestinian Authority likewise agreed not to abide by the boycott in 1995.

In the Parliament of the Federation, at least 4 members of a constitutive people must be represented in the House of Representatives, which consists of 98 representatives.

Legislative authority is exercised by the National Assembly as delegated and mandated by the people.

There were also 85 participating States, which had designated a total of 127 national authorities.

The National Council for Women of Egypt, in collaboration with line ministries, developed methodologies for gender auditing in national budgets.

Efforts are under way to ensure that the national action plan for women is endorsed by the Government and integrated into the national development strategy, to be reflected in institutional budgets and implemented by line ministries.

The Authority also worked with women's NGOs to promote women's health and well being and to combat violence, and it forwarded women's complaints to the relevant Government entities.

Finally, we must revamp national governments so that they have processes and capabilities similar to the IPCC.

The relevant national authorities are expected to provide practical guidance as to what constitutes suspicious transactions for the use of financial institutions.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly.

The National Commission for Equal Opportunities did not seem to have much power, as most of the power belonged to the Ministry for Equal Opportunities.

The information was included with the PIC Circular, which was sent to all designated national authorities.

The secretariat maintains a list of designated national authorities for all Parties and communicates effectively with them on administrative matters required by the Convention.

Belarus stated that its authority for assisting other States parties in developing measures to prevent transnational organized crime was as follows

Costa Rica stated that it did not have an authority that could assist other States parties in developing measures to prevent transnational organized crime. Croatia stated that its authority for assisting other States parties in developing measures to prevent transnational organized crime was as follows

Cyprus stated that its authority for assisting other States parties in developing measures to prevent transnational organized crime was as follows

Estonia stated that its authority for assisting other States parties in developing measures to prevent transnational organized crime was as follows