China
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What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
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France
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The modified Small Quantities Protocol for the French Caribbean territories (INFCIRC 718) took effect on February 2019. The European Union has conducted outreach dialogue on this aspect, especially towards states which have not yet modified their original Small Quantities Protocols (SQP) to their Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
France’s implementation of the Small Quantities Protocol has continued during the current Review Cycle.
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EU Statement at the General Debate 68th Regular Session of the General Conference International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna, 16-20 September 2024, https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/24/09/hungary-
on-behalf-of-eu-gc68.pdf
Agreement between the French Republic, the European Atomic Energy Community and the
International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Information Circular, INFCIRC/718, 3 January 2008,
https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/publications/documents/infcircs/2008/infcirc718.pdf
Russia
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United Kingdom
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United States
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In 2018, the United States modified the small quantities protocol that covered its Caribbean territories.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
Following its amendment to the small quantities protocol covering the U.S. Caribbean territories, the IAEA conducted its first inspection in 2022 under the auspices of the modified protocol.
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U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna. U.S. statement as delivered by Ambassador Laura S.H. Holgate. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, Agenda Item 8(b): Safeguards Implementation Report for 2021. June 8, 2022. https://vienna.usmission.gov/on-the-2021-safeguards-implementation-report/.