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Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives

for the Purpose of Detection

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The International Conference on Air Law, in which the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China participated,

in Montreal from 12 February to 1 March 1991 and adopted convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the

Purpose of Detection ("the Convention") which aims to deter

acts of terrorism. The United Kingdom signed the Convention

on 1 March.

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major features of the Convention are:

(a) all plastic explosives manufactured by parties to the Convention will have to be marked through the addition of a chemical additive;

parties are required to prohibit and prevent the

manufacture or possession of unmarked explosives in

territories or the movement of unmarked explosives

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ale required to ensure the destruction, subject to certain exclusions, of commercial stocks of unmarked plastic explosives within 3 years of and certain

military stocks 15 years after entry into force of the

Convention, and of unmarked explosives discovered in their

10/ an international Explosives Technical Commission

is established to evaluate technical developments

Une manuidcture, marking and detection of

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