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    Confidence-Building Measure A - Part 2

    Form A, part 2 (i)

    Are there any national programmes to conduct biological defence research and development within the territory of the State Party, under its jurisdiction or control anywhere? Activities of such programmes would include prophylaxis, studies on pathogenicity and virulence, diagnostic techniques, aerobiology, detection, treatment, toxinology, physical protection, decontamination and other related research.
    N/A

    Form A, part 2 (ii)

    National biological defence research and development programmes

    Activities of the Federal Minsitry of Health

    The biological defence research and development activities of the Federal Ministry of Health are exclusively conducted at the Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, ZBS) of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

    Activities of the Federal Ministry of Defence

    The R&D activities of the national program include: prophylaxis, diagnostic techniques, sampling and detection techniques, toxinology, decontamination, and physical protection. Summaries and objectives of all research and development projects in the field of CBRN Defence (incl. Medical Defence) are accessible online: http://www.bundeswehr.de (in German).

    Form A, part 2 (iii)

    Facilities (biological defence research and development programmes)

    Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (Zentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogene, ZBS) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
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    Institut für Mikrobiologie der Bundeswehr (Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology)
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    Wehrwissenschaftliches Institut für Schutztechnologien – ABC-Schutz (Bundeswehr Research Institute for Protective Technologies and CBRN Protection)
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    Zentrales Institut des Sanitätsdienstes der Bundeswehr Kiel, Abteilung A – Veterinärmedizin, La-borgruppe Spezielle Tierseuchen- und Zoonosendiagnostik (Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service Kiel, Laboratory for Infectious Animal Diseases an
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    Schule ABC-Abwehr und Gesetzliche Schutzaufgaben (SABCAbw/GSchAufg) and CBRN Defence, Safety and Environmental Protection School (CDSEP)
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