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An Establishment is an institution registered under the Secure Signatory Account of a Signatory State for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty for access to IMS data and IDC products as defined by the Preparatory Commission and its Working Group B. The current policy allows access by up to six establishments per State Signatory. An establishment might be the provisional National Authority, a National Data Centre (NDC) or subdivisions of the NDC. Some of these Establishments are in countries that host IMS facilities. Comparisons have been made to show the extent to which the hypothesis holds that States Signatories hosting the IMS stations and laboratories or have institutions with expertise and experience in monitoring technologies are typically accessing more data and products compared to those who do not. The statistical analysis was further applied to derive suggestions what the CTBTO can do to encourage and support those States Signatories that do not host facilities or do not have institutions with functions that are in line with monitoring technologies to actively participate in access of data and products.
