Free of charge, the German National Information Center for Chemical Weapons (NICK e.V.) collects technical information on chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and munitions (CWMs), such as manufacture, buildup, mechanism, disarmament, destruction, dumping sites in the sea and digitizes them with the aim of preserving this information and making it avaible to federal authorities. In addition, NICK e.V. creates technical capacities and acts as an information center on the subjects of CWAs and CWMs.