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TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE (Paris, 19 November 1990)
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech and Slovak
Federal Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Iceland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the
Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Poland, the
Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Turkey, the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and the United States of America, hereinafter referred to as
the States Parties.
Guided by the Mandate for Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
of January 10, 1989, and having conducted this negotiation in Vienna beginning
on March 9, 1989,
Guided by the objectives and the purposes of the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe, within the framework of which the negotiation of this
Treaty was conducted,
Recalling their obligation to refrain in their mutual relations, as well as in
their international relations in general, from the threat or use of force
against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in
any other manner inconsistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter of
the United Nations,
Conscious of the need to prevent any military conflict in Europe,
Conscious of the common responsibility which they all have for seeking to
achieve greater stability and security in Europe,
Striving to replace military confrontation with a new pattern of security
relations among all the States Parties based on peaceful cooperation and thereby
to contribute to overcoming the division of Europe,
Committed to the objectives of establishing a secure and stable balance of
conventional armed forces in Europe at lower levels than heretofore, of
eliminating disparities prejudicial to stability and security and ofeliminating, as a matter of high priority, the capability for launching surprise
attack and for initiating large-scale offensive action in Europe,
Recalling that they signed or acceded to the Treaty of Brussels of 1948, the
Treaty of Washington of 1949 or the Treaty of Warsaw of 1955 and that they have
the right to be or not to be a party to treaties of alliance,
Committed to the objective of ensuring that the numbers of conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty within the area of application of
this Treaty do not exceed 40,000 battle tanks, 60,000 armoured combat vehicles,
40,000 pieces of artillery, 13,600 combat aircraft and 4,000 attack helicopters,
Affirming that this Treaty is not intended to affect adversely the security
interests of any State,
Affirming their commitment to continue the conventional arms control process
including negotiations, taking into account future requirements for European
stability and security in the light of political developments in Europe,
Have agreed as follows:
Article I
1. Each State Party shall carry out the obligations set forth in this Treaty
in accordance with its provisions, including those obligations relating to the
following five categories of conventional armed forces: battle tanks, armoured
combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and combat helicopters.
2. Each State Party also shall carry out the other measures set forth in this
Treaty designed to ensure security and stability both during the period of
reduction of conventional armed forces and after the completion of reductions.
3. This Treaty incorporates the Protocol on Existing Types of Conventional
Armaments and Equipment, hereinafter referred to as the Protocol on Existing
Types, with an Annex thereto; the Protocol on Procedures Governing the
Reclassification of Specific Models or Versions of Combat-Capable Trainer
Aircraft Into Unarmed Trainer Aircraft, hereinafter referred to as the Protocol
on Aircraft Reclassification; the Protocol on Procedures Governing the Reduction
of Conventional Armaments and Equipment Limited by the Treaty on Conventional
Armed Forces in Europe, hereinafter referred to as the Protocol on Reduction;
the Protocol on Procedures Governing the Categorisation of Combat Helicopters
and the Recategorisation of Multi-Purpose Attack Helicopters, hereinafter
referred to as the Protocol on Helicopter Recategorisation; the Protocol on
Notification and Exchange of Information, hereinafter referred to as the
Protocol on Information Exchange, with an Annex on the Format for the Exchange
of Information, hereinafter referred to as the Annex on Format; the Protocol on
Inspection; the Protocol on the Joint Consultative Group; and the Protocol on
the Provisional Application of Certain Provisions of the Treaty on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, hereinafter referred to as the Protocol on
Provisional Application. Each of these documents constitutes an integral part
of this Treaty.
Article II
1. For the purposes of this Treaty: 1.
(A) The term "group of States Parties" means the group of States Parties
that signed the Treaty of Warsaw * of 1955 consisting of the Republic of
Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Poland, Romania and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the
group of States Parties that signed or acceded to the Treaty of Brussels ** of
1948 or the Treaty of Washington *** of 1949 consisting of the Kingdom of
Belgium, Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Iceland, the Italian
Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the
Kingdom of Norway, the Portuguese Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic
of Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
United States of America.
* The Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance signed in
Warsaw, 14 May 1955
** The Treaty of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective
Self-Defence signed in Brussels, 17 March 1948
*** The North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, 4 April 1949
(B) The term "area of application" means the entire land territory of the
States Parties in Europe from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains, which
includes all the European island territories of the States Parties, including
the Faroe Islands of the Kingdom of Denmark, Svalbard including Bear Island of
the Kingdom of Norway, the islands of Azores and Madeira of the Portuguese
Republic, the Canary Islands of the Kingdom of Spain and Franz Josef Land and
Novaya Zemlya of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In the case of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the area of application includes all
territory lying west of the Ural River and the Caspian Sea. In the case of the
Republic of Turkey, the area of application includes the territory of
the Republic of Turkey north and west of a line extending from the point of
intersection of the Turkish border with the 39th parallel to Muradiye, Patnos,
Karayazi, Tekman, Kemaliye, Feke, Ceyhan, Dogankent, Gozne and thence to the
sea.
(C) The term "battle tank" means a self-propelled armoured fighting vehicle,
capable of heavy firepower, primarily of a high muzzle velocity direct fire main
gun necessary to engage armoured and other targets, with high cross-country
mobility, with a high level of self-protection, and which is not designed and
equipped primarily to transport combat troops. Such armoured vehicles serve as
the principal weapon system of ground-force tank and other armoured formations.
Battle tanks are tracked armoured fighting vehicles which weigh at least 16.5
metric tonnes unladen weight and which are armed with a 360-degree traverse gun
of at least 75 millimetres calibre. In addition, any wheeled armoured fighting
vehicles entering into service which meet all the other criteria stated above
shall also be deemed battle tanks.
(D) The term "armoured combat vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle with
armoured protection and cross-country capability. Armoured combat vehicles
include armoured personnel carriers, armoured infantry fighting vehicles and
heavy armament combat vehicles.
The term "armoured personnel carrier" means an armoured combat vehicle which
is designed and equipped to transport a combat infantry squad and which, as a
rule, is armed with an integral or organic weapon of less than 20 millimetres
calibre.
The term "armoured infantry fighting vehicle" means an armoured combat
vehicle which is designed and equipped primarily to transport a combat infantry
squad, which normally provides the capability for the troops to deliver fire
from inside the vehicle under armoured protection, and which is armed with an
integral or organic cannon of at least 20 millimetres calibre and sometimes an
antitank missile launcher. Armoured infantry fighting vehicles serve as the
principal weapon system of armoured infantry or mechanised infantry or motorised
infantry formations and units of ground forces.
The term "heavy armament combat vehicle" means an armoured combat vehicle
with an integral or organic direct fire gun of at least 75 millimetres calibre,
weighing at least 6.0 metric tonnes unladen weight, which does not fall within
the definitions of an armoured personnel carrier, or an armoured infantry
fighting vehicle or a battle tank.
(E) The term "unladen weight" means the weight of a vehicle excluding the
weight of ammunition; fuel, oil and lubricants; removable reactive armour; spare
parts, tools and accessories; removable snorkelling equipment; and crew and
their personal kit.
(F) The term "artillery" means large calibre systems capable of engaging
ground targets by delivering primarily indirect fire. Such artillery systems
provide the essential indirect fire support to combined arms formations.
Large calibre artillery systems are guns, howitzers, artillery pieces
combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers, mortars and multiple launch
rocket systems with a calibre of 100 millimetres and above. In addition, any
future large calibre direct fire system which has a secondary effective indirect
fire capability shall be counted against the artillery ceilings.
(G) The term "stationed conventional armed forces" means conventional armed
forces of a State Party that are stationed within the area of application on the
territory of another State Party.
(H) The term "designated permanent storage site" means a place with a
clearly defined physical boundary containing conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty, which are counted within overall ceilings but
which are not subject to limitations on conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty in active units.
(I) The term "armoured vehicle launched bridge" means a self-propelled
armoured transporter-launcher vehicle capable of carrying and, through built-in
mechanisms, of emplacing and retrieving a bridge structure. Such a vehicle with
a bridge structure operates as an integrated system.
(J) The term "conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty"
means battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and
attack helicopters subject to the numerical limitations set forth in Articles
IV, V and VI.
(K) The term "combat aircraft" means a fixed-wing or variable-geometry wing
aircraft armed and equipped to engage targets by employing guided missiles,
unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction, as well
as any model or version of such an aircraft which performs other military
functions such as reconnaissance or electronic warfare. The term "combat
aircraft" does not include primary trainer aircraft.
(L) The term "combat helicopter" means a rotary wing aircraft armed and
equipped to engage targets or equipped to perform other military functions. The
term "combat helicopter" comprises attack helicopters and combat support
helicopters. The term "combat helicopter" does not include unarmed transport
helicopters.
(M) The term "attack helicopter" means a combat helicopter equipped to
employ anti-armour, air-to-ground, or air-to-air guided weapons and equipped
with an integrated fire control and aiming system for these weapons. The term
"attack helicopter" comprises specialised attack helicopters and multi-purpose
attack helicopters.
(N) The term "specialised attack helicopter" means an attack helicopter that
is designed primarily to employ guided weapons.
(O) The term "multi-purpose attack helicopter" means an attack helicopter
designed to perform multiple military functions and equipped to employ guided
weapons.
(P) The term "combat support helicopter" means a combat helicopter which
does not fulfill the requirements to qualify as an attack helicopter and which
may be equipped with a variety of self-defence and area suppression weapons,
such as guns, cannons and unguided rockets, bombs or cluster bombs, or which may
be equipped to perform other military functions.
(Q) The term "conventional armaments and equipment subject to the Treaty"
means battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft,
primary trainer aircraft, unarmed trainer aircraft, combat helicopters, unarmed
transport helicopters, armoured vehicle launched bridges, armoured personnel
carrier look-alikes and armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes subject
to information exchange in accordance with the Protocol on Information Exchange.
(R) The term "in service," as it applies to conventional armed forces and
conventional armaments and equipment, means battle tanks, armoured combat
vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft, primary trainer aircraft, unarmed trainer
aircraft, combat helicopters, unarmed transport helicopters, armoured vehicle
launched bridges, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes and armoured infantry
fighting vehicle look-alikes that are within the area of application, except for
those that are held by organisations designed and structured to perform in
peacetime internal security functions or that meet any of the exceptions set
forth in Article III.
(S) The terms "armoured personnel carrier look-alike" and "armoured
infantry fighting vehicle look-alike" mean an armoured vehicle based on the same
chassis as, and externally similar to, an armoured personnel carrier or armoured
infantry fighting vehicle, respectively, which does not have a cannon or gun of
20 millimetres calibre or greater and which has been constructed or modified in
such a way as not to permit the transportation of a combat infantry squad.
Taking into account the provisions of the Geneva Convention "For the
Amelioration of the Conditions of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the
Field" of 12 August 1949 that confer a special status on ambulances, armoured
personnel carrier ambulances shall not be deemed armoured combat vehicles or
armoured personnel carrier look-alikes.
(T) The term "reduction site" means a clearly designated location where the
reduction of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in
accordance with Article VIII takes place.
(U) The term "reduction liability" means the number in each category of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty that a State Party
commits itself to reduce during the period of 40 months following the entry into
force of this Treaty in order to ensure compliance with Article VII.
2. Existing types of conventional armaments and equipment subject to the
Treaty are listed in the Protocol on Existing Types. The lists of existing
types shall be periodically updated in accordance with Article XVI, paragraph 2,
subparagraph (D) and Section IV of the Protocol on Existing Types. Such updates
to the existing types lists shall not be deemed amendments to this Treaty.
3. The existing types of combat helicopters listed in the Protocol on
Existing Types shall be categorised in accordance with Section I of the Protocol
on Helicopter Recategorisation.
Article III
1. For the purposes of this Treaty, the States Parties shall apply the
following counting rules:
All battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and
attack helicopters, as defined in Article II, within the area of application
shall be subject to the numerical limitations and other provisions set forth in
Articles IV, V and VI, with the exception of those which in a manner consistent
with a State Party's normal practices:
(A) are in the process of manufacture, including manufacturing-related
testing;
(B) are used exclusively for the purposes of research and development;
(C) belong to historical collections;
(D) are awaiting disposal, having been decommissioned from service in
accordance with the provisions of Article IX;
(E) are awaiting, or are being refurbished for, export or re-export and are
temporarily retained within the area of application. Such battle tanks,
armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and attack helicopters
shall be located elsewhere than at sites declared under the terms of Section V
of the Protocol on Information Exchange or at no more than 10 such declared
sites which shall have been notified in the previous year's annual information
exchange. In the latter case, they shall be separately distinguishable from
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty;
(F) are, in the case of armoured personnel carriers, armoured infantry
fighting vehicles, heavy armament combat vehicles or multi-purpose attack
helicopters, held by organisations designed and structured to perform in
peacetime internal security functions; or
(G) are in transit through the area of application from a location
outside the area of application to a final destination outside the area of
application, and are in the area of application for no longer than a total of
seven days.
2. If, in respect of any such battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles,
artillery, combat aircraft or attack helicopters, the notification of which is
required under Section IV of the Protocol on Information Exchange, a State Party
notifies an unusually high number in more than two successive annual information
exchanges, it shall explain the reasons in the Joint Consultative Group, if so
requested.
Article IV
1. Within the area of application, as defined in Article II, each State Party
shall limit and, as necessary, reduce its battle tanks, armoured combat
vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and attack helicopters so that, 40 months
after entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter, for the group of States
Parties to which it belongs, as defined in Article II, the aggregate numbers do
not exceed:
(A) 20,000 battle tanks, of which no more than 16,500 shall be in active
units;
(B) 30,000 armoured combat vehicles, of which no more than 27,300 shall be
in active units. Of the 30,000 armoured combat vehicles, no more than 18,000
shall be armoured infantry fighting vehicles and heavy armament combat vehicles;
of armoured infantry fighting vehicles and heavy armament combat vehicles, no
more than 1,500 shall be heavy armament combat vehicles;
(C) 20,000 pieces of artillery, of which no more than 17,000 shall be in
active units;
(D) 6,800 combat aircraft; and
(E) 2,000 attack helicopters.
Battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery not in active units shall
be placed in designated permanent storage sites, as defined in Article II, and
shall be located only in the area described in paragraph 2 of this Article.
Such designated permanent storage sites may also be located in that part of the
territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics comprising the Odessa
Military District and the southern part of the Leningrad Military District. In
the Odessa Military District, no more than 400 battle tanks and no more than 500
pieces of artillery may be thus stored. In the southern part of the Leningrad
Military District, no more than 600 battle tanks, no more than 800 armoured
combat vehicles, including no more than 300 armoured combat vehicles of any type
with the remaining number consisting of armoured personnel carriers, and no more
than 400 pieces of artillery may be thus stored. The southern part of the
Leningrad Military District is understood to mean the territory within thatmilitary district south of the line East-West 60 degrees 15 minutes northern
latitude.
2. Within the area consisting of the entire land territory in Europe, which
includes all the European island territories, of the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark including the Faroe
Islands, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of
Hungary, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic including the
islands of Azores and Madeira, the Kingdom of Spain including the Canary
Islands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and that part
of the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics west of the Ural
Mountains comprising the Baltic, Byelorussian, Carpathian, Kiev, Moscow and
Volga-Ural Military Districts, each State Party shall limit and, as necessary,
reduce its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery so that, 40
months after entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter, for the group of
States Parties to which it belongs the aggregate numbers do not exceed:
(A) 15,300 battle tanks, of which no more than 11,800 shall be in
active units;
(B) 24,100 armoured combat vehicles, of which no more than 21,400 shall be
in active units; and
(C) 14,000 pieces of artillery, of which no more than 11,000 shall be in
active units.
3. Within the area consisting of the entire land territory in Europe, which
includes all the European island territories, of the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark including the Faroe
Islands, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of
Hungary, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and that part of the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics comprising the Baltic, Byelorussian, Carpathian and Kiev Military
Districts, each State Party shall limit and, as necessary, reduce its battle
tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery so that, 40 months after entry
into force of this Treaty and thereafter, for the group of States Parties to
which it belongs the aggregate numbers in active units do not exceed:
(A) 10,300 battle tanks;
(B) 19,260 armoured combat vehicles; and
(C) 9,100 pieces of artillery; and
(D) in the Kiev Military District, the aggregate numbers in active units and
designated permanent storage sites together shall not exceed:
(1) 2,250 battle tanks;
(2) 2,500 armoured combat vehicles; and
(3) 1,500 pieces of artillery. 4. Within the area consisting of the entire land territory in Europe, which
includes all the European island territories, of the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic
of Hungary, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
the Republic of Poland, each State Party shall limit and, as necessary, reduce
its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery so that, 40 months
after entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter, for the group of States
Parties to which it belongs the aggregate numbers in active units do not exceed:
(A) 7,500 battle tanks;
(B) 11,250 armoured combat vehicles; and
(C) 5,000 pieces of artillery.
5. States Parties belonging to the same group of States Parties may locate
battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery in active units in each of
the areas described in this Article and Article V, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A)
up to the numerical limitations applying in that area, consistent with the
maximum levels for holdings notified pursuant to Article VII and provided that
no State Party stations conventional armed forces on the territory of another
State Party without the agreement of that State Party.
6. If a group of States Parties' aggregate numbers of battle tanks, armoured
combat vehicles and artillery in active units within the area described in
paragraph 4 of this Article are less than the numerical limitations set forth in
paragraph 4 of this Article, and provided that no State Party is thereby
prevented from reaching its maximum levels for holdings notified in accordance
with Article VII, paragraphs 2, 3 and 5, then amounts equal to the difference
between the aggregate numbers in each of the categories of battle
tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery and the specified numerical
limitations for that area may be located by States Parties belonging to that
group of States Parties in the area described in paragraph 3 of this Article,
consistent with the numerical limitations specified in paragraph 3 of this
Article.
Article V
1. To ensure that the security of each State Party is not affected adversely
at any stage:
(A) within the area consisting of the entire land territory in Europe, which
includes all the European island territories, of the Republic of Bulgaria, the
Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the
part of the Republic of Turkey within the area of application and that part of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics comprising the Leningrad, Odessa,
Transcaucasus and North Caucasus Military Districts, each State Party shall
limit and, as necessary, reduce its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and
artillery so that, 40 months after entry into force of this Treaty and
thereafter, for the group of States Parties to which it belongs the aggregate
numbers in active units do not exceed the difference between the overall
numerical limitations set forth in Article IV, paragraph 1 and those in Article
IV, paragraph 2, that is: (1) 4,700 battle tanks;
(2) 5,900 armoured combat vehicles; and
(3) 6,000 pieces of artillery;
(B) notwithstanding the numerical limitations set forth in subparagraph (A)
of this paragraph, a State Party or States Parties may on a temporary basis
deploy into the territory belonging to the members of the same group of States
Parties within the area described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph
additional aggregate numbers in active units for each group of States Parties
not to exceed:
(1) 459 battle tanks;
(2) 723 armoured combat vehicles; and
(3) 420 pieces of artillery; and
(C) provided that for each group of States Parties no more than one-third of
each of these additional aggregate numbers shall be deployed to any State Party
with territory within the area described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,
that is:
(1) 153 battle tanks;
(2) 241 armoured combat vehicles; and
(3) 140 pieces of artillery.
2. Notification shall be provided to all other States Parties no later than
at the start of the deployment by the State Party or States Parties conducting
the deployment and by the recipient State Party or States Parties, specifying
the total number in each category of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and
artillery deployed. Notification also shall be provided to all other States
Parties by the State Party or States Parties conducting the deployment and by
the recipient State Party or States Parties within 30 days of the withdrawal of
those battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery that were temporarily
deployed.
Article VI
With the objective of ensuring that no single State Party possesses more than
approximately one-third of the conventional armaments and equipment limited by
the Treaty within the area of application, each State Party shall limit and, as
necessary, reduce its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat
aircraft and attack helicopters so that, 40 months after entry into force of
this Treaty and thereafter, the numbers within the area of application for that
State Party do not exceed:
(A) 13,300 battle tanks;
(B) 20,000 armoured combat vehicles;
(C) 13,700 pieces of artillery;
(D) 5,150 combat aircraft; and
(E) 1,500 attack helicopters.
Article VII
1. In order that the limitations set forth in Articles IV, V and VI are not
exceeded, no State Party shall exceed, from 40 months after entry into force of
this Treaty, the maximum levels which it has previously agreed upon within its
group of States Parties, in accordance with paragraph 7 of this Article, for its
holdings of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty and of
which it has provided notification pursuant to the provisions of this Article.
2. Each State Party shall provide at the signature of this Treaty
notification to all other States Parties of the maximum levels for its holdings
of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty. The notification
of the maximum levels for holdings of conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty provided by each State Party at the signature of this
Treaty shall remain valid until the date specified in a subsequent notification
pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article.
3. In accordance with the limitations set forth in Articles IV, V and VI,
each State Party shall have the right to change the maximum levels for its
holdings of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty. Any
change in the maximum levels for holdings of a State Party shall be notified by
that State Party to all other States Parties at least 90 days in advance of the
date, specified in the notification, on which such a change takes effect. In
order not to exceed any of the limitations set forth in Articles IV and V, any
increase in the maximum levels for holdings of a State Party that would
otherwise cause those limitations to be exceeded shall be preceded or
accompanied by a corresponding reduction in the previously notified maximum
levels for holdings of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty of one or more States Parties belonging to the same group of States
Parties. The notification of a change in the maximum levels for holdings shall
remain valid from the date specified in the notification until the date
specified in a subsequent notification of change pursuant to this paragraph.
4. Each notification required pursuant to paragraph 2 or 3 of this Article
for armoured combat vehicles shall also include maximum levels for the holdings
of armoured infantry fighting vehicles and heavy armament combat vehicles of the
State Party providing the notification.
5. Ninety days before expiration of the 40-month period of reductions set
forth in Article VIII and subsequently at the time of any notification of a
change pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, each State Party shall provide
notification of the maximum levels for its holdings of battle tanks, armoured
combat vehicles and artillery with respect to each of the areas described in
Article IV, paragraphs 2 to 4 and Article V, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A).
6. A decrease in the numbers of conventional armaments and equipment limited
by the Treaty held by a State Party and subject to notification pursuant to the
Protocol on Information Exchange shall by itself confer no right on any other
State Party to increase the maximum levels for its holdings subject to
notification pursuant to this Article.
7. It shall be the responsibility solely of each individual State
Party to ensure that the maximum levels for its holdings notified pursuant to
the provisions of this Article are not exceeded. States Parties belonging to
the same group of States Parties shall consult in order to ensure that the
maximum levels for holdings notified pursuant to the provisions of this Article,
taken together as appropriate, do not exceed the limitations set forth in
Articles IV, V and VI.
Article VIII
1. The numerical limitations set forth in Articles IV, V and VI shall be
achieved only by means of reduction in accordance with the Protocol on
Reduction, the Protocol on Helicopter Recategorisation, the Protocol on Aircraft
Reclassification, the Footnote to Section I, paragraph 2, subparagraph (A) of
the Protocol on Existing Types and the Protocol on Inspection.
2. The categories of conventional armaments and equipment subject to
reductions are battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat
aircraft and attack helicopters. The specific types are listed in the Protocol
on Existing Types.
(A) Battle tanks and armoured combat vehicles shall be reduced by
destruction, conversion for non-military purposes, placement on static display,
use as ground targets, or, in the case of armoured personnel carriers,
modification in accordance with the Footnote to Section I, paragraph 2,
subparagraph (A) of the Protocol on Existing Types.
(B) Artillery shall be reduced by destruction or placement on static
display, or, in the case of self-propelled artillery, by use as ground targets.
(C) Combat aircraft shall be reduced by destruction, placement on static
display, use for ground instructional purposes, or, in the case of specific
models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft, reclassification into
unarmed trainer aircraft.
(D) Specialised attack helicopters shall be reduced by destruction,
placement on static display, or use for ground instructional purposes.
(E) Multi-purpose attack helicopters shall be reduced by destruction,
placement on static display, use for ground instructional purposes, or
recategorisation.
3. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty shall be deemed
to be reduced upon execution of the procedures set forth in the Protocols listed
in paragraph 1 of this Article and upon notification as required by these
Protocols. Armaments and equipment so reduced shall no longer be counted
against the numerical limitations set forth in Articles IV, V and VI.
4. Reductions shall be effected in three phases and completed no later than
40 months after entry into force of this Treaty, so that:
(A) by the end of the first reduction phase, that is, no later than 16
months after entry into force of this Treaty, each State Party shall have
ensured that at least 25 percent of its total reduction liability in each ofthe categories of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty has
been reduced;
(B) by the end of the second reduction phase, that is, no later than 28
months after entry into force of this Treaty, each State Party shall have
ensured that at least 60 percent of its total reduction liability in each of the
categories of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty has
been reduced;
(C) by the end of the third reduction phase, that is, no later than 40
months after entry into force of this Treaty, each State Party shall have
reduced its total reduction liability in each of the categories of conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty. States Parties carrying out
conversion for non-military purposes shall have ensured that the conversion of
all battle tanks in accordance with Section VIII of the Protocol on Reduction
shall have been completed by the end of the third reduction phase; and
(D) armoured combat vehicles deemed reduced by reason of having been
partially destroyed in accordance with Section VIII, paragraph 6 of the Protocol
on Reduction shall have been fully converted for non-military purposes, or
destroyed in accordance with Section IV of the Protocol on Reduction, no later
than 64 months after entry into force of this Treaty.
5. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty to be reduced
shall have been declared present within the area of application in the exchange
of information at signature of this Treaty.
6. No later than 30 days after entry into force of this Treaty, each State
Party shall provide notification to all other States Parties of its reduction
liability.
7. Except as provided for in paragraph 8 of this Article, a State Party's
reduction liability in each category shall be no less than the difference
between its holdings notified, in accordance with the Protocol on Information
Exchange, at signature or effective upon entry into force of this Treaty,
whichever is the greater, and the maximum levels for holdings it notified
pursuant to Article VII.
8. Any subsequent revision of a State Party's holdings notified pursuant to
the Protocol on Information Exchange or of its maximum levels for holdings
notified pursuant to Article VII shall be reflected by a notified adjustment to
its reduction liability. Any notification of a decrease in a State Party's
reduction liability shall be preceded or accompanied by either a notification of
a corresponding increase in holdings not exceeding the maximum levels for
holdings notified pursuant to Article VII by one or more States Parties
belonging to the same group of States Parties, or a notification of a
corresponding increase in the reduction liability of one or more such States
Parties.
9. Upon entry into force of this Treaty, each State Party shall notify all
other States Parties, in accordance with the Protocol on Information Exchange,
of the locations of its reduction sites, including those where the final
conversion of battle tanks and armoured combat vehicles for non-military
purposes will be carried out.
10. Each State Party shall have the right to designate as many reduction
sites as it wishes, to revise without restriction its designation of such sites
and to carry out reduction and final conversion simultaneously at a maximum of
20 sites. States Parties shall have the right to share or co-locate reduction
sites by mutual agreement.
11. Notwithstanding paragraph 10 of this Article, during the baseline
validation period, that is, the interval between entry into force of this Treaty
and 120 days after entry into force of this Treaty, reduction shall be carried
out simultaneously at no more than two reduction sites for each State Party.
12. Reduction of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty
shall be carried out at reduction sites, unless otherwise specified in the
Protocols listed in paragraph 1 of this Article, within the area of application.
13. The reduction process, including the results of the conversion of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty for non-military
purposes both during the reduction period and in the 24 months following the
reduction period, shall be subject to inspection, without right of refusal, in
accordance with the Protocol on Inspection.
Article IX
1. Other than removal from service in accordance with the provisions of
Article VIII, battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft
and attack helicopters within the area of application shall be removed from
service only by decommissioning, provided that:
(A) such conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty are
decommissioned and awaiting disposal at no more than eight sites which shall be
notified as declared sites in accordance with the Protocol on Information
Exchange and shall be identified in such notifications as holding areas for
decommissioned conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty. If sites containing conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty decommissioned from service also contain any other conventional armaments
and equipment subject to the Treaty, the decommissioned conventional armaments
and equipment limited by the Treaty shall be separately distinguishable; and
(B) the numbers of such decommissioned conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty do not exceed, in the case of any individual State Party,
one percent of its notified holdings of conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty, or a total of 250, whichever is greater, of which no more
than 200 shall be battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and pieces of
artillery, and no more than 50 shall be attack helicopters and combat aircraft.
2. Notification of decommissioning shall include the number and type of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty decommissioned and
the location of decommissioning and shall be provided to all other States
Parties in accordance with Section IX, paragraph 1, subparagraph (B) of the
Protocol on Information Exchange.
Article X
1. Designated permanent storage sites shall be notified in accordance with
the Protocol on Information Exchange to all other States Parties by the StateParty to which the conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty
contained at designated permanent storage sites belong. The notification shall
include the designation and location, including geographic coordinates, of
designated permanent storage sites and the numbers by type of each category of
its conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty at each such
storage site.
2. Designated permanent storage sites shall contain only facilities
appropriate for the storage and maintenance of armaments and equipment (e.g.,
warehouses, garages, workshops and associated stores as well as other support
accommodation). Designated permanent storage sites shall not contain firing
ranges or training areas associated with conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty. Designated permanent storage sites shall contain only
armaments and equipment belonging to the conventional armed forces of a State
Party.
3. Each designated permanent storage site shall have a clearly defined
physical boundary that shall consist of a continuous perimeter fence at least
1.5 metres in height. The perimeter fence shall have no more than three gates
providing the sole means of entrance and exit for armaments and equipment.
4. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty located within
designated permanent storage sites shall be counted as conventional armaments
and equipment limited by the Treaty not in active units, including when they are
temporarily removed in accordance with paragraphs 7, 8, 9 and 10 of this
Article. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in storage
other than in designated permanent storage sites shall be counted as
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in active units.
5. Active units or formations shall not be located within designated
permanent storage sites, except as provided for in paragraph 6 of this Article.
6. Only personnel associated with the security or operation of designated
permanent storage sites, or the maintenance of the armaments and equipment
stored therein, shall be located within the designated permanent storage sites.
7. For the purpose of maintenance, repair or modification of conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty located within designated
permanent storage sites, each State Party shall have the right, without prior
notification, to remove from and retain outside designated permanent storage
sites simultaneously up to 10 percent, rounded up to the nearest even whole
number, of the notified holdings of each category of conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty in each designated permanent storage site, or 10
items of the conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in each
category in each designated permanent storage site, whichever is less.
8. Except as provided for in paragraph 7 of this Article, no State
Party shall remove conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty
from designated permanent storage sites unless notification has been provided to
all other States Parties at least 42 days in advance of such removal.
Notification shall be given by the State Party to which the conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty belong. Such notification shall
specify:
(A) the location of the designated permanent storage site from whichconventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty are to be removed and
the numbers by type of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty of each category to be removed;
(B) the dates of removal and return of conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty; and
(C) the intended location and use of conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty while outside the designated permanent storage site.
9. Except as provided for in paragraph 7 of this Article, the aggregate
numbers of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty removed
from and retained outside designated permanent storage sites by States Parties
belonging to the same group of States Parties shall at no time exceed the
following levels:
(A) 550 battle tanks;
(B) 1,000 armoured combat vehicles; and
(C) 300 pieces of artillery.
10. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty removed from
designated permanent storage sites pursuant to paragraphs 8 and 9 of this
Article shall be returned to designated permanent storage sites no later than 42
days after their removal, except for those items of conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty removed for industrial rebuild. Such items
shall be returned to designated permanent storage sites immediately on
completion of the rebuild.
11. Each State Party shall have the right to replace conventional armaments
and equipment limited by the Treaty located in designated permanent storage
sites. Each State Party shall notify all other States Parties, at the beginning
of replacement, of the number, location, type and disposition of conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty being replaced.
Article XI
1. Each State Party shall limit its armoured vehicle launched bridges so
that, 40 months after entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter, for the
group of States Parties to which it belongs the aggregate number of armoured
vehicle launched bridges in active units within the area of application does not
exceed 740.
2. All armoured vehicle launched bridges within the area of application in
excess of the aggregate number specified in paragraph 1 of this Article for each
group of States Parties shall be placed in designated permanent storage sites,
as defined in Article II. When armoured vehicle launched bridges are placed in
a designated permanent storage site, either on their own or together with
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty, Article X,
paragraphs 1 to 6 shall apply to armoured vehicle launched bridges as well as to
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty. Armoured vehicle
launched bridges placed in designated permanent storage sites shall not be
considered as being in active units.
3. Except as provided for in paragraph 6 of this Article, armoured vehicle
launched bridges may be removed, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5
of this Article, from designated permanent storage sites only after notification
has been provided to all other States Parties at least 42 days prior to such
removal. This notification shall specify:
(A) the locations of the designated permanent storage sites from
which armoured vehicle launched bridges are to be removed and the numbers of
armoured vehicle launched bridges to be removed from each such site;
(B) the dates of removal of armoured vehicle launched bridges from and
return to designated permanent storage sites; and
(C) the intended use of armoured vehicle launched bridges during the period
of their removal from designated permanent storage sites.
4. Except as provided for in paragraph 6 of this Article, armoured vehicle
launched bridges removed from designated permanent storage sites shall be
returned to them no later than 42 days after the actual date of removal.
5. The aggregate number of armoured vehicle launched bridges removed from and
retained outside of designated permanent storage sites by each group of States
Parties shall not exceed 50 at any one time.
6. States Parties shall have the right, for the purpose of maintenance or
modification, to remove and have outside of designated permanent storage sites
simultaneously up to 10 percent, rounded up to the nearest even whole number, of
their notified holdings of armoured vehicle launched bridges in each designated
permanent storage site, or 10 armoured vehicle launched bridges from each
designated permanent storage site, whichever is less.
7. In the event of natural disasters involving flooding or damage to
permanent bridges, States Parties shall have the right to withdraw armoured
vehicle launched bridges from designated permanent storage sites. Notification
to all other States Parties of such withdrawals shall be given at the time of
withdrawal.
Article XII
1. Armoured infantry fighting vehicles held by organisations of a State Party
designed and structured to perform in peacetime internal security functions,
which are not structured and organised for ground combat against an external
enemy, are not limited by this Treaty. The foregoing notwithstanding, in order
to enhance the implementation of this Treaty and to provide assurance that the
number of such armaments held by such organisations shall not be used to
circumvent the provisions of this Treaty, any such armaments in excess of 1,000
armoured infantry fighting vehicles assigned by a State Party to organisations
designed and structured to perform in peacetime internal security functions
shall constitute a portion of the permitted levels specified in Articles IV, V
and VI. No more than 600 such armoured infantry fighting vehicles of a State
Party, assigned to such organisations, may be located in that part of the area
of application described in Article V, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A). Each
State Party shall further ensure that such organisations refrain from the
acquisition of combat capabilities in excess of those necessary for meeting
internal security requirements.
2. A State Party that intends to reassign battle tanks, armoured infantry
fighting vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft, attack helicopters and armoured
vehicle launched bridges in service with its conventional armed forces to any
organisation of that State Party not a part of its conventional armed forces
shall notify all other States Parties no later than the date such reassignment
takes effect. Such notification shall specify the effective date of the
reassignment, the date such equipment is physically transferred, as well as the
numbers, by type, of the conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty being reassigned.
Article XIII
1. For the purpose of ensuring verification of compliance with the provisions
of this Treaty, each State Party shall provide notifications and exchange
information pertaining to its conventional armaments and equipment in accordance
with the Protocol on Information Exchange.
2. Such notifications and exchange of information shall be provided
in accordance with Article XVII.
3. Each State Party shall be responsible for its own information; receipt of
such information and of notifications shall not imply validation or acceptance
of the information provided.
Article XIV
1. For the purpose of ensuring verification of compliance with the provisions
of this Treaty, each State Party shall have the right to conduct, and the
obligation to accept, within the area of application, inspections in accordance
with the provisions of the Protocol on Inspection.
2. The purpose of such inspections shall be:
(A) to verify, on the basis of the information provided pursuant to the
Protocol on Information Exchange, the compliance of States Parties with the
numerical limitations set forth in Articles IV, V and VI;
(B) to monitor the process of reduction of battle tanks, armoured combat
vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and attack helicopters carried out at
reduction sites in accordance with Article VIII and the Protocol on Reduction;
and
(C) to monitor the certification of recategorised multi-purpose attack
helicopters and reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft carried out in
accordance with the Protocol on Helicopter Recategorisation and the Protocol on
Aircraft Reclassification, respectively.
3. No State Party shall exercise the rights set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2
of this Article in respect of States Parties which belong to the group of States
Parties to which it belongs in order to elude the objectives of the verification
regime.
4. In the case of an inspection conducted jointly by more than one State
Party, one of them shall be responsible for the execution of the provisions of
this Treaty.
5. The number of inspections pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of the
Protocol on Inspection which each State Party shall have the right to conduct
and the obligation to accept during each specified time period shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section II of that Protocol.
6. Upon completion of the 120-day residual level validation period, each
State Party shall have the right to conduct, and each State Party with territory
within the area of application shall have the obligation to accept, an agreed
number of aerial inspections within the area of application. Such agreed
numbers and other applicable provisions shall be developed during negotiations
referred to in Article XVIII.
Article XV
1. For the purpose of ensuring verification of compliance with the provisions
of this Treaty, a State Party shall have the right to use, in addition to the
procedures referred to in Article XIV, national or multinational technical means
of verification at its disposal in a manner consistent with generally recognised
principles of international law.
2. A State Party shall not interfere with national or multinational technical
means of verification of another State Party operating in accordance with
paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. A State Party shall not use concealment measures that impede verification
of compliance with the provisions of this Treaty by national or multinational
technical means of verification of another State Party operating in accordance
with paragraph 1 of this Article. This obligation does not apply to cover or
concealment practices associated with normal personnel training, maintenance or
operations involving conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty.
Article XVI
1. To promote the objectives and implementation of the provisions of this
Treaty, the States Parties hereby establish a Joint Consultative Group.
2. Within the framework of the Joint Consultative Group, the States Parties
shall:
(A) address questions relating to compliance with or possible circumvention
of the provisions of this Treaty;
(B) seek to resolve ambiguities and differences of interpretation that may
become apparent in the way this Treaty is implemented;
(C) consider and, if possible, agree on measures to enhance the viability
and effectiveness of this Treaty;
(D) update the lists contained in the Protocol on Existing Types, as
required by Article II, paragraph 2;
(E) resolve technical questions in order to seek common practices among the
States Parties in the way this Treaty is implemented;
(F) work out or revise, as necessary, rules of procedure, working methods,
the scale of distribution of expenses of the Joint Consultative Group and of
conferences convened under this Treaty and the distribution of costs of
inspections between or among States Parties;
(G) consider and work out appropriate measures to ensure that information
obtained through exchanges of information among the States Parties or as a
result of inspections pursuant to this Treaty is used solely for the purposes of
this Treaty, taking into account the particular requirements of each State Party
in respect of safeguarding information which that State Party specifies as being
sensitive;
(H) consider, upon the request of any State Party, any matter that a State
Party wishes to propose for examination by any conference to be convened in
accordance with Article XXI; such consideration shall not prejudice the right of
any State Party to resort to the procedures set forth in Article XXI; and
(I) consider matters of dispute arising out of the implementation of this
Treaty.
3. Each State Party shall have the right to raise before the Joint
Consultative Group, and have placed on its agenda, any issue relating to this
Treaty.
4. The Joint Consultative Group shall take decisions or make recommendations
by consensus. Consensus shall be understood to mean the absence of any
objection by any representative of a State Party to the taking of a decision or
the making of a recommendation.
5. The Joint Consultative Group may propose amendments to this Treaty for
consideration and confirmation in accordance with Article XX. The Joint
Consultative Group may also agree on improvements to the viability and
effectiveness of this Treaty, consistent with its provisions. Unless such
improvements relate only to minor matters of an administrative or technical
nature, they shall be subject to consideration and confirmation in accordance
with Article XX before they can take effect.
6. Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict any State
Party from requesting information from or undertaking consultations with other
States Parties on matters relating to this Treaty and its implementation in
channels or fora other than the Joint Consultative Group.
7. The Joint Consultative Group shall follow the procedures set forth in the
Protocol on the Joint Consultative Group.
Article XVII
The States Parties shall transmit information and notifications required by this
Treaty in written form. They shall use diplomatic channels or other official
channels designated by them, including in particular a communications network to
be established by a separate arrangement.
Article XVIII 1. The States Parties, after signature of this Treaty, shall continue the
negotiations on conventional armed forces with the same Mandate and with the
goal of building on this Treaty.
2. The objective for these negotiations shall be to conclude an agreement on
additional measures aimed at further strengthening security and stability in
Europe, and pursuant to the Mandate, including measures to limit the personnel
strength of their conventional armed forces within the area of application.
3. The States Parties shall seek to conclude these negotiations no later than
the follow-up meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to
be held in Helsinki in 1992.
Article XIX
1. This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration. It may be supplemented by a
further treaty.
2. Each State Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the
right to withdraw from this Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events
related to the subject matter of this Treaty have jeopardised its supreme
interests. A State Party intending to withdraw shall give notice of its
decision to do so to the Depositary and to all other States Parties. Such
notice shall be given at least 150 days prior to the intended withdrawal from
this Treaty. It shall include a statement of the extraordinary events the State
Party regards as having jeopardised its supreme interests.
3. Each State Party shall, in particular, in exercising its national
sovereignty, have the right to withdraw from this Treaty if another State Party
increases its holdings in battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery,
combat aircraft or attack helicopters, as defined in Article II, which are
outside the scope of the limitations of this Treaty, in such proportions as to
pose an obvious threat to the balance of forces within the area of application.
Article XX
1. Any State Party may propose amendments to this Treaty. The text of a
proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Depositary, which shall circulate
it to all the States Parties.
2. If an amendment is approved by all the States Parties, it shall enter into
force in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article XXII governing the
entry into force of this Treaty.
Article XXI
1. Forty-six months after entry into force of this Treaty, and at five-year
intervals thereafter, the Depositary shall convene a conference of the States
Parties to conduct a review of the operation of this Treaty.
2. The Depositary shall convene an extraordinary conference of the States
Parties, if requested to do so by any State Party which considers that
exceptional circumstances relating to this Treaty have arisen, in particular, in
the event that a State Party has announced its intention to leave its group of
States Parties or to join the other group of States Parties, as defined inArticle II, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A). In order to enable the other States
Parties to prepare for this conference, the request shall include the reason why
that State Party deems an [*23] extraordinary conference to be necessary.
The conference shall consider the circumstances set forth in the request and
their effect on the operation of this Treaty. The conference shall open no
later than 15 days after receipt of the request and, unless it decides
otherwise, shall last no longer than three weeks.
3. The Depositary shall convene a conference of the States Parties to
consider an amendment proposed pursuant to Article XX, if requested to do so by
three or more States Parties. Such a conference shall open no later than 21
days after receipt of the necessary requests.
4. In the event that a State Party gives notice of its decision to withdraw
from this Treaty pursuant to Article XIX, the Depositary shall convene a
conference of the States Parties which shall open no later than 21 days after
receipt of the notice of withdrawal in order to consider questions relating to
the withdrawal from this Treaty.
Article XXII
1. This Treaty shall be subject to ratification by each State Party in
accordance with its constitutional procedures. Instruments of ratification
shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hereby
designated the Depositary.
2. This Treaty shall enter into force 10 days after instruments of
ratification have been deposited by all States Parties listed in the Preamble.
3. The Depositary shall promptly inform all States Parties of:
(A) the deposit of each instrument of ratification;
(B) the entry into force of this Treaty;
(C) any withdrawal in accordance with Article XIX and its effective date;
(D) the text of any amendment proposed in accordance with Article XX;
(E) the entry into force of any amendment to this Treaty;
(F) any request to convene a conference in accordance with Article XXI;
(G) the convening of a conference pursuant to Article XXI; and
(H) any other matter of which the Depositary is required by this Treaty to
inform the States Parties.
4. This Treaty shall be registered by the Depositary pursuant to Article 102
of the Charter of the United Nations.
Article XXIII
The original of this Treaty, of which the English, French, German, Italian,
Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in thearchives of the Depositary. Duly certified copies of this Treaty shall be
transmitted by the Depositary to all the States Parties.
PROTOCOL ON EXISTING TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT
The States Parties hereby agree upon: (a) lists, valid as of the date of Treaty
signature, of existing types of conventional armaments and equipment subject to
the measures of limitation, reduction, information exchange and verification;
(b) procedures for the provision of technical data and photographs relevant to
such existing types of conventional armaments and equipment; and (c) procedures
for updating the lists of such existing types of conventional armaments and
equipment, in accordance with Article II of the Treaty on Conventional Armed
Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty.
SECTION I. EXISTING TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT LIMITED BY
THE TREATY
I. Existing types of battle tanks are:
M-1
M-60
M-48
M-47
Leopard 1
Leopard 2
AMX-30
Challenger
Chieftain
Centurion
M-41
NM-116
T-54
T-55
T-72
T-34
T-54
T-55
T-62
T-64
T-72
T-80
TR-85
TR-580
All models and versions of an existing type of battle tank listed above shall be
deemed to be battle tanks of that type.
2. Existing types of armoured combat vehicles are:
(A) Armoured Personnel Carriers:
YPR-765
AMX-13 VTT
M113
M75 Spartan
Grizzly
TPz-1 Fuchs
VAB
M59
Leonidas
VCC1
VCC2
Saxon
AFV 432
Saracen
Humber
BDX
BMR-600
Chaimite V200
V150S
EBR-ETT
M3A1
YP 408
BLR
VIB
LVTP-7
6614/G
BTR-152
BTR-50
BTR-60
BTR-70
MT-LB *
* This multi-purpose lightly armoured vehicle may be exceptionally modified
within 40 months of entry into force of the Treaty into an armoured personnel
carrier look-alike listed in Section II, paragraph 1 of this Protocol as
MT-LB-AT by alteration of the interior of the vehicle through the removal of the
left-hand combat infantry squad seating and the welding of the ammunition
racking to the side and the floor at a minimum of six points so that the vehicle
is not capable of transporting a combat infantry squad. Such modifications may
be accomplished at locations other than reduction sites. MT-LB armoured
personnel carriers that have not been modified shall be reported in accordance
with the Protocol on Information Exchange as armoured personnel carriers.
BTR-40
BTR-152
BTR-50
BTR-60
OT-62 (TOPAS)
OT-64 (SKOT)
OT-90
FUG D-442
BTR-70
BTR-80
BTR-D
TAB-77
OT-810
PSZH D-944
TABC-79
TAB-71
MLVM
MT-LB *
* This multi-purpose lightly armoured vehicle may be exceptionally modified
within 40 months of entry into force of the Treaty into an armoured personnel
carrier look-alike listed in Section II, paragraph 1 of this Protocol as
MT-LB-AT by alteration of the interior of the vehicle through the removal of the
left-hand combat infantry squad seating and the welding of the ammunition
racking to the side and the floor at a minimum of six points so that the vehicle
is not capable of transporting a combat infantry squad. Such modifications may
be accomplished at locations other than reduction sites. MT-LB armoured
personnel carriers that have not been modified shall be reported in accordance
with the Protocol on Information Exchange as armoured personnel carriers.
All models and versions of an existing type of armoured personnel carrier listed
above shall be deemed to be armoured personnel carriers of that type, unless
such models and versions are included in the armoured personnel carrier
look-alike list in Section II, paragraph 1 of this Protocol.
(B) Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicles:
YPR-765 (25mm)
Marder
AMX-10P
Warrior
M2/M3 Bradley
AFV 432 Rarden
NM-135
BMP-1/BRM-1
BMP-2
BMP-1/BRM-1
BMP-2
BMP-23
MLI-84
BMD-1
BMD-2
BMP-3
All models and versions of an existing type of an armoured infantry fighting
vehicle listed above shall be deemed to be armoured infantry fighting vehicles
of that type, unless such models and versions are included in the armoured
infantry fighting vehicle look-alike list in Section II, paragraph 2 of this
Protocol.
(C) Heavy Armament Combat Vehicles:
AMX-10RC
ERC 90 Sagaye
BMR-625-90
Commando V150
Scorpion
Saladin
JPK-90
M-24
AMX-13 EBR-75 Panhard
PT-76
PT-76
SU-76
SU-100
ISU-152
All models and versions of an existing type of heavy armament combat vehicle
listed above shall be deemed to be heavy armament combat vehicles of that type.
3. Existing types of artillery are:
(A) Guns, Howitzers and Artillery Pieces Combining the Characteristics of
Guns and Howitzers:
105mm: 105 Light Gun
M18
105 Krupp Gun
105 R Metal Gun
105 Pack How
M 56 Pack How
M 101 Towed How
M102 Towed How
Abbot SP Gun
M108 SP How
M52 SP How
105 HM-2 How
M-38 Gun (Skoda)
105 AU 50 How
R58/M26 Towed How
122mm: 122/46 Field Gun
D30 How
M 30 How
2S1 SP How
130mm: M 46 Gun
140mm: 5.5" (139.7mm)
Towed How
150mm: 150 Skoda Gun
152mm: D20 Gun-How
2S3 SP How
155mm: M114 Towed How
M114/39 (M-139)
Towed How
FH-70 Towed How
M109 SP How
M198 Towed How
155 TRF1 Gun
155 AUF1 Gun
155 AMF3 Gun
155 BF50 Gun
M44 SP How
M59 Towed Gun
SP70 SP How
175mm: M107 SP Gun
203mm: M115 Towed How
M110 SP How M55 SP How
100mm: BS-3 Field Gun
Model 53 Field Gun
Skoda How (Model
1914/1934, 1930, 1934)
Skoda How (Model 1939)
105 mm: Schneider Field Gun
(Model 1936)
120mm: 2B16 How
2S9 SP How
122mm: D30 How
M-30 How
D74 How
2S1 SP How
A19 Gun (Model 31/37)
Model 89 SP How
130mm: Gun 82
M-46 Gun
150mm: Skoda How (Model 1934)
Ceh How (Model 1937)
152mm: D1 How
2S3 SP How
2A65 How
ML20 How-Gun
D20 Gun-How
Gun 81
2A36 Gun
Dana SP Gun-How M77
2S5 SP Gun
2S19 SP How
Gun-How 85
How Model 1938
How 81
203mm: B4 How
2S7 SP Gun
(B) Mortars:
107mm: 4.2" (ground mounted
or on M106 armoured vehicle)
120mm: Brandt (M60, M-120-60;
SLM-120-AM-50)
M120 RTF 1
M120 M51
Soltam/Tampella
(ground mounted
or on M113 armoured
vehicle)
Ecia Mod L (ground
mounted M-L or mounted
on either the BMR-600 or
M113 armoured vehicle)
HY12 (Tosam)
2B11 (2S12)
107mm: Mortar M-1938
120mm: 2B11 (2S12) M 120 Model 38/43
Tundzha/Tundzha Sani SP
Mortar (mounted on
MT-LB)
Mortar Model 1982
B-24
160mm: M160
240mm: M240
2S4 SP Mortar
(C) Multiple Launch Rocket Systems:
110mm: LARS
122mm: BM-21
RM-70
140mm: Teruel MLAS
227mm: MLRS
122mm: BM-21 (BM-21-1,BM-
21V)
RM-70
APR-21
APR-40
130mm: M-51
RM-130
BM-13
R.2
140mm: BM-14
220mm: BM-22/27
240mm: BM-24
280mm: Uragan 9P140
300mm: Smerch
All models and versions of an existing type of artillery listed above
shall be deemed to be artillery of that type.
4. Existing types of combat aircraft are:
A-7
A-10
Alpha Jet A
AM-X
Buccaneer
Canberra
Draken
F-4
F-5
F-15
F-16
F-18
F-84
F-102
F-104
F-111
G-91
Harrier
Hunter Jaguar
Lightning
MiG-21
MiG-23
MiG-29
MB-339
Mirage F1
Mirage III
Mirage IV
Mirage V
Mirage 2000
SU-22
Tornado
IAR-93
IL-28
MiG-15
MiG-17
MiG-21
MiG-23
MiG-25
MiG-27
MiG-29
MiG-31
SU-7
SU-15
SU-17
SU-20
SU-22
SU-24
SU-25
SU-27
TU-16
TU-22
TU-22M
TU-128
Yak-28
All models or versions of an existing type of combat aircraft listed above shall
be deemed to be combat aircraft of that type.
5. Existing types of attack helicopters are:
(A) Specialised Attack Helicopters:
A-129 Mangusta
AH-1 Cobra
AH-64 Apache
Mi-24
Mi-24
Subject to the provisions in Section I, paragraph 3 of the Protocol on
Helicopter Recategorisation, all models or versions of an existing type of
specialised attack helicopter listed above shall be deemed to be specialised
attack helicopters of that type.
(B) Multi-Purpose Attack Helicopters:
A-109 Hirundo
Alouette III
BO-105/PAH-1
Fennec AS 550 C-2
Gazelle
Lynx
Mi-8
OH-58 Kiowa/AB-206/CH-136
Scout
Wessex
IAR-316
Mi-8/Mi-17
Subject to the provisions in Section I, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Protocol on
Helicopter Recategorisation, all models or versions of an existing type of
multi-purpose attack helicopter listed above shall be deemed to be multi-purpose
attack helicopters of that type.
SECTION II. EXISTING TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT NOT LIMITED
BY THE TREATY
1. Existing types of armoured personnel carrier look-alikes are:
YPR-765 MILAN
CP
PRCOC1
PRCOC2
PRCOC4
PRCOC5
PRMR
AMX-13 VTT MILAN
PC
M113 MILAN
A1/A2(ATGW)
E/W TOW
ARTFC
ARTOBS
FACONT
MORTFC
A1E
Mortar Carrier
S1G
HFTRSM
CP
CPSVC
A1CP
A1ECP
4.2"/M106 A1 4.2"
M106 81mm
M-125 81mm
M125 A1 81mm
M125 A2 81mm
NM-125 81mm
TPz-1 FUCHS HFTRSM AD CP
CP
ENGRCP
ELOKA
NBC
RASIT
M59 CP
LEONIDAS 1
VAB PC
BMR-600 SIG
PC
81mm
SPARTAN STRIKER
SAMSON
CP
JAVELIN
MILAN
SAXON AD
CP
MAINT
AFV 432 CP/RA
81mm
CYMB
AFV 435
AFV 436
AFV 439
HUMBER SQUIRT
SARACEN SQUIRT
CP
ADR
YP 408 PWMR
PWCO
PWAT
PWRDR
PWV
BTR-50 PU
PK(MRF)
PK(B)
BTR-60 PU-12/PA PU-12
BBS
ABS
R-137B
R-140BM
R-145
R-156
R-409 BM
P-238 BT
P-240 BT
P-241 BT
B
MT-LB P1
MP-21-25
1W-13-16
AFMS
R-381 T
R-330 P Beta 3M
MTP-LB
BTR-40 CP
BTR-50 PU
PUM
P
PUR 82
PK (MRF)
UR-67
PK (B)
MTP-1
BTR-152 CP
BTR-60 PU
PU-12/PA PU-12
PAU
BBS
ABS
R-137 B
R-140 BM
R-145
R-156
R-409 BM
P-238BT
P-240BT
P-241BT
E-351BR
R-975
MTP-2
1V18, 1V19
1V118
B
BTR-70 KShM
SPR-2
BREM
ZS-88
Kh
BTR-80 1V119
RCHM-4
BTR-D ZD
RD
OT-62(TOPAS) CP
WPT/DPT-62
BREM
R-2M
R-3M
R-3MT
R-4MT
OT-64(SKOT) CP
R-3Z
R-2M
R-3MT
R-4
R-4MT
R-2AM
PROPAGANDA
R-4M R-6
WPT/DR-64
BREM
S-260 inz.
S-260 art.
OT-810 OT-810/R-112
OT90 VP 90
FUG D-442 VS
MRP
OT-65/R-112
OT-65 DP
OT-65 CH
PSZH D-944 CP
MT-LB AT
KShM-R-81
R-80
9S743
PI
1W-13-16
1W-21-25
1W-12
MP-21-25
AFMS
R-381T
R-330P
Beta 3M
SPR-1
WPT/DTP
BREM
TR1
MTP-LB
BRM Sova/
BRM 30
TAB-71 A
TERA-71-L
AR
TAB-77 A
TERA-77-L
RCH-84
PCOMA
TABC-79 AR
A-POMA
TAB TCG-80
MLVM AR
2. Existing types of armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes
are:
WARRIOR RA
REP
REC
BMP-1 MTP
MP-31
BMP-1 KSh
9S743
PRP-3, -4
MP-31 B
SVO
DTB-80
VPV
IRM
MTP
BREM-4, -2, -D
BMD-1 KSh
BRM-1 KSh
3. Existing types of primary trainer aircraft which are designed and
constructed for primary flying training and which may possess only limited
armament capability necessary for basic training in weapon delivery techniques
are:
Alpha Jet E
C-101 Aviojet
Fouga
Hawk
Jet Provost
L-39
MB-326
PD-808
T-2
T-33/CT-133
T-37
T-38
I-22
IAR-99
L-29
L-39
TS-11
4. Existing types of combat support helicopters are:
A-109 Hirundo
AB-412
Alouette II
Alouette III
Blackhawk
Bell 47/AB 47/Sioux
BO-105
CH53
Chinook
Fennec AS 555 A
Hughes 300
Hughes 500/OH-6
Mi-8
OH-58 Kiowa/AB-206/CH-136
Puma
Sea King
UH-1A/1B/AB-204
UH-1D/1H/AB-205
UH-1N/AB-212
Wessex
IAR-316
IAR-330
Mi-2
Mi-6
Mi-8/Mi-17
5. Existing types of unarmed transport helicopters which are not equipped for
the employment of weapons are:
AB 47
AB-412
Alouette II
CH53
Chinook
Cougar AS 532 U
Dauphin AS 365 N1
Hughes 300
NH 500
Puma
Sea King/H-3F/HAR 3
SH-3D
UH-1D/1H/AB-205
UH-1N/AB-212
Mi-2
Mi-26
SA-365N Dauphin
W-3 Sokol
6. Existing types of armoured vehicle launched bridges are:
M47 AVLB
M48 AVLB
M60 AVLB
Centurion AVLB
Chieftain AVLB
Brueckenlegepanzer Biber/Leopard 1 AVLB
MTU
MT-20
MT-55A
MTU-72
BLG-60
BLG-67M
BLG-67M2
SECTION III. TECHNICAL DATA AND PHOTOGRAPHS
1. Technical data, in accordance with the agreed categories in the Annex to
this Protocol, together with photographs presenting the right or left side, top
and front views for each of its existing types of conventional armaments and
equipment listed in Sections I and II of this Protocol shall be provided by each
State Party to all other States Parties at the signature of the Treaty. In
addition, photographs of armoured personnel carrier look-alikes and armoured
infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes shall include a view of such vehicles so
as to show clearly their internal configuration illustrating the specific
characteristic which distinguishes this particular vehicle as a look-alike.
Photographs in addition to those required by this paragraph may be provided at
the discretion of each State Party.
2. Each existing type of conventional armaments and equipment listed in
Sections I and II of this Protocol shall have a model or version of that type
designated as an exemplar. Photographs shall be provided for each such
designated exemplar pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Section. Photographs shall
not be required of models and versions of a type that have no significant
externally observable differences from the exemplar of that type. The
photographs of each exemplar of a type shall contain an annotation of the
existing type designation and national nomenclature for all models and versions
of the type that the photographs of the exemplar represent. The photographs of
each exemplar of a type shall contain an annotation of the technical data for
that type in accordance with the agreed categories in the Annex to this
Protocol. In addition, the annotation shall indicate all models and versions of
the type that the photographs of the exemplar represent. Such technical data
shall be annotated on the side view photograph.
SECTION IV. UPDATES OF EXISTING TYPES LISTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATES
PARTIES
1. This Protocol constitutes agreement by the States Parties only with
respect to existing types of conventional armaments and equipment as well as
with respect to the categories of technical data set forth in Sections I and II
of the Annex to this Protocol.
2. Each State Party shall be responsible for the accuracy of
technical data for only its own conventional armaments and equipment provided in
accordance with Section III of this Protocol.
3. Each State Party shall notify all other States Parties, upon the entry
into service with the armed forces of that State Party within the area of
application, of: (a) any new type of conventional armaments and equipment which
meets one of the definitions in Article II of the Treaty or which falls under a
category listed in this Protocol, and (b) any new model or version of a type
listed in this Protocol. At the same time, each State Party shall provide all
other States Parties with the technical data and photographs required by Section
III of this Protocol.
4. As soon as possible, and in any case no later than 60 days following anotification pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Section, the States Parties shall
initiate update actions, in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article
XVI of the Treaty and the Protocol on the Joint Consultative Group, for the
lists of existing types of conventional armaments and equipment in Sections I
and II of this Protocol.
ANNEX TO THE PROTOCOL ON EXISTING TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND
EQUIPMENT
SECTION I. AGREED CATEGORIES OF TECHNICAL DATA
The following are agreed categories of technical data for each model and version
of existing types of conventional armaments and equipment:
1. Battle Tanks
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Main Gun Calibre
Unladen Weight
2. Armoured Combat Vehicles
Armoured Personnel Carriers
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Type and Calibre of Armaments, if any
Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicles
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Type and Calibre of Armaments
Heavy Armament Combat Vehicles
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Main Gun Calibre
Unladen Weight
3. Artillery
Guns, Howitzers and Artillery Pieces Combining the Characteristics of Guns
and Howitzers
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Calibre
Mortars
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Calibre
Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
Existing Type
National Nomenclature Calibre
4. Combat Aircraft
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
5. Attack Helicopters
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
6. Armoured Personnel Carrier Look-Alikes
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Type and Calibre of Armaments, if any
7. Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle Look-Alikes
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Type and Calibre of Armaments, if any
8. Primary Trainer Aircraft
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
Type of Armanents, if any
9. Combat Support Helicopters
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
10. Unarmed Transport Helicopters
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
11. Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridges
Existing Type
National Nomenclature
SECTION II. SPECIFICATIONS FOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs provided pursuant to Section III of this Protocol shall be in black
and white. The use of flash and lighting equipment shall be allowed. The
object being photographed shall contrast with the background of the photograph.
All photographs shall be of high definition, with continuous tone and in sharp
focus. Photographs measuring 13 centimetres by 18 centimetres, not including a
border, shall be provided. For aspects other than overhead, all photographs
shall be taken from the same level as the equipment being photographed, with
the camera placed along or perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the object
being photographed; for the top view, photographs shall show the top and may
show the rear aspects of the equipment. The object being photographed shall
fill at least 80 percent of the photograph in either horizontal or vertical
aspect. A reference gauge shall be included in each photograph together with
the object. The gauge shall have alternating half-metre sections in black and
white. It shall be long enough to provide accurate scaling and shall be placed
on or against the object or in close proximity to it. Each photograph shall be
labelled to provide the information required by Section III, paragraph 2 of this
Protocol as well as the date when the photograph was taken.
PROTOCOL ON PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE RECLASSIFICATION OF SPECIFIC
MODELS OR VERSIONS OF COMBAT-CAPABLE TRAINER AIRCRAFT INTO UNARMED TRAINER
AIRCRAFT
The States Parties hereby agree upon procedures and provisions governing total
disarming and certification of the unarmed status of specific models or versions
of combat-capable trainer aircraft in accordance with Article VIII of the Treaty
on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter
referred to as the Treaty.
SECTION I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Each State Party shall have the right to remove from the numerical
limitations on combat aircraft in Articles IV and VI of the Treaty only those
specific models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft listed in Section
II, paragraph 1 of this Protocol in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Protocol.
(A) Each State Party shall have the right to remove from the numerical
limitations on combat aircraft in Articles IV and VI of the Treaty individual
aircraft of the specific models or versions listed in Section II, paragraph 1 of
this Protocol that have any of the components set forth in Section III,
paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Protocol only by total disarming and certification.
(B) Each State Party shall have the right to remove from the numerical
limitations on combat aircraft in Articles IV and VI of the Treaty individual
aircraft of the specific models or versions listed in Section II, paragraph 1 of
this Protocol that do not have any of the components set forth in Section III,
paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Protocol by certification alone.
2. Models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft listed in Section II
of this Protocol may be disarmed and certified, or certified alone, within 40
months after entry into force of the Treaty. Such aircraft shall count against
the numerical limitations on combat aircraft in Articles IV and VI of the Treaty
until such aircraft have been certified as unarmed in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section IV of this Protocol. Each State Party shall
have the right to remove from the numerical limitations on combat aircraft in
Articles IV and VI of the Treaty no more than 550 such aircraft, of which no
more than 130 shall be of the MiG-25U model or version.
3. No later than entry into force of the Treaty, each State Party shall
notify all other States Parties of:
(A) the total number of each specific model or version of combat-capabletrainer aircraft that the State Party intends to disarm and certify in
accordance with Section I, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A), Section III and
Section IV of this Protocol; and
(B) the total number of each specific model or version of combat-capable
trainer aircraft that the State Party intends to certify alone, in accordance
with Section I, paragraph 1, subparagraph (B) and Section IV of this Protocol.
4. Each State Party shall use whatever technological means it deems necessary
to implement the total disarming procedures set forth in Section III of this
Protocol.
SECTION II. MODELS OR VERSIONS OF COMBAT-CAPABLE TRAINER AIRCRAFT ELIGIBLE FOR
TOTAL DISARMING AND CERTIFICATION
1. Each State Party shall have the right to remove from the numerical
limitations on combat aircraft in Articles IV and VI of the Treaty in accordance
with the provisions of this Protocol only the following specific models or
versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft:
SU-15U
SU-17U
MiG-15U
MiG-21U
MiG-23U
MiG-25U
UIL-28
2. The foregoing list of specific models or versions of combat-capable
trainer aircraft is final and not subject to revision.
SECTION III. PROCEDURES FOR TOTAL DISARMING
1. Models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft being totally
disarmed shall be rendered incapable of further employment of any type of weapon
system as well as further operation of electronic warfare and reconnaissance
systems by the removal of the following components:
(A) provisions specifically for the attachment of weapon systems, such as
special hardpoints, launching devices, or weapon mounting areas;
(B) units and panels of weapon control systems including weapon selection,
arming and firing or launching systems;
(C) units of aiming equipment and weapon guidance systems not integral to
navigation and flight control systems; and
(D) units and panels of electronic warfare and reconnaissance systems
including associated antennae.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this Section, any special hardpoints which
are integral to the aircraft, as well as any special elements of general purpose
hardpoints which are designed for use only with the components described in
paragraph 1 of this Section, shall be rendered incapable of further employment
with such systems. Electrical circuits of the weapon, electronic warfare, and
reconnaissance systems described in paragraph 1 of this Section shall be
rendered incapable of further employment by removal of the wiring or, if that is
not technically practicable, by cutting out sections of the wiring in accessible
areas.
3. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties the following
information, no less than 42 days in advance of the total disarming of the first
aircraft of each model or version of combat-capable trainer aircraft listed in
Section II of this Protocol:
(A) a basic block diagram portraying all major components of weapon systems
including aiming equipment and weapon guidance systems, provisions designed for
the attachment of weapons as well as components of electronic warfare and
reconnaissance systems, the basic function of the components described in
paragraph 1 of this Section, and the functional connections of such components
to each other.
(B) a general description of the disarming process including a list
of components to be removed; and
(C) a photograph of each component to be removed illustrating its position
in the aircraft prior to its removal, and a photograph of the same position
after the corresponding component has been removed.
SECTION IV. PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATION
1. Each State Party that intends to disarm and certify, or certify alone,
models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft shall comply with the
following certification procedures in order to ensure that such aircraft do not
possess any of the components listed in Section III, paragraphs 1 and 2 of this
Protocol.
2. Each State Party shall notify all other States Parties in accordance with
Section IX, paragraph 3 of the Protocol on Inspection of each certification. In
the event of the first certification of an aircraft that does not require total
disarming, the State Party that intends to conduct the certification shall
provide to all other States Parties the information required in Section III,
paragraph 3, subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C) of this Protocol for an armed model
or version of the same aircraft type.
3. Each State Party shall have the right to inspect the certification of
combat-capable trainer aircraft in accordance with Section IX of the Protocol on
Inspection.
4. The process of total disarming and certification, or certification alone,
shall be deemed completed when the certification procedures set forth in this
Section have been completed regardless of whether any State Party exercises the
certification inspection rights described in paragraph 3 of this Section and
Section IX of the Protocol on Inspection, provided that within 30 days ofreceipt of the notification of completion of the certification and
reclassification provided pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Section no State Party
has notified all other States Parties that it considers that there is an
ambiguity relating to the certification and reclassification process. In the
event of such an ambiguity being raised, such reclassification shall not be
deemed complete until the matter relating to the ambiguity is resolved.
5. The State Party conducting the certification shall notify all other States
Parties in accordance with Section IX of the Protocol on Inspection of
completion of the certification.
6. Certification shall be conducted in the area of application. States
Parties belonging to the same group of States Parties shall have the right to
share locations for certification.
SECTION V. PROCEDURES FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND VERIFICATION
All models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft certified as unarmed
shall be subject to information exchange, in accordance with the provisions of
the Protocol on Information Exchange, and verification, including inspection, in
accordance with the Protocol on Inspection.
PROTOCOL ON PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE REDUCTION OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND
EQUIPMENT LIMITED BY THE TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE
The States Parties hereby agree upon procedures governing the reduction of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty as set forth in
Article VIII of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November
19, 1990, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty.
SECTION I. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REDUCTION
1. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty shall be
reduced in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Protocol and the
other protocols listed in Article VIII, paragraph 1 of the Treaty. Any one of
such procedures shall be deemed sufficient, when conducted in accordance with
the provisions of Article VIII of the Treaty or this Protocol, to carry out
reduction.
2. Each State Party shall have the right to use any technological means it
deems appropriate to implement the procedures for reducing conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty.
3. Each State Party shall have the right to remove, retain and use those
components and parts of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty which are not themselves subject to reduction in accordance with the
provisions of Section II of this Protocol, and to dispose of debris.
4. Unless otherwise provided for in this Protocol, conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty shall be reduced so as to preclude their further
use or restoration for military purposes.
5. After entry into force of the Treaty, additional procedures for reduction
may be proposed by any State Party. Such proposals shall be communicated to all
other States Parties and shall provide the details of such procedures in thesame format as the procedures set forth in this Protocol. Any such procedures
shall be deemed sufficient to carry out the reduction of conventional armaments
and equipment limited by the Treaty upon a decision to that effect by the Joint
Consultative Group.
SECTION II. STANDARDS FOR PRESENTATION AT REDUCTION SITES
1. Each item of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty
which is to be reduced shall be presented at a reduction site. Each such item
shall consist, at a minimum, of the following parts and elements:
(A) for battle tanks: the hull, turret and integral main armament. For the
purposes of this Protocol, an integral main armament of a battle tank shall be
deemed to include the gun tube, breech system, trunnions and trunnion mounts;
(B) for armoured combat vehicles: the hull, turret and integral main
armament, if any. For the purposes of this Protocol, an integral main armament
of an armoured combat vehicle shall be deemed to include the gun tube, breech
system, trunnions and trunnion mounts. For the purposes of this Protocol, an
integral main armament shall be deemed not to include machine guns of less than
20 millimetre calibre, all of which may be salvaged;
(C) for artillery: the tube, breech system, cradle including trunnions and
trunnion mounts, trails, if any; or launcher tubes or launcher rails and their
bases; or mortar tubes and their base plates. In the case of self-propelled
pieces of artillery, the vehicle hull and turret, if any, shall also be
presented;
(D) for combat aircraft: the fuselage; and
(E) for attack helicopters: the fuselage, including the transmission
mounting area.
2. In each case, the item presented at the reduction site in accordance with
paragraph 1 of this Section shall consist of a complete assembly.
3. Parts and elements of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty not specified in paragraph 1 of this Section, as well as parts and
elements which are not affected by reduction under the procedures of this
Protocol, including the turrets of armoured personnel carriers equipped only
with machine guns, may be disposed of as the State Party undertaking the
reduction decides.
SECTION III. PROCEDURES FOR REDUCTION OF BATTLE TANKS BY DESTRUCTION
1. Each State Party shall have the right to choose any one of the following
sets of procedures each time it carries out the destruction of battle tanks at
reduction sites.
2. Procedure for destruction by severing:
(A) removal of special equipment from the chassis, including detachable
equipment, that ensures the operation of on-board armament systems;
(B) removal of the turret, if any; (C) for the gun breech system, either:
(1) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two places; or
(2) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of
the cavity that receives the breech block;
(D) severing of the gun tube into two parts at a distance of no more than
100 millimetres from the breech ring;
(E) severing of either of the gun trunnions and its trunnion mount in the
turret;
(F) severing of two sections from the perimeter of the hull turret aperture,
each constituting a portion of a sector with an angle of no less than 60 degrees
and, at a minimum, 200 millimetres in radial axis, centred on the longitudinal
axis of the vehicle; and
(G) severing of sections from both sides of the hull which include the final
drive apertures, by vertical and horizontal cuts in the side plates and diagonal
cuts in the deck or belly plates and front or rear plates, so that the final
drive apertures are contained in the severed portions.
3. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition:
(A) hull, hatches and cornerplates shall be open to maximise venting;
(B) an explosive charge shall be placed inside the gun tube where the
trunnions connect to the gun mount or cradle;
(C) an explosive charge shall be placed on the outside of the hull between
the second and third road wheels, or between the third and fourth road wheels in
a six road wheel configuration, avoiding natural weaknesses such as welds or
escape hatches. The charge must be located within the radius of the turret
casting. A second charge shall be placed on the inside of the hull on the same
side of the tank, offset and opposite to the external charge;
(D) an explosive charge shall be placed on the inside of the turret casting
in the area of the main armament mounting; and
(E) all charges shall be fired simultaneously so that the main hull and
turret are cracked and distorted; the breech block is stripped from the gun
tube, fused or deformed; the gun tube is split or longitudinally cut; the gun
mount or cradle is ruptured so as to be unable to mount a gun tube; and damage
is caused to the running gear so that at least one of the road wheel stations is
destroyed.
4. Procedure for destruction by deformation:
(A) removal of special equipment from the chassis, including detachable
equipment, that ensures the operation of on-board armament systems;
(B) removal of the turret, if any; (C) for the gun breech system, either:
(1) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two places; or
(2) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of
the cavity that receives the breech block;
(D) severing of the gun tube into two parts at a distance of no more than
100 millimetres from the breech ring;
(E) severing of either of the gun trunnions; and
(F) the hull and turret shall be deformed so that their widths are each
reduced by at least 20 percent.
5. Procedure for destruction by smashing:
(A) a heavy steel wrecking ball, or the equivalent, shall be dropped
repeatedly onto the hull and turret until the hull is cracked in at least three
separate places and the turret in at least one place;
(B) the hits of the ball on the turret shall render either of the gun
trunnions and its trunnion mount inoperative, and deform visibly the breech
ring; and
(C) the gun tube shall be visibly cracked or bent.
SECTION IV. PROCEDURES FOR THE REDUCTION OF ARMOURED COMBAT VEHICLES BY
DESTRUCTION
1. Each State Party shall have the right to choose any of the following sets
of procedures each time it carries out the destruction of armoured combat
vehicles at reduction sites.
2. Procedure for destruction by severing:
(A) for all armoured combat vehicles, removal of special equipment from the
chassis, including detachable equipment, that ensures the operation of on-board
armament systems;
(B) for tracked armoured combat vehicles, serving of sections from both
sides of the hull which include the final drive apertures, by vertical and
horizontal cuts in the side plates and diagonal cuts in the deck or belly plates
and front or rear plates, so that the final drive apertures are contained in the
severed portions;
(C) for wheeled armoured combat vehicles, severing of sections from both
sides of the hull which include the front wheel final gearbox mounting areas by
vertical, horizontal and irregular cuts in the side, front, deck and belly
plates so that the front wheel final gearbox mounting areas are included in the
severed portions at a distance of no less than 100 millimetres from the cuts;
and
(D) in addition, for armoured infantry fighting vehicles and heavy armament
combat vehicles:
(1) removal of the turret;
(2) severing of either of the gun trunnions and its trunnion mount in the
turret;
(3) for the gun breech system:
(a) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two places;
(b) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of
the cavity that receives the breech block; or
(c) severing of the breech casing into two approximately equal parts;
(4) severing of the gun tube into two parts at a distance of no more than 100
millimetres from the breech ring; and
(5) severing of two sections from the perimeter of the hull turret aperture,
each constituting a portion of a sector with an angle of no less than 60 degrees
and, at a minimum, 200 millimetres in radial axis, centred on the longitudinal
axis of the vehicle.
3. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition:
(A) an explosive charge shall be placed on the interior floor at the
mid-point of the vehicle;
(B) a second explosive charge shall be placed as follows:
(1) for heavy armament combat vehicles, inside the gun where the trunnions
connect to the gun mount or cradle;
(2) for armoured infantry fighting vehicles, on the exterior of the
receiver/breech area and lower barrel group;
(C) all hatches shall be secured; and
(D) the charges shall be detonated simultaneously so as to split the sides
and top of the hull. For heavy armament combat vehicles and armoured infantry
fighting vehicles, damage to the gun system shall be equivalent to that
specified in paragraph 2, subparagraph (D) of this Section.
4. Procedure for destruction by smashing:
(A) a heavy steel wrecking ball, or the equivalent, shall be dropped
repeatedly onto the hull and the turret, if any, until the hull is cracked in at
least three separate places and the turret, if any, in one place;
(B) in addition, for heavy armament combat vehicles:
(1) the hits of the ball on the turret shall render either of the gun
trunnions and its trunnion mount inoperative, and shall deform visibly the
breech ring; and
(2) the gun tube shall be visibly cracked or bent.
SECTION V. PROCEDURES FOR THE REDUCTION OF ARTILLERY BY DESTRUCTION
1. Each State Party shall have the right to choose any one of the following
sets of procedures each time it carries out the destruction of guns, howitzers,
artillery pieces combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers, multiple
launch rocket systems or mortars at reduction sites.
2. Procedure for destruction by severing of guns, howitzers, artillery pieces
combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers, or mortars, that are not
self-propelled:
(A) removal of special equipment, including detachable equipment, that
ensures the operation of the gun, howitzer, artillery piece combining the
characteristics of guns and howitzers or mortar;
(B) for the breech system, if any, of the gun, howitzer, artillery piece
combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers or mortar, either:
(1) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two
places; or
(2) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of
the cavity that receives the breech block;
(C) severing of the tube into two parts at a distance of no more than 100
millimetres from the breech ring;
(D) severing of the left trunnion of the cradle and the mounting area of
that trunnion in the upper carriage; and
(E) severing of the trails, or the base plate of the mortar, into two
approximately equal parts.
3. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition of guns, howitzers, or
artillery pieces combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers that are
not self-propelled:
(A) explosive charges shall be placed in the tube, on one cradle mount in
the upper carriage and on the trails, and detonated so that:
(1) the tube is split or longitudinally torn within 1.5 metres of the breech;
(2) the breech block is torn off, deformed or partially melted;
(3) the attachments between the tube and the breech ring and between one of
the trunnions of the cradle and the upper carriage are destroyed or sufficiently
damaged to make them further inoperative; and
(4) the trails are separated into two approximately equal parts or
sufficiently damaged to make them further inoperative.
4. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition of mortars that are not
self-propelled:
explosive charges shall be placed in the mortar tube and on the base plate so
that, when the charges are detonated, the mortar tube is ruptured in its lower
half and the base plate is severed into two approximately equal parts.
5. Procedure for destruction by deformation of mortars that are not
self-propelled:
(A) the mortar tube shall be visibly bent approximately at its mid-point;
and
(B) the base plate shall be bent approximately on the centreline at an angle
of at least 45 degrees.
6. Procedure for destruction by severing of self-propelled guns, howitzers,
artillery pieces combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers or mortars:
(A) removal of special equipment, including detachable equipment, that
ensures the operation of the gun, howitzer, artillery piece combining the
characteristics of guns and howitzers or mortar;
(B) for the breech system, if any, of the gun, howitzer, artillery piece
combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers or mortar, either:
(1) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two places; or
(2) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of
the cavity that receives the breech block;
(C) severing of the tube into two parts at a distance of no more than 100
millimetres from the breech ring;
(D) severing of the left trunnion and trunnion mount; and
(E) severing of sections of both sides from the hull which include the final
drive apertures, by vertical and horizontal cuts in the side plates and diagonal
cuts in the deck or belly plates and front or rear plates, so that the final
drive apertures are contained in the severed portions.
7. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition of self-propelled guns,
howitzers, artillery pieces combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers
or mortars:
(A) for self-propelled guns, howitzers, artillery pieces combining the
characteristics of guns and howitzers or mortars with a turret: the method
specified for battle tanks in Section III, paragraph 3 of this Protocol shall be
applied in order to achieve results equivalent to those specified in that
provision; and
(B) for self-propelled guns, howitzers, artillery pieces combining the
characteristics of guns and howitzers or mortars without a turret: an explosive
charge shall be placed in the hull under the forward edge of the traversing deck
that supports the tube, and detonated so as to separate the deck plate from the
hull. For the destruction of the weapon system, the method specified for guns,
howitzers, or artillery pieces combining the characteristics of guns and
howitzers in paragraph 3 of this Section shall be applied in order to achieveresults equivalent to those specified in that provision.
8. Procedure for destruction by smashing of self-propelled guns, howitzers,
artillery pieces combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers or mortars:
(A) a heavy steel wrecking ball, or the equivalent, shall be dropped
repeatedly onto the hull and turret, if any, until the hull is cracked in at
least three separate places and the turret in at least one place;
(B) the hits of the ball on the turret shall render either of the trunnions
and its trunnion mount inoperative, and deform visibly the breech ring; and
(C) the tube shall be visibly cracked or bent at approximately its
mid-point.
9. Procedure for destruction by severing of multiple launch rocket systems:
(A) removal of special equipment from the multiple launch rocket system,
including detachable equipment, that ensures the operation of its combat
systems; and
(B) removal of tubes or launch rails, screws (gears) of elevation mechanism
sectors, tube bases or launch rail bases and their rotatable parts and severing
them into two approximately equal parts in areas that are not assembly joints.
10. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition of multiple
launch rocket systems:
a linear shaped charge shall be placed across the tubes or launcher rails,
and tube or launcher rail bases. When detonated, the charge shall sever the
tubes or launcher rails, tube or launcher rail bases and their rotatable parts,
into two approximately equal parts in areas that are not assembly joints.
11. Procedure for destruction by deformation of multiple launch rocket
systems:
all tubes or launcher rails, tube or launcher rail bases and the sighting
system shall be visibly bent at approximately the mid-point.
SECTION VI. PROCEDURES FOR THE REDUCTION OF COMBAT AIRCRAFT BY DESTRUCTION
1. Each State Party shall have the right to choose any one of the following
sets of procedures each time it carries out the destruction of combat aircraft
at reduction sites.
2. Procedure for destruction by severing:
the fuselage of the aircraft shall be divided into three parts not on
assembly joints by severing its nose immediately forward of the cockpit and its
tail in the central wing section area so that assembly joints, if there are any
in the areas to be severed, shall be contained in the severed portions.
3. Procedure for destruction by deformation:
the fuselage shall be deformed throughout by compression, so that its height,
width or length is reduced by at least 30 percent.
4. Procedure for destruction by use as target drones:
(A) each State Party shall have the right to reduce by use as target drones
no more than 200 combat aircraft during the 40-month reduction period;
(B) the target drone shall be destroyed in flight by munitions fired by the
armed forces of the State Party owning the target drone;
(C) if the attempt to shoot down the target drone fails and it is
subsequently destroyed by a self-destruct mechanism, the procedures of this
paragraph shall continue to apply. Otherwise the target drone may be recovered
or may be claimed destroyed by accident in accordance with Section IX of this
Protocol, depending on the circumstances; and
(D) notification of destruction shall be made to all other States Parties.
Such notification shall include the type of the destroyed target drone and the
location where it was destroyed. Within 90 days of the notification, the State
Party claiming such reduction shall send documentary evidence, such as a report
of the investigation, to all other States Parties. In the event of ambiguities
relating to the destruction of a particular target drone, reduction shall not be
considered complete until final resolution of the matter.
SECTION VII. PROCEDURES FOR THE REDUCTION OF ATTACK HELICOPTERS BY DESTRUCTION
1. Each State Party shall have the right to choose any one of the following
sets of procedures each time it carries out the destruction of attack
helicopters at reduction sites.
2. Procedure for destruction by severing:
(A) the tail boom or tail part shall be severed from the fuselage so that
the assembly joint is contained in the severed portion; and
(B) at least two transmission mounts on the fuselage shall be severed, fused
or deformed.
3. Procedure for destruction by explosive demolition:
any type and number of explosives may be used so that, at a minimum, after
detonation the fuselage is cut into two pieces through that section of the
fuselage that contains the transmission mounting area.
4. Procedure for destruction by deformation:
the fuselage shall be deformed throughout by compression so that its height,
width or length is reduced by at least 30 percent.
SECTION VIII. RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR REDUCTION OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND
EQUIPMENT LIMITED BY THE TREATY BY CONVERSION FOR NON-MILITARY PURPOSES
1. Each State Party shall have the right to reduce a certain number of battle
tanks and armoured combat vehicles by conversion. The types of vehicles thatmay be converted are listed in paragraph 3 of this Section and the specific
non-military purposes for which they may be converted are listed in paragraph 4
of this Section. Converted vehicles shall not be placed in service with the
conventional armed forces of a State Party.
2. Each State Party shall determine the number of battle tanks and armoured
combat vehicles it will convert. This number shall not exceed:
(A) for battle tanks, 5.7 percent (not to exceed 750 battle tanks) of the
maximum level for holdings of battle tanks it notified at the signature of the
Treaty pursuant to Article VII of the Treaty, or 150 items whichever is the
greater; and
(B) for armoured combat vehicles, 15 percent (not to exceed 3,000 armoured
combat vehicles) of the maximum level for holdings of armoured combat vehicles
it notified at the signature of the Treaty pursuant to Article VII of the
Treaty, or 150 items whichever is the greater.
3. The following vehicles may be converted for non-military purposes: T-54,
T-55, T-62, T-64, T-72, Leopard 1, BMP-1, BTR-60, OT-64. The States Parties,
within the framework of the Joint Consultative Group, may make changes to the
list of vehicles which may be converted to non-military purposes. Such changes,
pursuant to Article XVI, paragraph 5 of the Treaty shall be deemed improvements
to the viability and effectiveness of the Treaty relating only to minor matters
of a technical nature.
4. Such vehicles shall be converted for the following specific non-military
purposes:
(A) general purpose prime movers;
(B) bulldozers;
(C) fire fighting vehicles;
(D) cranes;
(E) power unit vehicles;
(F) mineral fine crushing vehicles;
(G) quarry vehicles;
(H) rescue vehicles;
(I) casualty evacuation vehicles;
(J) transportation vehicles;
(K) oil rig vehicles;
(L) oil and chemical product spill cleaning vehicles;
(M) tracked ice breaking prime movers; (N) environmental vehicles.
The States Parties, within the framework of the Joint Consultative Group, may
make changes to the list of specific non-military purposes. Such changes,
pursuant to Article XVI, paragraph 5 of the Treaty shall be deemed improvements
to the viability and effectiveness of the Treaty relating only to minor matters
of a technical nature.
5. On entry into force of the Treaty, each State Party shall notify to all
other States Parties the number of battle tanks and armoured combat vehicles
that it plans to convert in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty.
Notification of a State Party's intention to carry out conversion in accordance
with this Section shall be given to all other States Parties at least 15 days in
advance in accordance with Section X, paragraph 5 of the Protocol on Inspection.
It shall specify the number and types of vehicles to be converted, the starting
date and completion date of conversion, as well as the specific non-military
purpose vehicles to emerge after conversion.
6. The following procedures shall be carried out before conversion of battle
tanks and armoured combat vehicles at reduction sites:
(A) for battle tanks:
(1) removal of special equipment from the chassis, including detachable
equipment, that ensures the operation of on-board armament systems;
(2) removal of the turret, if any;
(3) for the gun breech system, either:
(a) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two places; or
(b) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of
the cavity that receives the breech block;
(4) severing of the gun tube into two parts at a distance of no more than 100
millimetres from the breech ring;
(5) severing of either of the gun trunnions and its trunnion mount in the
turret; and
(6) cutting out and removal of a portion of the hull top armour beginning
from the front glacis to the middle of the hull turret aperture, together with
the associated portions of the side armour at a height of no less than 200
millimetres (for the T-64 and T-72, no less than 100 millimetres) below the
level of the hull top armour, as well as the associated portion of the front
glacis plate severed at the same height. The severed portion of this front
glacis plate shall consist of no less than the upper third; and
(B) for armoured combat vehicles:
(1) for all armoured combat vehicles, removal of special equipment from the
chassis, including detachable equipment, that ensures the operation of on-board
armament systems;
(2) for rear-engined vehicles, cutting out and removal of a portion of the
hull top armour from the front glacis to the bulkhead of the engine-transmission
compartment, together with the associated portions of the side and front armour
at a height of no less than 300 millimetres below the level of the top of the
assault crew compartment;
(3) for front-engined vehicles, cutting out and removal of a portion of the
hull top armour plate from the bulkhead of the engine-transmission compartment
to the rear of the vehicle, together with the associated portions of the side
armour at a height of no less than 300 millimetres below the level of the top of
the assault crew compartment; and
(4) in addition, for armoured infantry fighting vehicles and heavy armament
combat vehicles:
(a) removal of the turret;
(b) severing of either of the gun trunnions and its trunnion mount in the
turret;
(c) for the gun breech system:
(i) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two places;
(ii) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of
the cavity that receives the breech block; or
(iii) severing of the breech casing into two approximately equal parts; and
(d) severing of the gun tube into two parts at a distance of no more than 100
millimetres from the breech ring.
7. Battle tanks and armoured combat vehicles being reduced pursuant
to paragraph 6 of this Section shall be subject to inspection, without right of
refusal, in accordance with Section X of the Protocol on Inspection. Battle
tanks and armoured combat vehicles shall be deemed reduced upon completion of
the procedures specified in paragraph 6 of this Section and notification in
accordance with Section X of the Protocol on Inspection.
8. Vehicles reduced pursuant to paragraph 7 of this Section shall remain
subject to notification pursuant to Section IV of the Protocol on Information
Exchange until final conversion for non-military purposes has been completed and
notification has been made in accordance with Section X, paragraph 12 of the
Protocol on Inspection.
9. Vehicles undergoing final conversion for non-military purposes shall also
be subject to inspection in accordance with Section X of the Protocol on
Inspection, with the following changes:
(A) the process of final conversion at a reduction site shall not be subject
to inspection; and
(B) all other States Parties shall have the right to inspect fully converted
vehicles, without right of refusal, upon receipt of a notification from the
State Party conducting final conversion specifying when final conversionprocedures will be completed.
10. If, having completed the procedures specified in paragraph 6 of this
Section on a given vehicle, it is decided not to proceed with final conversion,
then the vehicle shall be destroyed within the time limits for conversion set
forth in Article VIII of the Treaty in accordance with the appropriate
procedures set forth elsewhere in this Protocol.
SECTION IX. PROCEDURE IN THE EVENT OF DESTRUCTION BY ACCIDENT
1. Each State Party shall have the right to reduce its reduction liability
for each category of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty
in the event of destruction by accident by an amount no greater than 1.5 percent
of the maximum levels for holdings it notified at the signature of the Treaty
for that category.
2. An item of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty
shall be deemed reduced, in accordance with Article VIII of the Treaty, if the
accident in which it was destroyed is notified to all other States Parties
within seven days of its occurrence. Notification shall include the type of the
destroyed item, the date of the accident, the approximate location of the
accident and the circumstances related to the accident.
3. Within 90 days of the notification, the State Party claiming such
reduction shall provide documentary evidence, such as a report of the
investigation, to all other States Parties in accordance with Article XVII of
the Treaty. In the event of ambiguities relating to the accident, such
reduction shall not be considered complete until final resolution of the matter.
SECTION X. PROCEDURE FOR REDUCTION BY MEANS OF STATIC DISPLAY
1. Each State Party shall have the right to reduce by means of static display
a certain number of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty.
2. No State Party shall use static display to reduce more than one percent or
eight items, whichever is the greater number, of its maximum levels for holdings
it declared at the signature of the Treaty for each category of conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty.
3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Section, each State Party also
shall have the right to retain in working order two items of each existing type
of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty for the purpose of
static display. Such conventional armaments and equipment shall be displayed at
museums or other similar sites.
4. Conventional armaments and equipment placed on static display or in
museums prior to the signature of the Treaty shall not be subject to any
numerical limitations set forth in the Treaty, including the numerical
limitations set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Section.
5. Such items to be reduced by means of static display shall undergo the
following procedures at reduction sites:
(A) all items to be displayed that are powered by self-contained engines
shall have their fuel tanks rendered incapable of holding fuel and:
(1) have their engine(s) and transmission removed and their mounts damaged so
that these pieces cannot be refitted; or
(2) have their engine compartment filled with concrete or a polymer resin;
(B) all items to be displayed equipped with 75 millimetre or larger guns
with permanently fixed elevation and traversing mechanisms shall have their
elevation and traversing mechanisms welded so that the tube can be neither
traversed nor elevated. In addition, those items to be displayed which use
pinion and rack or pinion and ring mechanisms for traversing or elevating shall
have three consecutive gear teeth cut off from the rack or ring on each side of
the pinion of the gun tube;
(C) all items to be displayed which are equipped with weapon systems that do
not meet the criteria set forth in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall have
their barrel and receiver group filled with either concrete or a polymer resin,
beginning at the face of the bolt/breech and ending within 100 millimetres of
the muzzle.
SECTION XI. PROCEDURE FOR REDUCTION BY USE AS GROUND TARGETS
1. Each State Party shall have the right to reduce by use as ground targets a
certain number of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and self-propelled
pieces of artillery.
2. No State Party shall reduce by use as ground targets numbers of battle
tanks or armoured combat vehicles greater than 2.5 percent of its maximum level
for holdings in each of those two categories as notified at the signature of the
Treaty pursuant to Article VII of the Treaty. In addition, no State Party shall
have the right to reduce by use as ground targets more than 50 self-propelled
pieces of artillery.
3. Conventional armaments and equipment in use as ground targets prior to the
signature of the Treaty shall not be subject to any numerical limitations set
forth in Articles IV, V or VI of the Treaty, or to the numerical limitations set
forth in paragraph 2 of this Section.
4. Such items to be reduced by use as ground targets shall undergo the
following procedures at reduction sites:
(A) for battle tanks and self-propelled pieces of artillery:
(1) for the breech system, either:
(a) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two
places; or
(b) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the long axis of
the cavity that receives the breech block;
(2) severing of either of the trunnions and its trunnion mount in the turret;
and
(3) severing of sections from both sides of the hull which include the final
drive apertures, by vertical and horizontal cuts in the side plates and
diagonal cuts in the deck or belly plates and front or rear plates, such that
the final drive apertures are contained in the severed portions; and
(B) for armoured combat vehicles:
(1) for the gun breech system:
(a) welding the breech block to the breech ring in at least two places;
(b) cutting of at least one side of the breech ring along the axis of the
cavity that receives the breech block; or
(c) severing of the breech casing into two approximately equal parts;
(2) severing of either of the gun trunnions and its trunnion mount in the
turret;
(3) for tracked armoured combat vehicles, severing of sections from both
sides of the hull which include the final drive apertures, by vertical and
horizontal cuts in the side plates and diagonal cuts in the deck or belly plates
and front or rear plates, so that the final drive apertures are contained in the
severed portions; and
(4) for wheeled armoured combat vehicles, severing of sections from both
sides of the hull which include the front wheel final gearbox mounting areas by
vertical, horizontal and irregular cuts in the side, front, deck and belly
plates so that the front wheel final gear box mounting areas are included in the
severed portions at a distance of no less than 100 millimetres from the cuts.
SECTION XII. PROCEDURE FOR REDUCTION BY USE FOR GROUND INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES
1. Each State Party shall have the right to reduce by use for ground
instructional purposes a certain number of combat aircraft and attack
helicopters.
2. No State Party shall reduce by use for ground instructional purposes
numbers of combat aircraft or attack helicopters greater than five percent of
its maximum level for holdings in each of those two categories as notified at
the signature of the Treaty pursuant to Article VII of the Treaty.
3. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in use for
ground instructional purposes prior to the signature of the Treaty shall not be
subject to any numerical limitations set forth in Article IV, V or VI of the
Treaty, or the numerical limitations set forth in paragraph 2 of this Section.
4. Such items to be reduced by use for ground instructional purposes shall
undergo the following procedures at reduction sites:
(A) for combat aircraft:
(1) severing of the fuselage into two parts in the central wing area;
(2) removal of engines, mutilation of engine mounting points and either
filling of all fuel tanks with concrete, polymer or resin setting compounds or
removal of the fuel tanks and mutilation of the fuel tank mounting points; or
(3) removal of all internal, external and removable armament and armament
systems equipment, removal of the tail fin and mutilation of the tail fin
mounting points, and filling of all but one fuel tank with concrete, polymer or
resin setting compounds, and
(B) for attack helicopters:
severing of the tail boom or tail part from the fuselage so that the assembly
joint is contained in the severed portion.
PROTOCOL ON PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE CATEGORISATION OF COMBAT
HELICOPTERS AND THE RECATEGORISATION OF MULTI-PURPOSE ATTACK HELICOPTERS
The States Parties hereby agree upon procedures and provisions governing the
categorisation of combat helicopters and recategorisation of multi-purpose
attack helicopters as provided for in Article VIII of the Treaty on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred
to as the Treaty.
SECTION I. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CATEGORISATION OF COMBAT HELICOPTERS
1. Combat helicopters shall be categorised as specialised attack,
multi-purpose attack or combat support helicopters and shall be listed as such
in the Protocol on Existing Types.
2. All models or versions of a specialised attack helicopter type shall be
categorised as specialised attack helicopters.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph 2 of this Section and as a
unique exception to that paragraph, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics may
hold an aggregate total not to exceed 100 Mi-24R and Mi-24K helicopters equipped
for reconnaissance, spotting, or chemical/biological/radiological sampling which
shall not be subject to the limitations on attack helicopters in Articles IV and
VI of the Treaty. Such helicopters shall be subject to exchange of information
in accordance with the Protocol on Information Exchange and to internal
inspection in accordance with Section VI, paragraph 30 of the Protocol on
Inspection. Mi-24R and Mi-24K helicopters in excess of this limit shall be
categorised as specialised attack helicopters regardless of how they are
equipped and shall count against the limitations on attack helicopters in
Articles IV and VI of the Treaty.
4. Each State Party that holds both combat support and multi-purpose attack
models or versions of a helicopter type shall categorise as attack helicopters
all helicopters which have any of the features listed in Section III, paragraph
1 of this Protocol and shall have the right to categorise as combat support
helicopters any helicopters that have none of the features listed in Section
III, paragraph 1 of this Protocol.
5. Each State Party that holds only combat support models or versions of a
helicopter type included on both the Multi-Purpose Attack Helicopter and the
Combat Support Helicopter lists in the Protocol on Existing Types shall have the
right to categorise such helicopters as combat support helicopters.
SECTION II. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RECATEGORISATION
1. Only combat helicopters that are categorised as multi-purpose attack
helicopters in accordance with the categorisation requirements set forth in this
Protocol shall be eligible for recategorisation as combat support helicopters.
2. Each State Party shall have the right to recategorise individual
multi-purpose attack helicopters that have any of the features set forth in
Section III, paragraph 1 of this Protocol only by conversion and certification.
Each State Party shall have the right to recategorise individual multi-purpose
attack helicopters that do not have any of the features set forth in Section
III, paragraph 1 of this Protocol by certification alone.
3. Each State Party shall use whatever technological means it deems necessary
to implement the conversion procedures set forth in Section III of this
Protocol.
4. Each combat helicopter subject to the recategorisation procedure shall
bear the original manufacturer's serial number permanently stamped in a main
airframe structural member.
SECTION III. PROCEDURES FOR CONVERSION
1. Multi-purpose attack helicopters being converted shall be rendered
incapable of further employment of guided weapons by the removal of the
following components:
(A) provisions specifically for the attachment of guided weapons, such as
special hardpoints or launching devices. Any such special hardpoints which are
integral to the helicopter, as well as any special elements of general purpose
hardpoints which are designed for use only by guided weapons, shall be rendered
incapable of further employment with guided weapons; and
(B) all integrated fire control and aiming systems for guided weapons,
including wiring.
2. A State Party shall provide to all other States Parties the following
information, either at least 42 days in advance of the conversion of the first
helicopter of a type or at entry into force of the Treaty in the event that a
State Party declares both multi-purpose attack helicopters and combat support
helicopters of the same type:
(A) a basic block diagram portraying all major components of guided weapon
integrated fire control and aiming systems as well as components of equipment
designed for the attachment of guided weapons, the basic function of the
components described in paragraph 1 of this Section, and the functional
connections of such components to each other;
(B) a general description of the conversion process, including a list of
components to be removed; and
(C) a photograph of each component to be removed, illustrating its position
in the helicopter prior to its removal, and a photograph of the same position
after the corresponding component has been removed.
SECTION IV. PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATION
1. Each State Party that is recategorising multi-purpose attack helicopters
shall comply with the following certification procedures, in order to ensure
that such helicopters do not possess any of the features listed in Section III,
paragraph 1 of this Protocol.
2. Each State Party shall notify all other States Parties of each
certification in accordance with Section IX, paragraph 3 of the Protocol on
Inspection.
3. Each State Party shall have the right to inspect the certification of
helicopters in accordance with Section IX of the Protocol on Inspection.
4. The process of recategorisation shall be deemed complete when the
certification procedures set forth in this Section have been completed
regardless of whether any State Party exercises the certification inspection
rights described in paragraph 3 of this Section and Section IX of the Protocol
on Inspection, provided that within 30 days of receipt of the notification of
completion of the certification and recategorisation provided pursuant to
paragraph 5 of this Section no State Party has notified all other States Parties
that it considers that there is an ambiguity relating to the certification and
recategorisation process. In the event of such an ambiguity being raised, such
recategorisation shall not be deemed complete until the matter relating to the
ambiguity is resolved.
5. The State Party conducting the certification shall notify all other States
Parties in accordance with Section IX of the Protocol on Inspection of
completion of the certification and recategorisation.
6. Certification shall be conducted within the area of application. States
Parties belonging to the same group of States Parties shall have the right to
share locations for certification.
SECTION V. PROCEDURES FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND VERIFICATION
All combat helicopters within the area of application shall be subject to
information exchange in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on
Information Exchange and verification, including inspection, in accordance with
the Protocol on Inspection.
PROTOCOL ON NOTIFICATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
The States Parties hereby agree on procedures and provisions regarding
notification and exchange of information pursuant to Article XIII of the Treaty
on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter
referred to as the Treaty.
SECTION I. INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF EACH STATE PARTY'S LAND FORCES AND
AIR AND AIR DEFENCE AVIATION FORCES WITHIN THE AREA OF APPLICATION
1. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties the following
information about the structure of its land forces and air and air defence
aviation forces within the area of application:
(A) the command organisation of its land forces, specifying the designation
and subordination of all combat, combat support and combat service support
formations and units at each level of command down to the level of
brigade/regiment or equivalent level, including air defence formations and units
subordinated at or below the military district or equivalent level. Independent
units at the next level of command below the brigade/regiment level directly
subordinate to formations above the brigade/regiment level (i.e., independent
battalions) shall be identified, with the information indicating the formation
or unit to which such units are subordinated; and
(B) the command organisation of its air and air defence aviation forces,
specifying the designation and subordination of formations and units at each
level of command down to wing/air regiment or equivalent level. Independent
units at the next level of command below the wing/air regiment level directly
subordinate to formations above the wing/air regiment level (i.e., independent
squadrons) shall be identified, with the information indicating the formation or
unit to which such units are subordinated.
SECTION II. INFORMATION ON THE OVERALL HOLDINGS IN EACH CATEGORY OF
CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT LIMITED BY THE TREATY
1. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties information on:
(A) overall numbers and numbers by type of its holdings in each category of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty; and
(B) overall numbers and numbers by type of its holdings of battle tanks,
armoured combat vehicles and artillery limited by the Treaty in each of the
areas described in Articles IV and V of the Treaty.
SECTION III. INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION, NUMBERS AND TYPES OF
CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT IN SERVICE WITH THE CONVENTIONAL ARMED
FORCES OF THE STATES PARTIES
1. For each of its formations and units notified pursuant to Section I,
paragraph 1, subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this Protocol, as well as separately
located battalions/squadrons or equivalents subordinate to those formations and
units, each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties the following
information:
(A) the designation and peacetime location of its formations and units at
which conventional armaments and equipment listed by the Treaty in the following
categories are held, including headquarters, specifying the geographic name and
coordinates:
(1) battle tanks;
(2) armoured combat vehicles;
(3) artillery;
(4) combat aircraft; and
(5) attack helicopters;
(B) the holdings of its formations and units notified pursuant to
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, giving numbers (by type in the case of
formations and units at the level of division or equivalent and below) of the
conventional armaments and equipment listed in subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph, and of:
(1) combat support helicopters;
(2) unarmed transport helicopters;
(3) armoured vehicle launched bridges, specifying those in active units;
(4) armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes;
(5) armoured personnel carrier look-alikes;
(6) primary trainer aircraft;
(7) reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft; and
(8) Mi-24R and Mi-24K helicopters not subject to the numerical limitations
set forth in Article IV, paragraph 1 and Article VI of the Treaty; n1
n1 Pursuant to Section I, paragraph 3 of the Protocol on Helicopter
Recategorisation.
(C) the designation and peacetime location of its formations and units,
other than those notified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, at
which the following categories of conventional armaments and equipment, as
defined in Article II of the Treaty, specified in the Protocol on Existing
Types, or enumerated in the Protocol on Aircraft Reclassification, are held,
including headquarters, specifying the geographic name and coordinates:
(1) combat support helicopters;
(2) unarmed transport helicopters;
(3) armoured vehicle launched bridges;
(4) armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes;
(5) armoured personnel carrier look-alikes;
(6) primary trainer aircraft;
(7) reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft; and
(8) Mi-24R and Mi-24K helicopters not subject to the numerical limitations
set forth in Article IV, paragraph 1 and Article VI of the Treaty; n2 and
n2 Pursuant to Section I, paragraph 3 of the Protocol on Helicopter
Recategorisation.
(D) the holdings of its formations and units notified pursuant to
subparagraph (C) of this paragraph giving numbers (by type in the case of
formations and units at the level of division or equivalent and below) in each
category specified above; and, in the case of armoured vehicle launched
bridges, those which are in active units.
2. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties information on
conventional armaments and equipment in service with its conventional armed
forces but not held by its land forces or air or air defence aviation forces,
specifying:
(A) the designation and peacetime location of its formations and units down
to the level of brigade/regiment, wing/air regiment or equivalent as well as
units at the next level of command below the brigade/regiment, wing/air regiment
level which are separately located or are independent (i.e.,
battalions/squadrons or equivalent) at which conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty in the following categories are held, including
headquarters, specifying the geographic name and coordinates:
(1) battle tanks;
(2) armoured combat vehicles;
(3) artillery;
(4) combat aircraft; and
(5) attack helicopters; and
(B) the holdings of its formations and units notified pursuant to
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, giving numbers (by type in the case of
formations and units at the level of division or equivalent and below) of
conventional armaments and equipment listed in subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph, and of:
(1) combat support helicopters;
(2) unarmed transport helicopters;
(3) armoured vehicle launched bridges, specifying those in active units;
(4) armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes;
(5) armoured personnel carrier look-alikes;
(6) primary trainer aircraft;
(7) reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft; and
(8) Mi-24R and Mi-24K helicopters not subject to the numerical limitations
set forth in Article IV, paragraph 1 and Article VI of the Treaty. n3
n3 Pursuant to Section I, paragraph 3 of the Protocol on Helicopter
Recategorisation.
3. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties the following
information:
(A) the location of its designated permanent storage sites, specifying
geographic name and coordinates, and the numbers and types of conventional
armaments and equipment in the categories listed in paragraph 1, subparagraphs
(A) and (B) of this Section held at such sites;
(B) the location of its military storage sites not organic to formations and
units identified as objects of verification, independent repair and maintenance
units, military training establishments and military airfields, specifying
geographic name and coordinates, at which conventional armaments and equipment
in the categories listed in paragraph 1, subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this
Section are held or routinely present, giving the holdings by type in each
category at such locations; and
(C) the location of its sites at which the reduction of conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty will be undertaken pursuant to the
Protocol on Reduction, specifying the location by geographic name and
coordinates, the holdings by type in each category of conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty awaiting reduction at such locations, and
indicating that it is a reduction site.
SECTION IV. INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION AND NUMBERS OF BATTLE TANKS, ARMOURED
COMBAT VEHICLES, ARTILLERY, COMBAT AIRCRAFT AND ATTACK HELICOPTERS WITHIN THE
AREA OF APPLICATION BUT NOT IN SERVICE WITH CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES
1. Each State Party shall provide information to all other States Parties on
the location and numbers of its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles,
artillery, combat aircraft and attack helicopters within the area of application
not in service with its conventional armed forces but of potential military
significance.
(A) Accordingly, each State Party shall provide the following information:
(1) in respect of its battle tanks, artillery, combat aircraft and
specialised attack helicopters, as well as armoured infantry fighting vehicles
as specified in Article XII of the Treaty, held by organisations down to the
independent or separately located battalion or equivalent level designed and
structured to perform in peacetime internal security functions, the location,
including geographic name and coordinates , of sites at which such armaments and
equipment are held and the numbers and types of conventional armaments and
equipment in these categories held by each such organisation;
(2) in respect of its armoured personnel carriers, heavy armament combat
vehicles and multi-purpose attack helicopters held by organisations designed and
structured to perform in peacetime internal security functions, the aggregate
numbers in each category of such armaments and equipment in each administrative
region or division;
(3) in respect of its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery,
combat aircraft and attack helicopters awaiting disposal having been
decommissioned in accordance with the provisions of Article IX of the Treaty,
the location, including geographic name and coordinates , of sites at which such
armaments and equipment are held and the numbers and types at each site;
(4) in respect of its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery,
combat aircraft and attack helicopters, each State Party shall provide to all
other States Parties, following entry into force of the Treaty and coincidentwith each annual exchange of information pursuant to Section VII, paragraph 1,
subparagraph (C) of this Protocol, an identifiable location of each site at
which there are normally more than a total of 15 battle tanks, armoured combat
vehicles and pieces of artillery or more than five combat aircraft or more than
10 attack helicopters which are, pursuant to Article III, paragraph 1,
subparagraph (E) of the Treaty, awaiting or are being refurbished for export or
re-export and are temporarily retained within the area of application. Each
State Party shall provide to all other States Parties, following entry into
force of the Treaty and coincident with each annual exchange of information
pursuant to Section VII, paragraph 1, subparagraph (C) of this Protocol, the
numbers of such battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat
aircraft and attack helicopters. The States Parties shall, within the framework
of the Joint Consultative Group, agree as to the form in which the information
on the numbers shall be provided pursuant to this provision;
(5) in respect of its battle tanks and armoured combat vehicles which
have been reduced and are awaiting conversion pursuant to Section VIII of the
Protocol on Reduction, the location, including geographic name and coordinates,
of each site at which such armaments and equipment are held and the numbers and
types at each site; and
(6) in respect of its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery,
combat aircraft and attack helicopters used exclusively for the purpose of
research and development pursuant to Article III, paragraph 1, subparagraph (B)
of the Treaty each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties
following entry into force of the Treaty and coincident with each annual
exchange of information pursuant to Section VII, paragraph 1, subparagraph (C)
of this Protocol the aggregate numbers in each category of such conventional
armaments and equipment.
SECTION V. INFORMATION ON OBJECTS OF VERIFICATION AND DECLARED SITES
1. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties information
specifying its objects of verification, including the total number and the
designation of each object of verification, and enumerating its declared sites,
as defined in Section I of the Protocol on Inspection, providing the following
information on each site:
(A) the site's designation and location, including geographic name and
coordinates:
(B) the designation of all objects of verification, as specified in Section
I, paragraph 1, subparagraph (J) of the Protocol on Inspection, at that site, it
being understood that subordinate elements at the next level of command below
the brigade/regiment or wing/air regiment level located in the vicinity of each
other or of the headquarters immediately superior to such elements may be deemed
as not separately located, if the distance between such separately located
battalions/squadrons or equivalent or to their headquarters does not exceed 15
kilometres;
(C) the overall numbers by type of conventional armaments and equipment in
each category specified in Section III of this Protocol held at that site and by
each object of verification, as well as those belonging to any object of
verification located at another declared site, specifying the designation of
each such object of verification;
(D) in addition, for each such declared site, the number of conventional
armaments and equipment not in service with its conventional armed forces,
indicating those that are:
(1) battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and
attack helicopters awaiting disposal having been decommissioned in accordance
with the provisions of Article IX of the Treaty or reduced and awaiting
conversion pursuant to the Protocol on Reduction; and
(2) battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and
attack helicopters held by organisations designed and structured to perform in
peacetime internal security functions;
(E) declared sites that hold battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles,
artillery, combat aircraft or attack helicopters awaiting or being refurbished
for export or re-export and temporarily retained within the area of application
or used exclusively for research and development shall be identified as such,
and the aggregate numbers in each category at that site shall be provided; and
(F) point(s) of entry/exit associated with each declared site, including
geographic name and coordinates.
SECTION VI. INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION OF SITES FROM WHICH CONVENTIONAL
ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN
1. Each State Party shall provide annually to all other States Parties,
coincident with the annual exchange of information provided pursuant to Section
VII, paragraph 1, subparagraph (C) of this Protocol, information about the
locations of sites which have been notified previously as declared sites from
which all conventional armaments and equipment in the categories listed in
Section III, paragraph 1 of this Protocol have been withdrawn since the
signature of the Treaty if such sites continue to be used by the conventional
armed forces of that State Party. The locations of these sites shall be
notified for three years following such withdrawal.
SECTION VII. TIMETABLE FOR THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION IN SECTIONS I TO V OF
THIS PROTOCOL
1. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties the information
pursuant to Sections I to V of this Protocol as follows:
(A) upon signature of the Treaty, with information effective as of that
date; and, no later than 90 days after signature of the Treaty, each State Party
shall provide to all other States Parties within the framework of the Joint
Consultative Group any necessary corrections to its information reported
pursuant to Sections III, IV and V of this Protocol. Such corrected information
shall be deemed information provided at Treaty signature and valid as of that
date;
(B) 30 days following entry into force of the Treaty, with information
effective as of the date of entry into force;
(C) on the 15th day of December of the year in which the Treaty comes into
force (unless entry into force occurs within 60 days of the 15th day ofDecember), and on the 15th day of December of every year thereafter, with the
information effective as of the first day of January of the following year; and
(D) following completion of the 40-month reduction period specified in
Article VIII of the Treaty, with information effective as of that date.
SECTION VIII. INFORMATION ON CHANGES IN ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES OR
FORCE LEVELS
1. Each State Party shall notify all other States Parties of:
(A) any permanent change in the organisational structure of its conventional
armed forces within the area of application as notified pursuant to Section 1 of
this Protocol at least 42 days in advance of that change; and
(B) any change of 10 percent or more in any one of the categories of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty assigned to any of
its combat, combat support or combat service support formations and units down
to the brigade/regiment, wing/air regiment, independent or separately located
battalion/squadron or equivalent level as notified in Section III, paragraph 1,
subparagraphs (A) and (B) and paragraph 2, subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this
Protocol since the last annual exchange of information. Such notification shall
be given no later than five days after such change occurs, indicating actual
holdings after the notified change.
SECTION IX. INFORMATION ON THE ENTRY INTO AND REMOVAL FROM SERVICE WITH THE
CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES OF A STATE PARTY OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND
EQUIPMENT LIMITED BY THE TREATY
1. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties following entry
into force of the Treaty coincident with each annual exchange of information
provided pursuant to Section VII, paragraph 1, subparagraph (C) of this
Protocol:
(A) aggregate information on the numbers and types of conventional armaments
and equipment limited by the Treaty which entered into service with its
conventional armed forces within the area of application during the previous 12
months; and
(B) aggregate information on the numbers and types of conventional armaments
and equipment limited by the Treaty which have been removed from service with
its conventional armed forces within the area of application during the previous
12 months.
SECTION X. INFORMATION ON ENTRY INTO AND EXIT FROM THE AREA OF APPLICATION OF
CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT LIMITED BY THE TREATY IN SERVICE WITH THE
CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES OF THE STATES PARTIES
1. Each State Party shall provide annually to all other States Parties
following entry into force of the Treaty and coincident with each annual
exchange of information provided pursuant to Section VII, paragraph 1,
subparagraph (C) of this Protocol:
(A) aggregate information on the numbers and types of each category of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in service with itsconventional armed forces that have entered the area of application within the
last 12 months and whether any of these armaments and equipment were organised
in a formation or unit;
(B) aggregate information on the numbers and types of each category of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in service with its
conventional armed forces that have been removed from, and remain outside of,
the area of application within the last 12 months and the last reported
locations within the area of application of such conventional armaments and
equipment; and
(C) conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in service
with its conventional armed forces within the area of application which exit and
re-enter the area of application, including for purposes such as training or
military activities, within a seven-day period shall not be subject to the
reporting provisions in this Section.
SECTION XI. CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT IN TRANSIT THROUGH THE AREA OF
APPLICATION
1. The provisions of this Protocol shall not apply to conventional armaments
and equipment that are in transit through the area of application from a
location outside the area of application to a final destination outside the area
of application. Conventional armaments and equipment in the categories
specified in Section III of this Protocol which entered the area of application
in transit shall be reported pursuant to this Protocol if they remain within the
area of application for a period longer than seven days.
SECTION XII. FORMAT FOR THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION
1. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties the information
specified in this Protocol in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Article XVII of the Treaty and the Annex on Format. In accordance with Article
XVI, paragraph 5 of the Treaty, changes to the Annex on Format shall be deemed
improvements to the viability and effectiveness of the Treaty relating only to
minor matters of a technical nature.
SECTION XIII. OTHER NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO THE TREATY
1. After signature of the Treaty and prior to its entry into force, the Joint
Consultative Group shall develop a document relating to notifications required
by the Treaty. Such document shall list all such notifications, specifying
those that shall be made in accordance with Article XVII of the Treaty, and
shall include appropriate formats, as necessary, for such notifications. In
accordance with Article XVI, paragraph 5 of the Treaty, changes to this
document, including any formats, shall be deemed to be improvements to the
viability and effectiveness of the Treaty relating only to minor matters of a
technical nature.
ANNEX ON THE FORMAT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
1. Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties information
pursuant to the Protocol on Information Exchange, hereinafter referred to as the
Protocol, in accordance with the formats specified in this Annex. The
information in each data listing shall be provided in mechanically orelectronically printed form and in one of the six official languages of the
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. In each table (column a),
each data entry shall be assigned a sequential line number.
2. Each set of listings shall begin with a cover page showing the name of the
State Party providing the listings, the language in which the listings are being
provided, the date on which the listings are to be exchanged and the effective
date of the information set forth in the listings.
SECTION I. INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF LAND FORCES AND AIR AND AIR DEFENCE
AVIATION FORCES WITHIN THE AREA OF APPLICATION
1. Pursuant to Section 1 of the Protocol, each State Party shall provide
information on the command organisation of its land forces, including air
defence formations and units subordinated at or below the military district or
equivalent level, and air and air defence aviation forces in the form of two
separate hierarchical data listings as set forth in Chart I.
2. The data listings shall be provided beginning at the highest level and
proceeding through each level of command down to the level of brigade/regiment,
independent battalion, and wing/air regiment, independent squadron or their
equivalent. For example, a military district/army/corps would be followed by
any subordinate independent regiments, independent battalions, depots, training
establishments, then each subordinate division with its regiments/independent
battalions. After all the subordinate organisations are listed, entries shall
begin for the next military district/army/corps. An identical procedure shall
be followed for air and air defence aviation forces.
(A) Each organisation shall be identified (column b) by a unique designator
(i.e., formation or unit record number) which shall be used on subsequent
listings with that organisation and for all subsequent information exchanges;
its national designation (i.e., name) (column c); and, in the case of divisions,
brigades/regiments, independent battalions, and wings/air regiments, independent
squadrons or equivalent organisations, where appropriate, the formation or unit
type (e.g., infantry, tank, artillery, fighter, bomber, supply); and
(B) for each organisation, the two levels of command within the area of
application immediately superior to that organisation shall be designated
(columns d and e).
Chart I: COMMAND ORGANISATION OF THE LAND FORCES AND AIR AND AIR DEFENCE
AVIATION FORCES OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (date)
SECTION II. INFORMATION ON OVERALL HOLDINGS OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND
EQUIPMENT SUBJECT TO NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLES IV AND V OF THE
TREATY
1. Pursuant to Section II of the Protocol, each State Party shall provide
data on its overall holdings by type of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles
and artillery (Chart IIA) subject to the numerical limitations set forth in
Articles IV and V of the Treaty (column b), and on its overall holdings by type
of combat aircraft and attack helicopters (Chart IIB) subject to the numerical
limitations set forth in Article IV of the Treaty (column b).
2. Data on armoured combat vehicles shall include the total numbers of heavy armament combat vehicles, armoured infantry fighting vehicles and armoured
personnel carriers, and their number (column f/e) and type (column e/d) in each
of these subcategories (column d/c).
3. In the case of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery and
armoured vehicle launched bridges, stored in accordance with Article X of the
Treaty, the total of such equipment in designated permanent storage sites shall
be specified (column g).
Chart IIA: OVERALL HOLDINGS OF BATTLE TANKS, ARMOURED COMBAT VEHICLES AND
ARTILLERY SUBJECT TO NUMERICAL LIMITATION OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (date)
Chart IIB: OVERALL HOLDINGS OF COMBAT AIRCRAFT AND ATTACK HELICOPTERS SUBJECT TO
NUMERICAL LIMITATION OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (date)
SECTION III. INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION, NUMBERS, AND TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL
ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT IN SERVICE WITH THE CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES
1. Each State Party shall provide a hierarchical data listing of all its land
forces' and air and air defence aviation forces' organisations reported pursuant
to Section III, paragraph 1 of the Protocol, formations and units reported
pursuant to Section III, paragraph 2 of the Protocol and installations at which
conventional armaments and equipment are held as specified in Section III,
paragraph 3 of the Protocol.
2. For each organisation and installation, the information shall reflect:
(A) the formation or unit record number (column b) and designation of the
organisation (column c) reported in Chart I. Separately located
battalions/squadrons specified pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Section,
formations and units reported pursuant to Section III, paragraph 2 of the
Protocol and installations listed in accordance with Section III, paragraph 3 of
the Protocol shall also be given a unique formation or unit record number
(column b), and their national designation (i.e., name) (column c) shall be
provided. Their position on the listing shall reflect their subordination with
the exception of formations and units reported pursuant to Section III,
paragraph 2 of the Protocol, which shall be specified together at the conclusion
of the listing:
(1) designated permanent storage sites shall be identified with the notation
"DPSS" following the national designation; and
(2) reduction sites shall be identified with the notation "reduction"
following the national designation;
(B) location (column d), including the geographic name and
coordinates accurate to the nearest 10 seconds. For locations containing
stationed forces, the host State Party shall also be included;
(C) for each level of command from the highest down to the division/air
division level, the overall total of conventional armaments and equipment in
each category (columns f to m/l). For example, the overall total held by a
division would be the sum of the holdings of all its subordinate organisations;
and
(D) for each level of command at the division level and below as specified
in paragraph 1 of this Section, the number of conventional armaments and
equipment by type under the headings specified in Charts IIIA and IIIB (columns
f to m/l). In the armoured combat vehicle column in Chart IIIA (column g), the
subcategories (i.e., armoured personnel carriers, armoured infantry fighting
vehicles, heavy armament combat vehicles) shall be presented separately. In the
attack helicopter column (column k/i), the subcategories (i.e., specialised
attack, multi-purpose attack) shall be presented separately. The column (1)
labelled "other" in Chart IIIB shall include the battle tanks, armoured combat
vehicles, artillery, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes, armoured infantry
fighting vehicle look-alikes, and armoured vehicle launched bridges, if any, in
service with the air and air defence aviation forces.
Chart IIIA: INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION, NUMBERS AND TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL
ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION III OF THE PROTOCOL ON
INFORMATION EXCHANGE OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (date)
Chart IIIB: INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION, NUMBERS AND TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL
ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION III OF THE PROTOCOL ON
INFORMATION EXCHANGE OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (date)
SECTION IV. INFORMATION ON CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT NOT IN SERVICE
WITH THE CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION IV OF THE
PROTOCOL ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE
1. Pursuant to Section IV of the Protocol, each State Party shall provide
information on the location, number and type of its battle tanks, armoured
combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and attack helicopters within the
area of application but not in service with its conventional armed forces.
2. For each location, the information shall reflect:
(A) the provision of Section IV of the Protocol pursuant to which the
information is being provided (column b);
(B) the location (column c):
(1) in respect of conventional armaments and equipment reported pursuant to
Section IV, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A), sub-subparagraphs (1), (3) and (5) of
the Protocol, the geographic name and coordinates accurate to the nearest 10
seconds of sites containing such equipment; and
(2) in respect of conventional armaments and equipment reported pursuant to
Section IV, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A), sub-subparagraph (2) of the Protocol,
the national designation of the administrative region or division containing
such equipment;
(C) in respect of conventional armaments and equipment reported pursuant to
Section IV, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A), sub-subparagraphs (1) and (2) of the
Protocol, the national-level designation of organisations holding the equipment
specified (column c); and
(D) for each location, the number by type under the headings specified in
Chart IV (columns d to h), except as follows:
in respect of conventional armaments and equipment reported pursuant to
Section IV, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A), sub-subparagraph (2) of the Protocol,
only the numbers in each category shall be provided solely for the
administrative region or division specified (column c).
Chart IV: INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT
PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION IV OF THE PROTOCOL ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE OF
(State Party) VALID AS OF (date)
SECTION V. INFORMATION ON OBJECTS OF VERIFICATION AND DECLARED SITES
1. Pursuant to Section V of the Protocol, each State Party shall provide a
listing of its objects of verification and declared sites, as defined in Section
I of the Protocol on Inspection. Declared sites (Chart V) shall be listed in
alphabetical order.
2. Information about each declared site shall include:
(A) a unique designator (i.e., declared site record number) (column b) which
shall be used with that site for all subsequent information exchanges;
(B) the site's name and location using geographic name and coordinates
accurate to the nearest 10 seconds (column c). For locations containing objects
of verification of stationed forces, the host State Party shall also be
included;
(C) the point(s) of entry/exit associated with the declared site (column d);
(D) a unique sequential number and the designation and formation or unit
record number of all objects of verification stationed at the declared site as
specified in Section III of this Annex (column e). Unique sequential numbers
shall be assigned such that the number assigned to the last object of
verification appearing in the listing shall equal the State Party's total number
of objects of verification; and
(E) the overall number of conventional armaments and equipment in each
category specified in Section III of the Protocol held at the declared site and
by each object of verification (columns f to p) and specifying, in addition:
(1) conventional armaments and equipment held in each category on the
declared site belonging to an object of verification located at another declared
site, specifying the designation and formation or unit record number of each
such object of verification (column e); and
(2) conventional armaments and equipment not belonging to an object
of verification shall be identified with the following notations immediately
following/below each such entry in columns f to p:
(a) equipment held by organisations designed and structured to perform in
peacetime internal security functions, with the notation "security";
(b) decommissioned equipment, with the notation "decommissioned";
(c) equipment awaiting or being refurbished for export or re-export, with the
notation "export"; (d) reduced equipment awaiting conversion, with the notation "reduced"; and
(e) equipment used exclusively for research and development, with the
notation "research."
Chart V: INFORMATION ON OBJECTS OF VERIFICATION AND DECLARED SITES OF (State
Party) VALID AS OF (date)
3. Each State Party shall provide a listing of points of entry/exit (Chart
VI). The listing shall assign a unique sequential numerical designator (column
b) which shall be used to indicate the point(s) of entry/exit for each site
provided pursuant to paragraph 2, subparagraph (C) of this Section. The
location shall include the geographic name (column c) and coordinates accurate
to the nearest 10 seconds (column d). The type(s) of transportation acceptable
-- "air," "sea," "ground" -- for each point of entry/exit also shall be
specified (column e).
Chart VI: POINTS OF ENTRY/EXIT (POE) OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (date)
PROTOCOL ON INSPECTION
The States Parties hereby agree on procedures and other provisions governing the
conduct of inspections as provided for in Article XIV of the Treaty on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred
to as the Treaty.
SECTION I. DEFINITIONS
1. For the purposes of the Treaty:
(A) The term "inspected State Party" means a State Party on whose territory
an inspection is carried out in compliance with Article XIV of the Treaty:
(1) in the case of inspection sites where only a stationing State Party's
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty are present, such a
stationing State Party shall exercise, in compliance with the provisions of this
Protocol, the rights and obligations of the inspected State Party as set forth
in this Protocol for the duration of the inspection within that inspection site
where its conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty are
located; and
(2) in the case of inspection sites containing conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty of more than one State Party, each such State
Party shall exercise, in compliance with the provisions of this Protocol, each
in respect of its own conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty, the rights and obligations of the inspected State Party as set forth in
this Protocol for the duration of the inspection within that inspection site
where its conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty are
located.
(B) The term "stationing State Party" means a State Party stationing
conventional armaments and equipment in service with its conventional armed
forces outside its own territory and within the area of application.
(C) The term "host State Party" means a State Party receiving on its territory within the area of application conventional armaments and equipment in service with the conventional armed forces of another State Party stationed by that State Party.
(D) The term "inspecting State Party" means a State Party which requests and
is therefore responsible for carrying out an inspection.
(E) The term "inspector" means an individual designated by one of the State
Parties to carry out an inspection and who is included on that State Party's
accepted list of inspectors in accordance with the provisions of Section III of
this Protocol.
(F) The term "transport crew member" means an individual who perfroms duties
related to the opeations of a transportation means and who is included on a
State Party's accepted list of transport crew members in accordance with the
provisions of Section III of this Protocol.
(G) The term "inspection team" means a group of inspectors designated by an
inspecting State Party to conduct a particular inspection.
GRAPHIC:
Chart I, COMMAND ORGANISATION OF THE LAND FORCES AND AIR AND AIR DEFENCE
AVIATION FORCES OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (Date); Chart IIA, OVERALL HOLDINGS
OF BATTLE TANKS, ARMOURED COMBAT VEHICLES AND ARTILLERY SUBJECT TO NUMERICAL
LIMITATION OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (Date); Chart IIB, OVERALL HOLDINGS OF
COMBAT AIRCRAFT AND ATTACK HELICOPTERS SUBJECT TO NUMERICAL LIMITATION OF (State
Party) VALID AS OF (Date); Chart IIIA, INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION, NUMBERS AND
TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION III
OF THE PROTOCOL ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (Date);
Chart IIIB, INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION, NUMBERS AND TYPES OF CONVENTIONAL
ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION III OF THE PROTOCOL ON
INFORMATION EXCHANGE OF (State Party) VALID AS OF (Date); Chart IV, INFORMATION
ON THE LOCATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
SECTION IV OF THE PROTOCOL ON INFORMATION EXCHANGE OF (State Party) VALID AS OF
(Date); Chart V, INFORMATION ON OBJECTS OF VERIFICATION AND DECLARED SITES OF
(State Party) VALID AS OF (Date); Chart VI, POINTS OF ENTRY/EXIT (POE) OF (State
Party) VALID AS OF (Date)
(H) The term "escort team" means a group of individuals assigned by
an inspected State Party to accompany and to assist inspectors conducting a
particular inspection, as well as to assume other responsibilities as set forth
in this Protocol. In the case of inspection of a stationing State Party's
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty, an escort team shall
include individuals assigned by both the host and stationing States Parties,
unless otherwise agreed between them.
(I) The term "inspection site" means an area, location or facility where an
inspection is carried out.
(J) The term "object of verification" means:
(1) any formation or unit at the organisational level of brigade/regiment,
wing/air regiment, independent battalion/artillery battalion, independent
squadron or equivalent as well as any separately located battalion/squadron or
equivalent unit at the next level of command below the brigade/regiment,wing/air regiment level holding conventional armaments and equipment limited by
the Treaty at a location notified pursuant to Section III, paragraph 1,
subparagraph (A) of the Protocol on Information Exchange;
(2) any designated permanent storage site, military storage site not organic
to formations and units referred to in sub-subparagraph (1) of this
subparagraph, independent repair or maintenance unit, military training
establishment or military airfield at which conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty are notified pursuant to Section III, paragraph 3,
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of the Protocol on Information Exchange as being
permanently or routinely present;
(3) a reduction site for conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty as notified pursuant to Section III, paragraph 3, subparagraph (C) of the
Protocol on Information Exchange;
(4) in the case of units below the level of battalion holding conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty that are directly subordinate to a
unit or formation above the level of brigade/regiment or equivalent, that unit
or formation to which the units below the level of battalion are subordinated
shall be considered an object of verification, if it has no subordinate unit or
formation at the level of brigade/regiment or equivalent; and
(5) a formation or unit holding conventional armaments and equipment subject
to the Treaty, but not in service with the conventional armed forces of a State
Party shall not be considered an object of verification.
(K) The term "military airfield" means a permanent military complex, not
otherwise containing an object of verification, at which the frequent operation,
i.e., launch and recovery, of at least six combat aircraft or combat helicopters
limited by the Treaty or subject to internal inspection is routinely performed.
(L) The term "military training establishment" means a facility, not
otherwise containing an object of verification, at which a military unit or
subunit using at least 30 conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty or more than 12 of any single category of conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty is organised to train military personnel.
(M) The term "military storage site" not organic to formations and units
identified as objects of verification means any storage site, other than
designated permanent storage sites or sites subordinate to organisations
designed and structured for internal security purposes, holding conventional
armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty without respect to organisational
or operational status. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the
Treaty contained in such sites shall constitute a portion of the permitted
holdings counted in active units pursuant to Article IV of the Treaty.
(N) The term "declared site" means a facility or precisely delineated
geographic location which contains one or more objects of verification. A
declared site shall consist of all territory within its man-made or natural
outer boundary or boundaries as well as associated territory comprising firing
ranges, training areas, maintenance and storage areas, helicopter airfields and
railroad loading facilities at which battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles,
artillery, combat helicopters, combat aircraft, reclassified combat-capable
trainer aircraft, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes, armoured infantryfighting vehicle look-alikes or armoured vehicle launched bridges are
permanently or routinely present.
(O) The term "specified area" means an area anywhere on the territory of a
State Party within the area of application other than a site inspected pursuant
to Section VII, IX or X of this Protocol within which a challenge inspection is
conducted pursuant to Section VIII of this Protocol. A specified area shall not
exceed 65 square kilometres. No straight line between any two points in that
area shall exceed 16 kilometres.
(P) The term "sensitive point" means any equipment, structure or location
which has been designated to be sensitive by the inspected State Party or the
State Party exercising the rights and obligations of the inspected State Party
through the escort team and to which access or overflight may be delayed,
limited or refused.
(Q) The term "point of entry/exit" means a point designated by a State Party
on whose territory an inspection is to be carried out, through which inspection
teams and transport crews arrive on the territory of that State Party and
through which they depart from the territory of that State Party.
(R) The term "in-country period" means the total time spent continuously on
the territory of the State Party where an inspection is carried out by an
inspection team for inspections pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of this
Protocol from arrival of the inspection team at the point of entry/exit until
the return of the inspection team to a point of entry/exit after completion of
that inspection team's last inspection.
(S) The term "baseline validation period" means, for the purpose of
calculating inspection quotas, the specified time period consisting of the first
120 days following entry into force of the Treaty.
(T) The term "reduction period" means, for the purpose of calculating
inspection quotas, the specified time period consisting of the three years
following the 120-day baseline validation period.
(U) The term "residual level validation period" means, for the purpose of
calculating inspection quotas, the specified time period consisting of the 120
days following the three-year reduction period.
(V) The term "residual period" means, for the purpose of calculating
inspection quotas, the specified time period following the 120-day residual
level validation period for the duration of the Treaty.
(W) The term "passive declared site inspection quota" means the
total number of inspections of objects of verification pursuant to Section VII
of this Protocol that each State Party shall be obliged to receive within a
specified time period at inspection sites where its objects of verification are
located.
(X) The term "passive challenge inspection quota" means the maximum number
of challenge inspections within specified areas pursuant to Section VIII of this
Protocol that each State Party with territory within the area of application
shall be obliged to receive within a specified time period.
(Y) The term "active inspection quota" means the total number of inspections
pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of this Protocol that each State Party shall
be entitled to conduct within a specified time period.
(Z) The term "certification site" means a clearly designated location where
the certification of recategorised multi-purpose attack helicopters and
reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft in accordance with the Protocol on
Helicopter Recategorisation and the Protocol on Aircraft Reclassification takes
place.
(AA) The term "calendar reporting period" means a period of time defined in
days during which the intended reduction of the planned number of items of
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty in accordance with
Article VIII of the Treaty is to be carried out.
SECTION II. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
1. For the purpose of ensuring verification of compliance with the provisions
of the Treaty, each State Party shall facilitate inspections pursuant to this
Protocol.
2. In the case of conventional armaments and equipment in service with the
conventional armed forces of a State Party stationed in the area of application
outside national territory, the host State Party and the stationing State Party
shall, in fulfillment of their respective responsibilities, cooperatively ensure
compliance with the relevant provisions of this Protocol. The stationing State
Party shall be fully responsible for compliance with the Treaty obligations in
respect of its conventional armaments and equipment in service with its
conventional armed forces stationed on the territory of the host State Party.
3. The escort team shall be placed under the responsibility of the inspected
State Party:
(A) in the case of inspection sites at which only a stationing State Party's
conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty are present and are
under this State Party's command, the escort team shall be placed under the
responsibility of a representative of the stationing State Party for the
duration of the inspection within that inspection site where the stationing
State Party's conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty are
located; and
(B) in the case of inspection sites containing conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty of both the host State Party and the stationing
State Party, the escort team shall be composed of representatives from both
States Parties when conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty
of the stationing State Party are actually inspected. During the inspection
within that inspection site, the host State Party shall exercise the rights and
obligations of the inspected State Party with the exception of those rights and
obligations related to the inspection of the conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty of the stationing State Party, which shall be
exercised by this stationing State Party.
4. If an inspection team requests access to a structure or premises utilised
by another State Party by agreement with the inspected State Party, such other
State Party shall, in cooperation with the inspected State Party and to theextent consistent with the agreement on utilisation, exercise the rights and
obligations set forth in this Protocol with respect to inspections involving
equipment or materiel of the State Party utilising the structure or premises.
5. Structures or premises utilised by another State Party by agreement with
the inspected State Party shall be subject to inspection only when that other
State Party's representative is on the escort team.
6. Inspection teams and sub-teams shall be under the control and
responsibility of the inspecting State Party.
7. No more than one inspection team conducting an inspection pursuant to
Section VII or VIII of this Protocol may be present at the same time at any one
inspection site.
8. Subject to the other provisions of this Protocol, the inspecting State
Party shall decide for how long each inspection team will stay on the territory
of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out, and at how many and
at which inspection sites it will conduct inspections during the in-country
period.
9. Travel expenses of an inspection team to the point of entry/exit prior to
conducting an inspection and from the point of entry/exit after completion of
the last inspection shall be borne by the inspecting State Party.
10. Each State Party shall be obliged to receive a number of inspections
pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol not to exceed its passive
declared site inspection quota for each specified time period: a 120-day
baseline validation period, a three-year reduction period, a 120-day residual
level validation period and a residual period for the duration of the Treaty.
The passive declared site inspection quota shall be determined for each
specified time period as a percentage of that State Party's objects of
verification, excluding reduction sites and certification sites, located within
the area of application of the Treaty:
(A) during the first 120 days after entry into force of the Treaty, the
passive declared site inspection quota shall be equal to 20 percent of a State
Party's objects of verification notified pursuant to Section V of the Protocol
on Information Exchange;
(B) during each year of the reduction period, after completion of the
initial 120-day period, the passive declared site inspection quota shall be
equal to 10 percent of a State Party's objects of verification notified pursuant
to Section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange;
(C) during the first 120 days after completion of the three-year
reduction period, the passive declared site inspection quota shall be equal to
20 percent of a State Party's objects of verification notified pursuant to
Section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange; and
(D) each year, commencing after completion of the 120-day residual level
validation period, for the duration of the Treaty, the passive declared site
inspection quota shall be equal to 15 percent of a State Party's objects of
verification notified pursuant to Section V of the Protocol on Information
Exchange.
11. Each State Party with territory within the area of application shall be
obliged to accept challenge inspections as follows:
(A) during the baseline validation period, during each year of the reduction
period and during the residual level validation period, up to 15 percent of the
number of inspections of declared sites which that State Party is obliged to
receive on its territory of its own objects of verification as well as of
objects of verification belonging to stationing States Parties; and
(B) during each year of the residual period, up to 23 percent of the number
of inspections of declared sites which that State Party is obliged to receive on
its territory of its own objects of verification and of objects of verification
belonging to stationing States Parties.
12. Notwithstanding any other limitations in this Section, each State Party
shall be obliged to accept a minimum of one inspection each year of its objects
of verification pursuant to Section VII of this Protocol, and each State Party
with territory within the area of application shall be obliged to accept a
minimum of one inspection each year within a specified area pursuant to Section
VIII of this Protocol.
13. Inspection pursuant to Section VII of this Protocol of one object of
verification at an inspection site shall count as one inspection against the
passive declared site inspection quota of that State Party whose object of
verification is inspected.
14. The proportion of inspections pursuant to Section VII of this Protocol on
the territory of a host State Party within a specified time period used to
inspect objects of verification belonging to a stationing State Party shall be
no greater than the proportion which that stationing State Party's objects of
verification constitute of the total number of objects of verification located
on the territory of that host State Party.
15. The number of inspections pursuant to Section VII of this Protocol of
objects of verification within a specified time period on any State Party's
territory shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of objects of
verification present on that State Party's territory.
16. Inspection pursuant to Section VIII of this Protocol within one specified
area shall count as one inspection against the passive challenge inspection
quota and one inspection against the passive declared site inspection quota of
the State Party on whose territory the inspection is conducted.
17. Unless otherwise agreed between the escort team and the inspection team,
an inspection team's in-country period shall, up to a total of 10 days, not
exceed the total number of hours calculated according to the following formula:
(A) 48 hours for the first inspection of an object of verification or within
a specified area; plus
(B) 36 hours for each sequential inspection of an object of verification or
within a specified area.
18. Subject to the limitations in paragraph 17 of this Section, an inspection team conducting an inspection pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol shall spend no more than 48 hours at a declared site and no more than 24 hours in inspection within a specified area.
19. The inspected State Party shall ensure that the inspection team travels
to a sequential inspection site by the most expeditious means available. If the
time between completion of one inspection and arrival of the inspection team at
a sequential inspection site exceeds nine hours, or if the time between
completion of the last inspection conducted by an inspection team on the
territory of the State Party where an inspection is carried out and the arrival
of that inspection team at the point of entry/exit exceeds nine hours, such
excess time shall not count against that inspection team's in-country period.
20. Each State Party shall be obliged to accept on its territory within the
area of application simultaneously no more than either two inspection teams
conducting inspections pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of this Protocol or a
number of inspection teams conducting inspections pursuant to Sections VII and
VIII of this Protocol equal to two percent of the total number of objects of
verification that are to be inspected during a specified time period on the
territory of that State Party, whichever number is greater.
21. Each State Party shall be obliged to accept simultaneously no more than
either two inspection teams conducting inspections of its conventional armed
forces pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol or a number of
inspection teams conducting inspections of its conventional armed forces
pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol equal to two percent of the
total number of its objects of verification that are to be inspected during a
specified time period, whichever is number is greater.
22. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 20 and 21 of this Section,
each State Party with military districts specified in Articles IV and V of the
Treaty shall be obliged to accept on its territory within the area of
application simultaneously no more than two inspection teams conducting
inspections pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of this Protocol within any one of
those military districts.
23. No State Party shall be obliged to accept inspections pursuant to
Sections VII and VIII of this Protocol representing more than 50 percent of its
passive declared site inspection quota in a calendar year from the same State
Party.
24. Each State Party shall have the right to conduct inspections within the
area of application on the territory of other States Parties. However, no State
Party shall conduct more than five inspections annually pursuant to Sections VII
and VIII of this Protocol of another State Party belonging to the same group of
States Parties. Any such inspections shall count against the passive declared
site inspection quota of the State Party being inspected. It shall otherwise be
the responsibility solely of each group of States Parties to determine the
allocation of inspections for each State Party within its group of States
Parties. Each State Party shall notify to all other States Parties its active
inspection quota:
(A) for the baseline validation period, no later than 120 days after
signature of the Treaty;
(B) for the first year of the reduction period, no later than 60 days after
entry into force of the Treaty; and
(C) for each subsequent year of the reduction period, for the
residual level validation period and for each year of the residual period, no
later than the 15th day of January preceding each such specified time period.
SECTION III. PRE-INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS
1. Inspections conducted pursuant to the Treaty shall be carried out by
inspectors designated in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 7 of this Section.
2. Inspectors shall be nationals of the inspecting State Party or other
States Parties.
3. Within 90 days after signature of the Treaty, each State Party shall
provide to all other States Parties a list of its proposed inspectors and a list
of its proposed transport crew members, containing the full names of inspectors
and transport crew members, their gender, date of birth, place of birth and
passport number. No list of proposed inspectors provided by a State Party shall
contain at any time more than 400 individuals, and no list of proposed transport
crew members provided by a State Party shall contain at any time more than 600
individuals.
4. Each State Party shall review the lists of inspectors and transport crew
members provided to it by other States Parties and, within 30 days after receipt
of each list, shall provide notification to the State Party providing that list
of any individual whose name it wishes to be deleted from that list.
5. Subject to paragraph 7 of this Section, inspectors and transport crew
members for whom deletion has not been requested within the time interval
specified in paragraph 4 of this Section shall be considered as accepted for the
purposes of issuing visas and any other documents in accordance with paragraph 8
of this Section.
6. Each State Party shall have the right to amend its lists within one month
after entry into force of the Treaty. Thereafter, each State Party may once
every six months propose additions to or deletions from its lists of inspectors
and transport crew members, provided that such amended lists do not exceed the
numbers specified in paragraph 3 of this Section. Proposed additions shall be
reviewed in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Section.
7. A State Party may request, without right of refusal, deletion of any
individual it wishes from lists of inspectors and transport crew members
provided by any other State Party.
8. The State Party on whose territory an inspection is conducted shall
provide to the inspectors and transport crew members accepted in accordance with
paragraph 5 of this Section visas and any other documents as required to ensure
that these inspectors and transport crew members may enter and remain in the
territory of that State Party for the purpose of carrying out inspection
activities in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol. Such visas and
any other necessary documents shall be provided either:
(A) within 30 days after the acceptance of the lists or subsequent changes in such lists, in which case the visa shall be valid for a period of no less
than 24 months; or
(B) within one hour after the arrival of the inspection team and transport
crew members at the point of entry/exit, in which case the visa shall be valid
for the duration of their inspection activities.
9. Within 90 days after signature of the Treaty, each State Party shall
provide notification to all other States Parties of the standing diplomatic
clearance number for the transportation means of that State Party transporting
inspectors and equipment necessary for an inspection into and out of the
territory of the State Party in which such an inspection is conducted. Routings
to and from the designated point(s) of entry/exit shall be along established
international airways or other routes that are agreed upon by the States Parties
concerned as the basis for such diplomatic clearance. Inspectors may use
commercial flights for travel to those points of entry/exit that are served by
airlines. The provisions of this paragraph relating to diplomatic clearance
numbers shall not apply to such flights.
10. Each State Party shall indicate in the notification provided pursuant to
Section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange a point or points of
entry/exit in respect of each declared site with its objects of verification.
Such points of entry/exit may be ground border crossing points, airports or
seaports which must have the capacity to receive the transportation means of the
inspecting State Party. At least one airport shall be notified as a point of
entry/exit associated with each declared site. The location of any point of
entry/exit notified as associated with a declared site shall be such as to allow
access to that declared site within the time specified in Section VII, paragraph
8 of this Protocol.
11. Each State Party shall have the right to change the point or points of
entry/exit to its territory by notifying all other States Parties no less than
90 days before such a change becomes effective.
12. Within 90 days after signature of the Treaty, each State Party shall
provide notification to all other States Parties of the official language or
languages of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to be used by
inspection teams conducting inspections of its conventional armed forces.
SECTION IV. NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO INSPECT
1. The inspecting State Party shall notify the inspected State Party of its
intention to carry out an inspection provided for in Article XIV of the Treaty.
In the case of inspection of stationed conventional armed forces, the inspecting
State Party shall simultaneously notify the host and stationing States Parties.
In the case of inspection of certification or reduction procedures carried out
by a stationing State Party, the inspecting State Party shall simultaneously
notify the host and stationing States Parties.
2. For inspections conducted pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of this
Protocol, such notifications shall be made in accordance with Article XVII of
the Treaty no less than 36 hours in advance of the estimated time of arrival of
the inspection team at the point of entry/exit on the territory of the State
Party where an inspection is to be carried out and shall include: (A) the point of entry/exit to be used;
(B) the estimated time of arrival at the point of entry/exit;
(C) the means of arrival at the point of entry/exit;
(D) a statement of whether the first inspection shall be conducted pursuant
to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol and whether the inspection will be
conducted on foot, by cross-country vehicle, by helicopter or by any combination
of these;
(E) the time interval between the arrival at the point of entry/exit and the
designation of the first inspection site;
(F) the language to be used by the inspection team, which shall be a
language designated in accordance with Section III, paragraph 12 of this
Protocol;
(G) the language to be used for the inspection report prepared in accordance
with Section XII of this Protocol;
(H) the full names of inspectors and transport crew members, their gender,
date of birth, place of birth and passport number; and
(I) the likely number of sequential inspections.
3. For inspections conducted pursuant to Sections IX and X of this Protocol,
such notifications shall be made in accordance with Article XVII of the Treaty
no less than 96 hours in advance of the estimated time of arrival of the
inspection team at the designated point of entry/exit on the territory of the
State Party where an inspection is to be carried out and shall include:
(A) the point of entry/exit to be used;
(B) the estimated time of arrival at the point of entry/exit;
(C) the means of arrival at the point of entry/exit;
(D) for each inspection at a reduction or certification site, reference to
the notification provided pursuant to Section IX, paragraph 3 or Section X,
paragraph 5 of this Protocol;
(E) the language to be used by the inspection team, which shall be a
language designated in accordance with Section III, paragraph 12 of this
Protocol;
(F) the language to be used for the inspection report prepared in accordance
with Section XII of this Protocol; and
(G) the full names of inspectors and transport crew members, their gender,
date of birth, place of birth and passport number.
4. The States Parties notified pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Section shall
acknowledge in accordance with Article XVII of the Treaty receipt of
notification within three hours. Subject to the provisions set forth in thisSection, the inspection team shall be permitted to arrive at the point of
entry/exit at the estimated time of arrival notified pursuant to paragraph 2,
subparagraph (B) or paragraph 3, subparagraph (B) of this Section.
5. An inspected State Party receiving a notification of intent to inspect
shall immediately upon its receipt send copies of such notification to all other
States Parties in accordance with Article XVII of the Treaty.
6. If the State Party on whose territory an inspection is to be carried out
is unable to allow the entry of the inspection team at the estimated time of
arrival, the inspection team shall be permitted to enter the territory of that
State Party within two hours before or after the notified estimated time of
arrival. In such a case, the State Party on whose territory an inspection is to
be carried out shall notify the inspecting State Party of the new time of
arrival no later than 24 hours following the issuance of the original
notification.
7. If the inspection team finds itself delayed more than two hours beyond the
notified estimated time of arrival or beyond the new time of arrival
communicated pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Section, the inspecting State Party
shall inform the States Parties notified pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Section
of:
(A) a new estimated time of arrival, which in no case shall be more than six
hours beyond the initial estimated time of arrival or beyond the new time of
arrival communicated pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Section; and
(B) if the inspecting State Party desires, a new time interval between
arrival at the point of entry/exit and the designation of the first inspection
site.
8. In the event non-commercial flights are used to transport the inspection
team to the point of entry/exit, no less than 10 hours before the planned time
of entry into the air space of the State Party on whose territory the inspection
is to be carried out, the inspecting State Party shall provide that State Party
with a flight plan in accordance with Article XVII of the Treaty. The flight
plan shall be filed in accordance with the procedures of the International Civil
Aviation Organisation applicable to civil aircraft. The inspecting State Party
shall include in the remarks section of each flight plan the standing diplomatic
clearance number and the notation: "CFE inspection aircraft. Priority clearance
processing required."
9. No more than three hours following the receipt of a flight plan that has
been filed in accordance with paragraph 8 of this Section, the State Party on
whose territory an inspection is to be carried out shall ensure that the flight
plan is approved so that the inspection team may arrive at the point of
entry/exit at the estimated time of arrival.
SECTION V. PROCEDURES UPON ARRIVAL AT POINT OF ENTRY/EXIT
1. The escort team shall meet the inspection team and transport crew members
at the point of entry/exit upon their arrival.
2. A State Party which utilises structures or premises by agreement with the
inspected State Party will designate a liaison officer to the escort team whowill be available as needed at the point of entry/exit to accompany the
inspection team at any time as agreed with the escort team.
3. Times of arrival at and return to a point of entry/exit shall be agreed
and recorded by both the inspection team and the escort team.
4. The State Party on whose territory an inspection is to be carried out
shall ensure that luggage, equipment and supplies of the inspection team are
exempt from all customs duties and are expeditiously processed at the point of
entry/exit.
5. Equipment and supplies that the inspecting State Party brings into the
territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out shall be
subject to examination each time they are brought into that territory. This
examination shall be completed prior to the departure of the inspection team
from the point of entry/exit to the inspection site. Such equipment and
supplies shall be examined by the escort team in the presence of the inspection
team members.
6. If the escort team determines upon examination that an item of
equipment or supplies brought by inspectors is capable of performing functions
inconsistent with the inspection requirements of this Protocol or does not meet
the requirements set forth in Section VI, paragraph 15 of this Protocol, then
the escort team shall have the right to deny permission to use that item and to
impound it at the point of entry/exit. The inspecting State Party shall remove
such impounded equipment or supplies from the territory of the State Party where
an inspection is to be carried out at the earliest opportunity at its own
discretion, but no later than the time when the inspection team which brought
that impounded equipment or supplies leaves the country.
7. If a State Party has not participated during examination of equipment of
an inspection team at the point of entry/exit, that State Party shall be
entitled to exercise the rights of the escort team pursuant to paragraphs 5 and
6 of this Section prior to inspection at a declared site at which its
conventional armed forces are present or of a structure or premises it utilises
by agreement with the inspected State Party.
8. Throughout the period in which the inspection team and transport crew
remain on the territory of the State Party where the inspection site is located,
the inspected State Party shall provide or arrange for the provision of meals,
lodging, work space, transportation and, as necessary, medical care or any other
emergency assistance.
9. The State Party on whose territory an inspection is carried out shall
provide accommodation, security protection, servicing and fuel for the
transportation means of the inspecting State Party at the point of entry/exit.
SECTION VI. GENERAL RULES FOR CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS
1. An inspection team may include inspectors from States Parties other than
the inspecting State Party.
2. For inspections conducted in accordance with Sections VII, VIII, IX and X
of this Protocol, an inspection team shall consist of up to nine inspectors and
may divide itself into up to three sub-teams. In the case of simultaneousinspections on the territory of States Parties that do not have military
districts specified in Articles IV and V of the Treaty or within a single
military district of a State Party with such military districts, only one
inspection team may divide itself at the inspection site into three sub-teams,
the others into two sub-teams.
3. Inspectors and escort team members shall wear some clear identification of
their respective roles.
4. An inspector shall be deemed to have assumed his or her duties upon
arrival at the point of entry/exit on the territory of the State Party where an
inspection is to be carried out and shall be deemed to have ceased performing
those duties after leaving the territory of that State Party through the point
of entry/exit.
5. The number of transport crew members shall not exceed 10.
6. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, inspectors and
transport crew members shall respect the laws and regulations of the State Party
on whose territory an inspection is carried out and shall not interfere in the
internal affairs of that State Party. Inspectors and transport crew members
shall also respect regulations at an inspection site, including safety and
administrative procedures. In the event that the inspected State Party
determines that an inspector or transport crew member has violated such laws and
regulations or other conditions governing the inspection activities set forth in
this Protocol, it shall so notify the inspecting State Party, which upon the
request of the inspected State Party shall immediately delete the name of the
individual from the list of inspectors or transport crew members. If the
individual is on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is carried
out, the inspecting State Party shall promptly remove that individual from that
territory.
7. The inspected State Party shall be responsible for ensuring the safety of
the inspection team and transport crew members from the time they arrive at the
point of entry/exit until the time they leave the point of entry/exit to depart
the territory of that State Party.
8. The escort team shall assist the inspection team in carrying out its
functions. At its discretion, the escort team may exercise its right to
accompany the inspection team from the time it enters the territory of the State
Party where an inspection is to be carried out until the time it departs that
territory.
9. The inspecting State Party shall ensure that the inspection team and each
sub-team have the necessary linguistic ability to communicate freely with the
escort team in the language notified in accordance with Section IV, paragraph 2,
subparagraph (F) and paragraph 3, subparagraph (E) of this Protocol. The
inspected State Party shall ensure that the escort team has the necessary
linguistic ability to communicate freely in this language with the inspection
team and each sub-team. Inspectors and members of the escort team may also
communicate in other languages.
10. No information obtained during inspections shall be publicly disclosed
without the express consent of the inspecting State Party.
11. Throughout their presence on the territory of the State Party where an
inspection is to be carried out, inspectors shall have the right to communicate
with the embassy or consulate of the inspecting State Party located on that
territory, using appropriate telecommunications means provided by the inspected
State Party. The inspected State Party shall also provide means of
communication between the sub-teams of an inspection team.
12. The inspected State Party shall transport the inspection team to, from
and between inspection sites by a means and route selected by the inspected
State Party. The inspecting State Party may request a variation in the selected
route. The inspected State Party shall if possible grant such a request.
Whenever mutually agreed, the inspecting State Party will be permitted to use
its own land vehicles.
13. If an emergency arises that necessitates travel of inspectors from an
inspection site to a point of entry/exit or to the embassy or consulate of the
inspecting State Party on the territory of the State Party where an inspection
is carried out, the inspection team shall so notify the escort team, which shall
promptly arrange such travel, and if necessary, shall provide appropriate means
of transportation.
14. The inspected State Party shall provide for use by the inspection team at
the inspection site an administrative area for storage of equipment and
supplies, report writing, rest breaks and meals.
15. The inspection team shall be permitted to bring such documents as
needed to conduct the inspection, in particular its own maps and charts.
Inspectors shall be permitted to bring and use portable passive night vision
devices, binoculars, video and still cameras, dictaphones, tape measures,
flashlights, magnetic compasses and lap-top computers. The inspectors shall be
permitted to use other equipment, subject to the approval of the inspected State
Party. Throughout the in-country period, the escort team shall have the right
to observe the equipment brought by inspectors, but shall not interfere with the
use of equipment that has been approved by the escort team in accordance with
Section V, paragraphs 5 to 7 of this Protocol.
16. In the case of an inspection conducted pursuant to Section VII or VIII of
this Protocol, the inspection team shall specify on each occasion it designates
the inspection site to be inspected whether the inspection will be conducted on
foot, by cross-country vehicle, by helicopter or by any combination of these.
Unless otherwise agreed, the inspected State Party shall provide and operate the
appropriate cross-country vehicles at the inspection site.
17. Whenever possible, subject to the safety requirements and flight
regulations of the inspected State Party and subject to the provisions of
paragraphs 18 to 21 of this Section, the inspection team shall have the right to
conduct helicopter overflights of the inspection site, using a helicopter
provided and operated by the inspected State Party, during inspections conducted
pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of this Protocol.
18. The inspected State Party shall not be obliged to provide a helicopter at
any inspection site that is less than 20 square kilometres in area.
19. The inspected State Party shall have the right to delay, limit or refuse
helicopter overflights above sensitive points, but the presence of sensitivepoints shall not prevent helicopter overflight of the remaining areas of the
inspection site. Photography of or above sensitive points during helicopter
overflights shall be permitted only with the approval of the escort team.
20. The duration of such helicopter overflights at an inspection site shall
not exceed a cumulative total of one hour, unless otherwise agreed between the
inspection team and the escort team.
21. Any helicopter provided by the inspected State Party shall be large
enough to carry at least two members of the inspection team and at least one
member of the escort team. Inspectors shall be allowed to take and use on
overflights of the inspection site any of the equipment specified in paragraph
15 of this Section. The inspection team shall advise the escort team during
inspection flights whenever it intends to take photographs. A helicopter shall
afford the inspectors a constant and unobstructed view of the ground.
22. In discharging their functions, inspectors shall not interfere directly
with ongoing activities at the inspection site and shall avoid unnecessarily
hampering or delaying operations at the inspection site or taking actions
affecting safe operation.
23. Except as provided for in paragraphs 24 to 29 of this Section, during an
inspection of an object of verification or within a specified area, inspectors
shall be permitted access, entry and unobstructed inspection:
(A) in the case of a specified area, within the entire specified area; or
(B) in the case of an object of verification, within the entire territory of
the declared site except within those areas delineated on the site diagram as
belonging exclusively to another object of verification which the inspection
team has not designated for inspection.
24. During an inspection of an object of verification or within a specified
area pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol and subject to the
provisions of paragraph 25 of this Section, inspectors shall have the right,
within the areas cited in paragraph 23 of this Section, to enter any location,
structure or area within a structure in which battle tanks, armoured combat
vehicles, artillery, combat helicopters, combat aircraft, reclassified
combat-capable trainer aircraft, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes,
armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes or armoured vehicle launched
bridges are permanently or routinely present. Inspectors shall not have the
right to enter other structures or areas within structures the entry points to
which are physically accessible only by personnel doors not exceeding two metres
in width and to which access is denied by the escort team.
25. During an inspection of an object of verification or within a specified
area pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol, inspectors shall have the
right to look into a hardened aircraft shelter to confirm visually whether any
battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat helicopters, combat
aircraft, reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft, armoured personnel
carrier look-alikes, armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes or armoured
vehicle launched bridges are present and, if so, their number and type, model or
version. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 24 of this Section,
inspectors shall enter the interior of such hardened aircraft shelters only with
the approval of the escort team. If such approval is denied and if theinspectors so request, any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery,
combat helicopters, combat aircraft, reclassified combat-capable trainer
aircraft, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes, armoured infantry fighting
vehicle look-alikes or armoured vehicle launched bridges in such hardened
aircraft shelters shall be displayed outside.
26. During an inspection of an object of verification or within a specified
area pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol, except as provided in
paragraphs 27 to 33 of this Section, inspectors shall have the right to have
access to conventional armaments and equipment only in so far as is necessary to
confirm visually their number and type, model or version.
27. The inspected State Party shall have the right to shroud individual
sensitive items of equipment.
28. The escort team shall have the right to deny access to sensitive points,
the number and extent of which should be as limited as possible, to shrouded
objects and to containers any dimension (width, height, length or diameter) of
which is less than two metres. Whenever a sensitive point is designated, or
shrouded objects or containers are present, the escort team shall declare
whether the sensitive point, shrouded object or container holds any battle
tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat helicopters, combat aircraft,
reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft, armoured personnel carrier
look-alikes, armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes or armoured vehicle
launched bridges and, if so, their number and type, model or version.
29. If the escort team declares that a sensitive point, shrouded object or
container does contain any of the conventional armaments and equipment specified
in paragraph 28 of this Section, then the escort team shall display or declare
such conventional armaments and equipment to the inspection team and shall take
steps to satisfy the inspection team that no more than the declared number of
such conventional armaments and equipment are present.
30. If, during an inspection of an object of verification or within a
specified area pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol, a helicopter of
a type that is or has been on the multi-purpose attack helicopter list in the
Protocol on Existing Types is present at an inspection site and is declared by
the escort team to be a combat support helicopter, or if an Mi-24R or Mi-24K
helicopter is present at an inspection site and is declared by the escort team
to be limited pursuant to Section I, paragraph 3 of the Protocol on Helicopter
Recategorisation, such a helicopter shall be subject to internal inspection in
accordance with Section IX, paragraphs 4 to 6 of this Protocol.
31. If, during an inspection of an object of verification or within a
specified area pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol, an aircraft of
a specific model or version of combat-capable trainer aircraft listed in Section
II of the Protocol on Aircraft Reclassification is present at an inspection site
and is declared by the escort team to have been certified as unarmed in
accordance with the Protocol on Aircraft Reclassification, such an aircraft
shall be subject to internal inspection in accordance with Section IX,
paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Protocol.
32. If, during an inspection of an object of verification or within a
specified area pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol, an armoured
vehicle declared by the escort team to be an armoured personnel carrier
look-alike or an armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alike is present at an
inspection site, the inspection team shall have the right to determine that such
vehicle cannot permit the transport of a combat infantry squad. Inspectors
shall have the right to require the doors and/or hatches of the vehicle to be
opened so that the interior can be visually inspected from outside the vehicle.
Sensitive equipment in or on the vehicle may be shrouded.
33. If, during an inspection of an object of verification or within a
specified area pursuant to Section VII or VIII of this Protocol, items of
equipment declared by the escort team to have been reduced in accordance with
the provisions in the Protocol on Reduction are present at an inspection site,
the inspection team shall have the right to inspect such items of equipment to
confirm that they have been reduced in accordance with the procedures specified
in Sections III to XII of the Protocol on Reduction.
34. Inspectors shall have the right to take photographs, including video, for
the purpose of recording the presence of conventional armaments and equipment
subject to the Treaty, including within designated permanent storage sites, or
other storage sites containing more than 50 such conventional armaments and
equipment. Still cameras shall be limited to 35mm cameras and to cameras
capable of producing instantly developed photographic prints. The inspection
team shall advise the escort team in advance whether it plans to take
photographs. The escort team shall cooperate with the inspection team's taking
of photographs.
35. Photography of sensitive points shall be permitted only with the approval
of the escort team.
36. Except as provided for in paragraph 38 of this Section, photography of
interiors of structures other than storage sites specified in paragraph 34 of
this Section shall be permitted only with the approval of the escort team.
37. Inspectors shall have the right to take measurements to resolve
ambiguities that might arise during inspections. Such measurements recorded
during inspections shall be confirmed by a member of the inspection team and a
member of the escort team immediately after they are taken. Such confirmed data
shall be included in the inspection report.
38. States Parties shall, whenever possible, resolve during an inspection any
ambiguities that arise regarding factual information. Whenever inspectors
request the escort team to clarify such an ambiguity, the escort team shall
promptly provide the inspection team with clarifications. If inspectors decide
to document an unresolved ambiguity with photographs, the escort team shall,
subject to the provision in paragraph 35 of this Section, cooperate with the
inspection team's taking of appropriate photographs using a camera capable of
producing instantly developed photographic prints. If an ambiguity cannot be
resolved during the inspection, then the question, relevant clarifications and
any pertinent photographs shall be included in the inspection report in
accordance with Section XII of this Protocol.
39. For inspections conducted pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of this
Protocol, the inspection shall be deemed to have been completed once the
inspection report has been signed and countersigned.
40. No later than completion of an inspection at a declared site or withina specified area, the inspection team shall inform the escort team whether the
inspection team intends to conduct a sequential inspection. If the inspection
team intends to conduct a sequential inspection, the inspection team shall
designate at that time the next inspection site. In such cases, subject to the
provisions in Section VII, paragraphs 6 and 17 and Section VIII, paragraph 6,
subparagraph (A) of this Protocol, the inspected State Party shall ensure that
the inspection team arrives at the sequential inspection site as soon as
possible after completion of the previous inspection. If the inspection team
does not intend to conduct a sequential inspection, then the provisions in
paragraphs 42 and 43 of this Section shall apply.
41. An inspection team shall have the right to conduct a sequential
inspection, subject to the provisions of Sections VII and VIII of this Protocol,
on the territory of the State Party on which that inspection team has conducted
the preceding inspection:
(A) at any declared site associated with the same point of entry/exit as the
preceding inspection site or the same point of entry/exit at which the
inspection team arrived; or
(B) within any specified area for which the point of entry/exit at which the
inspection team arrived is the nearest point of entry/exit notified pursuant to
Section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange; or
(C) at any location within 200 kilometres of the preceding inspection site
within the same military district; or
(D) at the location which the inspected State Party claims, pursuant to
Section VII, paragraph 11, subparagraph (A) of this Protocol, is the temporary
location of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat
helicopters, combat aircraft or armoured vehicle launched bridges which were
absent during inspection of an object of verification at the preceding
inspection site, if such conventional armaments and equipment constitute more
than 15 percent of the number of such conventional armaments and equipment
notified in the most recent notification pursuant to the Protocol on Information
Exchange; or
(E) at the declared site which the inspected State Party claims, pursuant to
Section VII, paragraph 11, subparagraph (B) of this Protocol, is the site of
origin for battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat
helicopters, combat aircraft or armoured vehicle launched bridges at the
preceding inspection site which are in excess of the number provided in the most
recent notification pursuant to the Protocol on Information Exchange as being
present at that preceding inspection site, if such conventional armaments and
equipment exceed by 15 percent the number of such conventional armaments and
equipment so notified.
[*61] 42. After completion of an inspection at a declared site or within a
specified area, if no sequential inspection has been declared, then the
inspection team shall be transported to the appropriate point of entry/exit as
soon as possible and shall depart the territory of the State Party where the
inspection was carried out within 24 hours.
43. The inspection team shall leave the territory of the State Party where it
has been conducting inspections from the same point of entry/exit at which itentered, unless otherwise agreed. If an inspection team chooses to proceed to a
point of entry/exit on the territory of another State Party for the purpose of
conducting inspections, it shall have the right to do so provided that the
inspecting State Party has provided the necessary notification in accordance
with Section IV, paragraph 1 of this Protocol.
SECTION VII. DECLARED SITE INSPECTION
1. Inspection of a declared site pursuant to this Protocol shall not be
refused. Such inspections may be delayed only in cases of force majeure or in
accordance with Section II, paragraphs 7 and 20 to 22 of this Protocol.
2. Except as provided for in paragraph 3 of this Section, an inspection team
shall arrive on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be
carried out through a point of entry/exit associated under Section V of the
Protocol on Information Exchange with the declared site it plans to designate as
the first inspection site pursuant to paragraph 7 of this Section.
3. If an inspecting State Party desires to use a ground border crossing point
or seaport as a point of entry/exit and the inspected State Party has not
previously notified a ground border crossing point or seaport as a point of
entry/exit pursuant to Section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange as
associated with the declared site the inspecting State Party desires to
designate as the first inspection site pursuant to paragraph 7 of this Section,
the inspecting State Party shall indicate in the notification provided pursuant
to Section IV, paragraph 2 of this Protocol the desired ground border crossing
point or seaport as point of entry/exit. The inspected State Party shall
indicate in its acknowledgement of receipt of notification, as provided for in
Section IV, paragraph 4 of this Protocol, whether this point of entry/exit is
acceptable or not. In the latter case, the inspected State Party shall notify
the inspecting State Party of another point of entry/exit which shall be as near
as possible to the desired point of entry/exit and which may be an airport
notified pursuant to Section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange, a
seaport or a ground border crossing point through which the inspection team and
transport crew members may arrive on its territory.
4. If an inspecting State Party notifies its desire to use a ground border
crossing point or seaport as a point of entry/exit pursuant to paragraph 3 of
this Section, it shall determine prior to such notification that there is
reasonable certainty that its inspection team can reach the first declared site
where that State Party desires to carry out an inspection within the time
specified in paragraph 8 of this Section using ground transportation means.
5. If an inspection team and transport crew arrive pursuant to paragraph 3 of
this Section on the territory of the State Party on which an inspection is to be
carried out through a point of entry/exit other than a point of entry/exit that
was notified pursuant to Section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange as
being associated with the declared site it desires to designate as the first
inspection site, the inspected State Party shall facilitate access to this
declared site as expeditiously as possible, but shall be permitted to exceed, if
necessary, the time limit specified in paragraph 8 of this Section.
6. The inspected State Party shall have the right to utilise up to six hours
after designation of a declared site to prepare for the arrival of the
inspection team at that site.
7. At the number of hours after arrival at the point of entry/exit notified
pursuant to Section IV, paragraph 2, subparagraph (E) of this Protocol, which
shall be no less than one hour and no more than 16 hours after arrival at the
point of entry/exit, the inspection team shall designate the first declared site
to be inspected.
8. The inspected State Party shall ensure that the inspection team travels to
the first declared site by the most expeditious means available and arrives as
soon as possible but no later than nine hours after the designation of the site
to be inspected, unless otherwise agreed between the inspection team and the
escort team, or unless the inspection site is located in mountainous terrain or
terrain to which access is difficult. In such case, the inspection team shall
be transported to the inspection site no later than 15 hours after designation
of that inspection site. Travel time in excess of nine hours shall not count
against that inspection team's in-country period.
9. Immediately upon arrival at the declared site, the inspection team shall
be escorted to a briefing facility where it shall be provided with a diagram of
the declared site, unless such a diagram has been provided in a previous
exchange of site diagrams. The declared site diagram, provided upon arrival at
the declared site, shall contain an accurate depiction of the:
(A) geographic coordinates of a point within the inspection site, to the
nearest 10 seconds, with indication of that point and of true north;
(B) scale used in the site diagram;
(C) perimeter of the declared site;
(D) precisely delineated boundaries of those areas belonging exclusively to
each object of verification, indicating the formation or unit record number of
each object of verification to which each such area belongs and including those
separately located areas where battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles,
artillery, combat aircraft, combat helicopters, reclassified combat-capable
trainer aircraft, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes, armoured infantry
fighting vehicle look-alikes or armoured vehicle launched bridges belonging to
each object of verification are permanently assigned;
(E) major buildings and roads on the declared site;
(F) entrances to the declared site; and
(G) location of an administrative area for the inspection team provided in
accordance with Section VI, paragraph 14 of this Protocol.
10. Within one-half hour after receiving the diagram of the declared site,
the inspection team shall designate the object of verification to be inspected.
The inspection team shall then be given a pre-inspection briefing which shall
last no more than one hour and shall include the following elements:
(A) safety and administrative procedures at the inspection site;
(B) modalities of transportation and communication for inspectors at the
inspection site; and (C) holdings and locations at the inspection site, including within
the common areas of the declared site, of battle tanks, armoured combat
vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft, combat helicopters, reclassified
combat-capable trainer aircraft, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes,
armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes and armoured vehicle launched
bridges, including those belonging to separately located subordinate elements
belonging to the same object of verification to be inspected.
11. The pre-inspection briefing shall include an explanation of any
differences between the numbers of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles,
artillery, combat aircraft, combat helicopters or armoured vehicle launched
bridges present at the inspection site and the corresponding numbers provided in
the most recent notification pursuant to the Protocol on Information Exchange,
in accordance with the following provisions:
(A) if the numbers of such conventional armaments and equipment present at
the inspection site are less than the numbers provided in that most recent
notification, such explanation shall include the temporary location of such
conventional armaments and equipment; and
(B) if the numbers of such armaments and equipment present at the inspection
site exceed the numbers provided in that most recent notification, such
explanation shall include specific information on the origin, departure times
from origin, time of arrival and projected stay at the inspection site of such
additional conventional armaments and equipment.
12. When an inspection team designates an object of verification to be
inspected, the inspection team shall have the right, as part of the same
inspection of that object of verification, to inspect all territory delineated
on the site diagram as belonging to that object of verification, including those
separately located areas on the territory of the same State Party where
conventional armaments and equipment belonging to that object of verification
are permanently assigned.
13. The inspection of one object of verification at a declared site shall
permit the inspection team access, entry and unobstructed inspection within the
entire territory of the declared site except within those areas delineated on
the site diagram as belonging exclusively to another object of verification
which the inspection team has not designated for inspection. During such
inspections, the provisions of Section VI of this Protocol shall apply.
14. If the escort team informs the inspection team that battle tanks,
armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat helicopters, combat aircraft,
reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft, armoured personnel carrier
look-alikes, armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes or armoured vehicle
launched bridges that have been notified as being held by one object of
verification at a declared site are present within an area delineated on the
site diagram as belonging exclusively to another object of verification, then
the escort team shall ensure that the inspection team, as part of the same
inspection, has access to such conventional armaments and equipment.
15. If conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty or armoured
vehicle launched bridges are present within areas of a declared site not
delineated on the site diagram as belonging exclusively to one object ofverification, the escort team shall inform the inspection team to which object
of verification such conventional armaments and equipment belong.
16. Each State Party shall be obliged to account for the aggregate total of
any category of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty
notified pursuant to Section III of the Protocol on Information Exchange, at the
organisational level above brigade/regiment or equivalent, if such an accounting
is requested by another State Party.
17. If, during an inspection at a declared site, the inspection team decides
to conduct at the same declared site an inspection of an object of verification
that had not been previously designated, the inspection team shall have the
right to commence such inspection within three hours of that designation. In
such case, the inspection team shall be given a briefing on the object of
verification designated for the next inspection in accordance with paragraphs 10
and 11 of this Section.
SECTION VIII. CHALLENGE INSPECTION WITHIN SPECIFIED AREAS
1. Each State Party shall have the right to conduct challenge inspections
within specified areas in accordance with this Protocol.
2. If the inspecting State Party intends to conduct a challenge inspection
within a specified area as the first inspection after arrival at a point of
entry/exit:
(A) it shall include in its notification pursuant to Section IV of this
Protocol the designated point of entry/exit nearest to or within that specified
area capable of receiving the inspecting State Party's chosen means of
transportation; and
(B) at the number of hours after arrival at the point of entry/exit notified
pursuant to Section IV, paragraph 2, subparagraph (E) of this Protocol, which
shall be no less than one hour and no more than 16 hours after arrival at the
point of entry/exit, the inspection team shall designate the first specified
area it wishes to inspect. Whenever a specified area is designated, the
inspection team shall, as part of its inspection request, provide to the escort
team a geographic description delineating the outer boundaries of that area.
The inspection team shall have the right, as part of that request, to identify
any structure or facility it wishes to inspect.
3. The State Party on whose territory a challenge inspection is requested
shall, immediately upon receiving a designation of a specified area, inform
other States Parties which utilise structures or premises by agreement with the
inspected State Party of that specified area, including its geographic
description delineating the outer boundaries.
4. The inspected State Party shall have the right to refuse challenge
inspections within specified areas.
5. The inspected State Party shall inform the inspection team within two
hours after the designation of a specified area whether the inspection request
will be granted.
6. If access to a specified area is granted: (A) the inspected State Party shall have the right to use up to six hours
after it accepts the inspection to prepare for the arrival of the inspection
team at the specified area;
(B) the inspected State Party shall ensure that the inspection team travels
to the first specified area by the most expeditious means available and arrives
as soon as possible after the designation of the site to be inspected, but not
later than nine hours from the time such an inspection is accepted, unless
otherwise agreed between the inspection team and the escort team, or unless the
inspection site is located in mountainous terrain or terrain to which access is
difficult. In such case, the inspection team shall be transported to the
inspection site no later than 15 hours after such an inspection is accepted.
Travel time in excess of nine hours shall not count against that inspection
team's in-country period; and
(C) the provisions of Section VI of this Protocol shall apply.
Within such specified area the escort team may delay access to or overflight of
particular parts of that specified area. If the delay exceeds more than four
hours the inspection team shall have the right to cancel the inspection. The
period of delay shall not count against the in-country period or the maximum
time allowed within a specified area.
7. If an inspection team requests access to a structure or premises which
another State Party utilises by agreement with the inspected State Party, the
inspected State Party shall immediately inform that State Party of such a
request. The escort team shall inform the inspection team that the other State
Party, by agreement with the inspected State Party, shall, in cooperation with
the inspected State Party and to the extent consistent with the agreement on
utilisation, exercise the rights and obligations set forth in this Protocol with
respect to inspections involving equipment or materiel of the State Party
utilising the structure or premises.
8. If the inspected State Party so wishes, the inspection team may be briefed
on arrival at the specified area. This briefing is to last no more than one
hour. Safety procedures and administrative arrangements may also be covered in
this briefing.
9. If access to a specified area is denied:
(A) the inspected State Party or the State Party exercising the rights and
obligations of the inspected State Party shall provide all reasonable assurance
that the specified area does not contain conventional armaments and equipment
limited by the Treaty. If such armaments and equipment are present and assigned
to organisations designed and structured to perform in peacetime internal
security functions in the area defined in Article V of the Treaty, the inspected
State Party or the State Party exercising the rights and obligations of the
inspected State Party shall allow visual confirmation of their presence, unless
precluded from so doing by force majeure, in which case visual confirmation
shall be allowed as soon as practicable; and
(B) no inspection quota shall be counted, and the time between the
designation of the specified area and its subsequent refusal shall not count
against the in-country period. The inspection team shall have the right to
designate another specified area or declared site for inspection or to declarethe inspection concluded.
SECTION IX. INSPECTION OF CERTIFICATION
1. Each State Party shall have the right to inspect, without right of
refusal, the certification of recategorised multi-purpose attack helicopters and
reclassified combat-capable trainer aircraft in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, the Protocol on Helicopter Recategorisation and the Protocol on
Aircraft Reclassification. Such inspections shall not count against the quotas
established in Section II of this Protocol. Inspection teams conducting such
inspections may be composed of representatives of different States Parties. The
inspected State Party shall not be obliged to accept more than one inspection
team at a time at each certification site.
2. In conducting an inspection of certification in accordance with this
Section, an inspection team shall have the right to spend up to two days at a
certification site, unless otherwise agreed.
3. No less than 15 days before the certification of recategorised
multi-purpose attack helicopters or reclassified combat-capable trainer
aircraft, the State Party conducting the certification shall provide to all
other States Parties notification of:
A) the site at which the certification is to take place, including
geographic coordinates;
(B) the scheduled dates of the certification process;
(C) the estimated number and type, model or version of helicopters or
aircraft to be certified;
(D) the manufacturer's serial number for each helicopter or aircraft;
(E) the unit or location to which the helicopters or aircraft were
previously assigned;
(F) the unit or location to which the certified helicopters or aircraft will
be assigned in the future;
(G) the point of entry/exit to be used by an inspection team; and
(H) the date and time by which an inspection team shall arrive at the point
of entry/exit in order to inspect the certification.
4. Inspectors shall have the right to enter and inspect visually the
helicopter or aircraft cockpit and interior to include checking the
manufacturer's serial number, without right of refusal on the part of the State
Party conducting the certification.
5. If requested by the inspection team, the escort team shall remove, without
right of refusal, any access panels covering the position from which components
and wiring were removed in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on
Helicopter Recategorisation or the Protocol on Aircraft Reclassification.
6. Inspectors shall have the right to request and observe, with the rightof refusal on the part of the State Party conducting the certification, the
activation of any weapon system component in multi-purpose attack helicopters
being certified or declared to have been recategorised.
7. At the conclusion of each inspection of certification, the inspection team
shall complete an inspection report in accordance with the provisions of Section
XII of this Protocol.
8. Upon completion of an inspection at a certification site, the inspection
team shall have the right to depart the territory of the inspected State Party
or to conduct a sequential inspection at another certification site or at a
reduction site if the appropriate notification has been provided by the
inspection team in accordance with Section IV, paragraph 3 of this Protocol.
The inspection team shall notify the escort team of its intended departure from
the certification site and, if appropriate, of its intention to proceed to
another certification site or to a reduction site at least 24 hours before the
intended departure time.
9. Within seven days after completion of the certification, the State Party
responsible for the certification shall notify all other States Parties of the
completion of the certification. Such notification shall specify the number,
types, models or versions and manufacturer's serial numbers of certified
helicopters or aircraft, the certification site involved, the actual dates of
the certification, and the units or locations to which the recategorised
helicopters or reclassified aircraft will be assigned.
SECTION X. INSPECTION OF REDUCTION
1. Each State Party shall have the right to conduct inspections, without the
right of refusal by the inspected State Party, of the process of reduction
carried out pursuant to Sections I to VIII and X to XII of the Protocol on
Reduction in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Such inspections
shall not count against the quotas established in Section II of this Protocol.
Inspection teams conducting such inspections may be composed of representatives
of different States Parties. The inspected State Party shall not be obliged to
accept more than one inspection team at a time at each reduction site.
2. The inspected State Party shall have the right to organise and implement
the process of reduction subject only to the provisions set forth in Article
VIII of the Treaty and in the Protocol on Reduction. Inspections of the process
of reduction shall be conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the
ongoing activities at the reduction site or unnecessarily hamper, delay or
complicate the implementation of the process of reduction.
3. If a reduction site notified pursuant to Section III of the Protocol on
Information Exchange is used by more than one State Party, inspections of the
reduction process shall be conducted in accordance with schedules of such use
provided by each State Party using the reduction site.
4. Each State Party that intends to reduce conventional armaments and
equipment limited by the Treaty shall notify all other States Parties which
conventional armaments and equipment are to be reduced at each reduction site
during a calendar reporting period. Each such calendar reporting period shall
have a duration of no more than 90 days and no less than 30 days. This
provision shall apply whenever reduction is carried out at a reduction site,without regard to whether the reduction process is to be carried out on a
continuous or intermittent basis.
5. No less than 15 days before the initiation of reduction for a calendar
reporting period, the State Party intending to implement reduction procedures
shall provide to all other States Parties the calendar reporting period
notification. Such notification shall include the designation of the reduction
site with geographic coordinates, the scheduled date for initiation of reduction
and the scheduled date for completion of the reduction of conventional armaments
and equipment identified for reduction during the calendar reporting period. In
addition, the notification shall identify:
(A) the estimated number and type of conventional armaments and equipment to
be reduced;
(B) the object or objects of verification from which the items to be reduced
have been withdrawn;
(C) the reduction procedures to be used, pursuant to Sections III to VIII
and Sections X to XII of the Protocol on Reduction, for each type of
conventional armaments and equipment to be reduced;
(D) the point of entry/exit to be used by an inspection team conducting an
inspection of reduction notified for that calendar reporting period; and
(E) the date and time by which an inspection team must arrive at the point
of entry/exit in order to inspect the conventional armaments and equipment
before the initiation of their reduction.
6. Except as specified in paragraph 11 of this Section, an inspection team
shall have the right to arrive at or depart from a reduction site at any time
during the calendar reporting period, including three days beyond the end of a
notified calendar reporting period. In addition, the inspection team shall have
the right to remain at the reduction site throughout one or more calendar
reporting periods provided that these periods are not separated by more than
three days. Throughout the period that the inspection team remains at the
reduction site, it shall have the right to observe all the reduction procedures
carried out in accordance with the Protocol on Reduction.
7. In accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section, the
inspection team shall have the right to freely record factory serial numbers
from the conventional armaments and equipment to be reduced or to place special
marks on such equipment before reduction and to record subsequently such numbers
or marks at the completion of the reduction process. Parts and elements of
reduced conventional armaments and equipment as specified in Section II,
paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Protocol on Reduction or, in the case of conversion,
the vehicles converted for non-military purposes shall be available for
inspection for at least three days after the end of the notified calendar
reporting period, unless inspection of those reduced elements has been completed
earlier.
8. The State Party engaged in the process of reducing conventional armaments
and equipment limited by the Treaty shall establish at each reduction site a
working register in which it shall record the factory serial numbers of each
item undergoing reduction as well as the dates on which the reductionprocedures were initiated and completed. This register shall also include
aggregate data for each calendar reporting period. The register shall be made
available to the inspection team for the period of inspection.
9. At the conclusion of each inspection of the reduction process, the
inspection team shall complete a standardised report which shall be signed by
the inspection team leader and a representative of the inspected State Party.
The provisions of Section XII of this Protocol shall apply.
10. Upon completion of an inspection at a reduction site, the inspection team
shall have the right to depart the territory of the inspected State Party or to
conduct a sequential inspection at another reduction site or at a certification
site if the appropriate notification has been provided in accordance with
Section IV, paragraph 3 of this Protocol. The inspection team shall notify the
escort team of its intended departure from the reduction site and, if
appropriate, of its intention to proceed to another reduction site or to a
certification site at least 24 hours before the intended departure time.
11. Each State Party shall be obliged to accept up to 10 inspections each
year to validate the completion of conversion of conventional armaments and
equipment into vehicles for non-military purposes pursuant to Section VIII of
the Protocol on Reduction. Such inspections shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of this Section with the following exceptions:
(A) the notification pursuant to paragraph 5, subparagraph (E) of this
Section shall identify only the date and time by which an inspection team must
arrive at the point of entry/exit in order to inspect the items of equipment at
the completion of their conversion into vehicles for non-military purposes; and
(B) the inspection team shall have the right to arrive at or depart from the
reduction site only during the three days beyond the end of the notified
completion date of conversion.
12. Within seven days after the completion of the process of
reduction for a calendar reporting period, the State Party responsible for
reductions shall notify all other States Parties of the completion of reduction
for that period. Such notification shall specify the number and types of
conventional armaments and equipment reduced, the reduction site involved, the
reduction procedures employed and the actual dates of the initiation and
completion of the reduction process for that calendar reporting period. For
conventional armaments and equipment reduced pursuant to Sections X, XI and XII
of the Protocol on Reduction, the notification shall also specify the location
at which such conventional armaments and equipment will be permanently located.
For conventional armaments and equipment reduced pursuant to Section VIII of the
Protocol on Reduction, the notification shall specify the reduction site at
which final conversion will be carried out or the storage site to which each
item designated for conversion will be transferred.
SECTION XI. CANCELLATION OF INSPECTIONS
1. If an inspection team finds itself unable to arrive at the point of
entry/exit within six hours after the initial estimated time of arrival or after
the new time of arrival communicated pursuant to Section IV, paragraph 6 of this
Protocol, the inspecting State Party shall so inform the States Parties notified
pursuant to Section IV, paragraph 1 of this Protocol. In such a case, thenotification of intent to inspect shall lapse and the inspection shall be
cancelled.
2. In the case of delay, due to circumstances beyond the control of the
inspecting State Party, occurring after the inspection team has arrived at the
point of entry/exit and which has prevented the inspection team from arriving at
the first designated inspection site within the time specified in Section VII,
paragraph 8 or Section VIII, paragraph 6, subparagraph (B) of this Protocol, the
inspecting State Party shall have the right to cancel the inspection. If an
inspection is cancelled under such circumstances, it shall not be counted
against any quotas provided for in the Treaty.
SECTION XII. INSPECTION REPORTS
1. In order to complete an inspection carried out in accordance with Section
VII, VIII, IX or X of this Protocol, and before leaving the inspection site:
(A) the inspection team shall provide the escort team with a written report;
and
(B) the escort team shall have the right to include its written comments in
the inspection report and shall countersign the report within one hour after
having received the report from the inspection team, unless an extension has
been agreed between the inspection team and the escort team.
2. The report shall be signed by the inspection team leader and receipt
acknowledged in writing by the leader of the escort team.
3. The report shall be factual and standardised. Formats for each type of
inspection shall be agreed by the Joint Consultative Group prior to entry into
force of the Treaty, taking into account paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Section.
4. Reports of inspections conducted pursuant to Sections VII and VIII of this
Protocol shall include:
(A) the inspection site;
(B) the date and time of arrival of the inspection team at the inspection
site;
(C) the date and time of departure of the inspection team from the
inspection site; and
(D) the number and type, model or version of any battle tanks, armoured
combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft, combat helicopters, reclassified
combat-capable trainer aircraft, armoured personnel carrier look-alikes,
armoured infantry fighting vehicle look-alikes or armoured vehicle launched
bridges that were observed during the inspection, including, if appropriate, an
indication of the object of verification to which they belonged.
5. Reports of inspections conducted pursuant to Sections IX and X of this
Protocol shall include:
(A) the reduction or certification site at which the reduction or
certification procedures were carried out;
(B) The dates the inspection team was present at the site;
(C) the number and type, model or version of conventional armaments and
equipment for which the reduction or certification procedures were observed;
(D) a list of any serial numbers recorded during the inspections;
(E) in the case of reductions, the particular reduction procedures applied
or observed; and
(F) in the case of reductions, if an inspection team was present at the
reduction site throughout the calendar reporting period, the actual dates on
which the reduction procedures were initiated and completed.
6. The inspection report shall be written in the official language of the
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe designated by the inspecting
State Party in accordance with Section IV, paragraph 2, subparagraph (G) or
paragraph 3, subparagraph (F) of this Protocol.
7. The inspecting State Party and the inspected State Party shall each retain
one copy of the report. At the discretion of either State Party, the inspection
report may be forwarded to other States Parties and, as a rule, made available
to the Joint Consultative Group.
8. The stationing State Party shall in particular:
(A) have the right to include written comments related to the inspection of
its stationed conventional armed forces; and
(B) retain one copy of the inspection report in the case of inspection of
its stationed conventional armed forces.
SECTION XIII. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF INSPECTORS AND TRANSPORT CREW
MEMBERS
1. To exercise their functions effectively, for the purpose of implementing
the Treaty and not for their personal benefit, inspectors and transport crew
members shall be accorded the privileges and immunities enjoyed by diplomatic
agents pursuant to Article 29; Article 30, paragraph 2; Article 31, paragraphs
1, 2 and 3; and Articles 34 and 35 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations of April 18, 1961.
2. In addition, inspectors and transport crew members shall be
accorded the privileges enjoyed by diplomatic agents pursuant to Article 36,
paragraph 1, subparagraph (b) of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
of April 18, 1961. They shall not be permitted to bring into the territory of
the State Party where the inspection is to be carried out articles the import or
export of which is prohibited by law or controlled by quarantine regulations of
that State Party.
3. The transportation means of the inspection team shall be inviolable,
except as otherwise provided for in the Treaty.
4. The inspecting State Party may waive the immunity from jurisdiction of any of its inspectors or transport crew members in those cases when it is
of the opinion that immunity would impede the course of justice and that it
can be waived without prejudice to the implementation of the provisions of
the Treaty. The immunity of inspectors and transport crew members who are
not nationals of the inspecting State Party may be waived only by the
States Parties of which those inspectors are nationals. Waiver must always
be express.
5. The privileges and immunities provided for in this Section shall be
accorded to inspectors and transport crew members:
(A) while transiting through the territory of any State Party for the
purpose of conducting an inspection on the territory of another State Party;
(B) throughout their presence on the territory of the State Party where the
inspection is carried out; and
(C) thereafter with respect to acts previously performed in the exercise of
official functions as an inspector or transport crew member.
6. If the inspected State Party considers that an inspector or transport crew
member has abused his or her privileges and immunities, then the provisions set
forth in Section VI, paragraph 6 of this Protocol shall apply. At the request
of any of the States Parties concerned, consultations shall be held between them
in order to prevent a repetition of such an abuse.
PROTOCOL ON THE JOINT CONSULTATIVE GROUP
The States Parties hereby agree upon procedures and other provisions relating to
the Joint Consultative Group established by Article XVI of the Treaty on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred
to as the Treaty.
1. The Joint Consultative Group shall be composed of representatives
designated by each State Party. Alternates, advisers and experts of a State
Party may take part in the proceedings of the Joint Consultative Group as deemed
necessary by that State Party.
2. The first session of the Joint Consultative Group shall open no later than
60 days after the signing of the Treaty. The Chairman of the opening meeting
shall be the representative of the Kingdom of Norway.
3. The Joint Consultative Group shall meet for regular sessions to be held
two times per year.
4. Additional sessions shall be convened at the request of one or more States
Parties by the Chairman of the Joint Consultative Group, who shall promptly
inform all other States Parties of the request. Such sessions shall open no
later than 15 days after receipt of such a request by the Chairman.
5. Sessions of the Joint Consultative Group shall last no longer than four
weeks, unless it decides otherwise.
6. States Parties shall assume in rotation, determined by alphabetical order
in the French language, the Chairmanship of the Joint Consultative Group.
7. The Joint Consultative Group shall meet in Vienna, unless it decides
otherwise.
8. Representatives at meetings shall be seated in alphabetical order of the
States Parties in the French language.
9. The official languages of the Joint Consultative Group shall be English,
French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
10. The proceedings of the Joint Consultative Group shall be confidential,
unless it decides otherwise.
11. The scale of distribution for the common expenses associated with the
operation of the Joint Consultative Group shall be applied, unless otherwise
decided by the Joint Consultative Group, as follows:
10.35% for the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian
Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America;
6.50% for Canada;
5.20% for the Kingdom of Spain;
4.00% for the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
Republic of Poland;
2.34% for the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the
Republic of Hungary and the Kingdom of Norway;
0.88% for the Hellenic Republic, Romania and the Republic of Turkey;
0.68% for the Republic of Bulgaria, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Portuguese Republic; and
0.16% for the Republic of Iceland.
12. During the period that this Protocol is applied provisionally in
accordance with the Protocol on Provisional Application, the Joint Consultative
Group shall:
(A) work out or revise, as necessary, rules of procedure, working methods,
the scale of distribution of expenses of the Joint Consultative Group and of
conferences, and the distribution of the costs of inspections between or among
States Parties, in accordance with Article XVI, paragraph 2, subparagraph (F) of
the Treaty; and
(B) consider, upon the request of any State Party, issues relating to the
provisions of the Treaty that are applied provisionally.
PROTOCOL ON THE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE
TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE
To promote the implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, the StatesParties hereby agree to the provisional application of certain provisions of the
Treaty.
1. Without detriment to the provisions of Article XXII of the Treaty, the
States Parties shall apply provisionally the following provisions of the Treaty:
(A) Article VII, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4;
(B) Article VIII, paragraphs 5, 6 and 8;
(C) Article IX;
(D) Article XIII;
(E) Article XVI, paragraphs 1, 2(F), 2(G), 4, 6 and 7;
(F) Article XVII;
(G) Article XVIII;
(H) Article XXI, paragraph 2;
(I) Protocol on Existing Types, Sections III and IV;
(J) Protocol on Information Exchange, Sections VII, XII and XIII;
(K) Protocol on Inspection, Section II, paragraph 24, subparagraph (A) and
Section III, paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12;
(L) Protocol on the Joint Consultative Group; and
(M) Protocol on Reduction, Section IX.
2. The States Parties shall apply provisionally the provisions listed in
paragraph 1 of this Protocol in the light of and in conformity with the other
provisions of the Treaty.
3. This Protocol shall enter into force at the signature of the Treaty. It
shall remain in force for 12 months, but shall terminate earlier if:
(A) the Treaty enters into force before the period of 12 months expires; or
(B) a State Party notifies all other States Parties that it does not intend
to become a party to the Treaty.
The period of application of this Protocol may be extended if all the States
Parties secide.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Treaty.
DONE at Paris, this nineteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and
nin