Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 22-A/92 — Aprova, para ratificação, o Tratado sobre Forças Armadas Convencionais na Europa

The States Parties hereby agree upon procedures governing the reduction of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty as set 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 the same 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, furred 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 an trunnion mounts, trails, if any; or launcher tubes or launcher rails and their bases; or mortar tubes and their base; 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 cements 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 effected 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 form 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 an 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 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%.

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 viably 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, 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;

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 wined 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:

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 of 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 infantary 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 damage 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 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 achieve results 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 assembley 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%.

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 destoyed 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 explosive 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%.

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 that may 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% (not to exceed 750 battle tanks) of the maximum level for holdings of battle tanks it notified at the denature of the Treaty pursuant to article VII of the Treaty, or 150 items whichever is the greater; and

B) For armoured combat vehicles, 15% (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 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 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 plants 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:

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 deachable 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 heigt 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 Amour plate from the bulkhead of the engine-transmission comportment 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:

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

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 conversion procedures 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 elswhere 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% 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 millimetres 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% 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:

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:

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 whell 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 articles 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 armaments systems equipment, removal of the tail fin and mutilation of the tail fin mounting points, and filling of all but on fuel tank with concret, polymer or resin acting 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 regarless 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 typo 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 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 multipurpose 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 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 type 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 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;

B) The holding 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 (ver nota 1);

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 had, 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 (ver nota 1); and

D) The holding 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 heft 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 wich 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 launches 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 (ver nota 1).

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.

(nota 1) Pursuant to section I, paragraph 3, of the Protocol on Helicopter Recategorisation.

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 multipurpose 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 coincident with 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 of December), 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 structures structure of its conventional armed forces within the area of application as notified pursuant to section I of this Protocol at least 42 days in advance of that change; and

B) Any change of 10% 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 armament limited by the Treaty in service with its conventional 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 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 or electronically 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 listing 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 I 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 listing shall be provided benning 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).

B) And 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) valids as of ... (date)

([ver documento original](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1992/07/161a01/00020117.pdf))

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 holding by type of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery (chart II-A) 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 II-B) subject to the numerical limitations set forth in article IV of the Treaty (column b).

2 - Data on armoured combat vehicles shall include 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 II-A

Overall holdings of battle tanks armoured combat vehicles and artillery subject to numerical limitations of ... (State Party) valid as of ... (date).

([ver documento original](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1992/07/161a01/00020117.pdf))

CHART II-B

Overall holding of combat aircraft and attack helicopters subject to numerical limitation of ... (State Party) valid as of ... (date).

([ver documento original](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1992/07/161a01/00020117.pdf))

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 III-A and III-B (columns f to m/l). In the armoured combat vehicle column in chart III-A (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 l labelled «Other» in chart III-B shall include 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 III-A

Information on the locations, 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).

([ver documento original](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1992/07/161a01/00020117.pdf))

CHART III-B

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)

([ver documento original](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1992/07/161a01/00020117.pdf))

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 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 the Protocol on Information Exchange of ... (State Party) valid as of ... (date).

([ver documento original](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1992/07/161a01/00020117.pdf))

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:

CHART V

Information on objects of verification and declared sites of ... (State Party) valid as of ... (date)

([ver documento original](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1992/07/161a01/00020117.pdf))

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)

([ver documento original](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1992/07/161a01/00020117.pdf))

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 request and is therefore responsible for carrying out an inspection;

E) The term «inspector» means an individual designated by one of the States 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 performs duties related to the operation 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;

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 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 infantry fighting 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