Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

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.

Author: international

Mentioned in these Entries

Charter of the United Nations, Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.