Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 22-A/92 — Aprova, para ratificação, o Tratado sobre Forças Armadas Convencionais na Europa
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Aprova, para ratificação, o Tratado sobre Forças Armadas Convencionais na Europa
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:
Equipment held by organisations designed and structured to perform in peacetime internal security functions, with the notation «security»;
Decommissioned equipment, with the notation «decommissioned»;
Equipment awaiting or being refurbished for export or re-export, with the notation «export»;
Reduced equipment awaiting conversation, with the notation «reduced»; and
Equipment used exclusively for research and development, with the notation «research».
CHART V
Information on objects of verification and declared sites of ... (State Party) valid as of ... (date)
([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
B) In the case of inspection sites containing conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty of both the host State Party and the stationing State Party, the escort team shall be composed of representatives from both States Parties when conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty of the stationing State Party are actually inspected. During the inspection within that inspection site, the host State Party shall exercise the rights and obligations of the inspected State Party with the exception of those rights and obligations related to the inspection of the conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty of the stationing State Party, which shall be exercised by this stationing State Party.
4 - If an inspection team requests access to a structure or premises utilised by another State Party by agreement with the inspected State Party, such other State Party shall, in cooperation with the inspected State Party and to the extent consistent with the agreement on utilisation, exercise the rights and obligations set forth in this Protocol with respect to inspections involving equipment or material of the State Party utilising the structure or premises.
5 - Structures or premises utilised by another State Party by agreement with the inspected State Party shall be subject to inspection only when that other State Party's representative is on the escort team.
6 - Inspection teams and sub-teams shall be under the control and responsibility of the inspecting State Party.
7 - No more than one inspection team conducting an inspection pursuant to section VII or VIII of this Protocol may be present at the same time at any one inspection site.
8 - Subject to the other provisions of this Protocol, the inspecting State Party shall decide for how long each inspection team will stay on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out, and at how many and at which inspection sites it will conduct inspections during the in-country period.
9 - Travel expenses of an inspection team to the point of entry/exit prior to conducting an inspection and from the point of entry/exit after completion of the last inspection shall be borne by the inspecting State Party.
10 - Each State Party shall be obliged to receive a number of inspections pursuant to section VII or VIII of this Protocol not to exceed its passive declared site inspection quota for each specified time period: a 120-day baseline validation period, a three-year reduction period, a 120-day residual level validation period and a residual period for the duration of the Treaty. The passive declared site inspection quota shall be determined for each specified time period as a percentage of that State Party's objects of verification, excluding reduction sites and certification sites, located within the area of application of the Treaty:
A) During the first 120 days after entry into force of the Treaty, the passive declared site inspection quota shall be equal to 20% a State Party's objects of verification notified pursuant to section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange;
B) During each year of the reduction period, after completion of the initial 120-day period, the passive declared site inspection quota shall be equal to 10% of a State Party's objects of verification notified pursuant to section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange;
C) During the first 120 days after completion of the three-year reduction period, the passive declared site inspection quota shall be equal to 20% of a State Party's objects of verification notified pursuant to section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange; and
D) Each year, commencing after completion of the 120-day residual level validation period, for the duration of the Treaty, the passive declared site inspection quota shall be equal to 15% of a State Party's objects of verification notified pursuant to section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange.
11 - Each State Party with territory within the area of application shall be obliged to accept challenge inspections as follows:
A) During the baseline validation period, during each year of the reduction period and during the residual level validation period, up to 15% of the number of inspections of declared sites which that State Party is obliged to receive on its territory of its own objects of verification as well as of objects of verification belonging to stationing States Parties; and
B) During each year of the residual period, up to 23% of the number of inspections of declared sites which that State Party is obliged to receive on its territory of its own objects of verification and of objects of verification belonging to stationing States Parties.
12 - Notwithstanding any other limitations in this section, each State Party shall be obliged to accept a minimum of one inspection each year of its objects of verification pursuant to section VII of this Protocol, and each State Party with territory within the area of application shall be obliged to accept a minimum of one inspection each year within a specified area pursuant to section VIII os this Protocol.
13 - Inspection pursuant to section VII of this Protocol of one object of verification at an inspection site shall count as one inspection against the passive declared site inspection quota of that State Party whose object of verification is inspected.
14 - The proportion of inspections pursuant to section VII of this Protocol on the territory of a host State Party within a specified time period used to inspect objects of verification belonging to a stationing State Party shall be no greater than the proportion which that stationing State Party's objects of verification constitute of the total number of objects of verification located on the territory of that host State Party.
15 - The number of inspections pursuant to section VII of this Protocol of objects of verification within a specified time period on any State Party's territory shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of objects of verification present on that State Party's territory.
16 - Inspection pursuant to section VIII of this Protocol within one specified area shall count as one inspection against the passive challenge inspection quota and one inspection against the passive declared site inspection quota of the State Party on whose territory the inspection is conducted.
17 - Unless otherwise agreed between the escort team and the inspection team, an inspection team's in-country period shall, up to a total of 10 days, not exceed the total number of hours calculated according to the following formula:
A) 48 hours for the first inspection of an object of verification or within a specified area; plus
B) 36 hours for each sequential inspection of an object of verification or within a specified area.
18 - Subject to the limitations in paragraph 17 of this section, an inspection team conducting an inspection pursuant to section VII or VIII of this Protocol shall spend no more than 48 hours at a declared site and no more than 24 hours in inspection within a specified area.
19 - The inspected State Party shall ensure that the inspection team travels to a sequential inspection site by the most expeditious means available. If the time between completion of one inspection and arrival of the inspection team at a sequential inspection site exceeds nine hours, or if the time between completion of the last inspection conducted by an inspection team on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is carried out and the arrival of that inspection team at the point of entry/exit exceeds nine hours, such excess time shall not count against that inspection team's in-country period.
20 - Each State Party shall be obliged to accept on its territory within the area of application simultaneously no more than either two inspection teams conducting inspections pursuant to sections VII and VIII of this Protocol or a number of inspection teams conducting inspections pursuant to sections VII and VIII of this Protocol equal to 2% of the total number of objects of verification that are to be inspected during a specified time period on the territory of that State Party, whichever number is greater.
21 - Each State Party shall be obliged to accept simultaneously no more than either two inspection teams conducting inspections of its conventional armed forces pursuant to section VII or VIII of this Protocol or a number of inspection teams conducting inspections of its conventional armed forces pursuant to section VII or VIII of this Protocol equal to 2% of the total number of its objects of verification that are to be inspected during a specified time period, whichever number is greater.
22 - Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 20 and 21 of this section, each State Party with military districts specified in articles IV and V of the Treaty shall be obliged to accept on its territory within the area of application simultaneously no more than two inspection teams conducting inspections pursuant to sections VII and VIII of this Protocol within any one of those military districts.
23 - No State Party shall be obliged to accept inspections pursuant to sections VII and VIII of this Protocol representing more than 50% of its passive declared site inspection quota in a calendar year from the same State Party.
24 - Each State Party shall have the right to conduct inspections within the area of application on the territory of other States Parties. However, no State Party shall conduct more than five inspections annually pursuant to sections VII and VIII of this Protocol of another State Party belonging to the same group of States Parties. Any such inspections shall count against the passive declared site inspection quota of the State Party being inspected. It shall otherwise be the responsibility solely of each group of States Parties to determine the allocation of inspections for each State Party within its group of States Parties. Each State Party shall notify to all other States Parties its active inspection quota:
A) For the baseline validation period, no later than 120 days after signature of the Treaty;
B) For the first year of the reduction period, no later than 60 days after entry into force of the Treaty; and
C) For each subsequent year of the reduction period, for the residual level validation period and for each year of the residual period, no later than the 15th day of January preceding each such specified time period.
SECTION III
Pre-inspection requirements
1 - Inspections conducted pursuant to the Treaty shall be carried out by inspectors designated in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 7 of this section.
2 - Inspectors shall be nationals of the inspecting State Party or other States Parties.
3 - Within 90 days after signature of the Treaty, each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties a list of its proposed inspectors and a list of its proposed transport crew members, containing the full names of inspectors and transport crew members, their gender, date of birth, place of birth and passport number. No list of proposed inspectors provided by a State Party shall contain at any time more than 400 individuals, and no list of proposed transport crew members provided by a State Party shall contain at any time more than 600 individuals.
4 - Each State Party shall review the lists of inspectors and transport crew members provided to it by other States Parties and, within 30 days after receipt of each list, shall provide notification to the State Party providing that list of any individual whose name it wishes to be deleted from that list.
5 - Subject to paragraph 7 of this section, inspectors and transport crew members for whom deletion has not been requested within the time interval specified in paragraph 4 of this section shall be considered as accepted for the purposes of issuing visas and any other documents in accordance with paragraph 8 of this section.
6 - Each State Party shall have the right to amend its lists within one month after entry into force of the Treaty. Thereafter, each State Party may once every six months propose additions to or deletions from its lists of inspectors and transport crew members, provided that such amended lists do not exceed the numbers specified in paragraph 3 of this section. Proposed additions shall be reviewed in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 of this section.
7 - A State Party may request, without right of refusal, deletion of any individual it wishes from lists of inspectors and transport crew members provided by any other State Party.
8 - The State Party on whose territory an inspection is conducted shall provide to the inspectors and transport crew members accepted in accordance with paragraph 5 of this section visas and any other documents as required to ensure that these inspectors and transport crew members may enter and remain in the territory of that State Party for the purpose of carrying out inspection activities in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol. Such visas and any other necessary documents shall be provided either:
A) Within 30 days after the acceptance of the lists or subsequent change in such lists, in which case the visa shall be valid for a period of no less than 24 months; or
B) Within one hour after the arrival of the inspection team and transport crew members at the point of entry/exit, in which case the visa shall be valid for the duration of their inspection activities.
9 - Within 90 days after signature of the Treaty, each State Party shall provide notification to all other States Parties of the standing diplomatic clearance number for the transportation means of that State Party transporting inspectors and equipment necessary for an inspection into and out of the territory of the State Party in which such an inspection is conducted. Routings to and from the designated point(s) of entry/exit shall be along established international airways or other routes that are agreed upon by the States Parties concerned as the basis for such diplomatic clearance. Inspectors may use commercial flights for travel to those points of entry/exit that are served by airlines. The provisions of this paragraph relating to diplomatic clearance numbers shall not apply to such flights.
10 - Each State Party shall indicate in the notification provided pursuant to section V of the Protocol on Information Exchange a point or points of entry/exit in respect of each declared site with its objects of verification. Such points of entry/exit may be ground border crossing points, airports or seaports which must have the capacity to receive the transportation means of the inspecting State Party. At least one airport shall be notified as a point of entry/exit associated with each declared site. The location of any point of entry/exit notified as associated with a declared site shall be such as to allow access to that declared site within the time specified in section VII, paragraph 8, of this Protocol.
11 - Each State Party shall have the right to change the point or points of entry/exit to its territory by notifying all other States Parties no less than 90 days before such a change becomes effective.
12 - Within 90 days after signature of the Treaty, each State Party shall provide notification to all other States Parties of the official language or languages of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to be used by inspection teams conducting inspections of its conventional armed forces.
SECTION IV
Notification of intent to inspect
1 - The inspecting State Party shall notify the inspected State Party of its intention to carry out an inspection provided for in article XIV of the Treaty. In the case of inspection of stationed conventional armed forces, the inspecting State Party shall simultaneously notify the host and stationing States Parties. In the case of inspection of certification or reduction procedures carried out by a stationing State Party, the inspecting State Party shall simultaneously notify the host and stationing States Parties.
2 - For inspections conducted pursuant to sections VII and VIII of this Protocol, such notifications shall be maded in accordance with article XVII of the Treaty no less than 36 hours in advance of the estimated time of arrival of the inspection team at the point of entry/exit on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out and shall include:
A) The point of entry/exit to be used;
B) The estimated time of arrival at the point of entry/exit;
C) The means of arrival at the point of entry/exit;
D) A statement of whether the first inspection shall be conducted pursuant to section VII or VIII of this Protocol and whether the inspection will be conducted on foot, by cross-country vehicle, by helicopter or by any combination of these;
E) The time interval between the arrival at the point of entry/exit and the designation of the first inspection site;
F) The language to be used by the inspection team, which shall be a language designated in accordance with section III, paragraph 12, of this Protocol;
G) The language to be used for the inspection report prepared in accordance with section XII of this Protocol;
H) The full names of inspectors and transport crew members, their gender, date of birth, place of birth and passport number; and
I) The likely number of sequential inspections.
3 - For inspections conducted pursuant to sections IX and X of this Protocol, such notifications shall be made in accordance with article XVII of the Treaty no less than 96 hours in advance of the estimated time of arrival of the inspection team at the designated point of entry/exit on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out and shall include:
A) The point of entry/exit to be used;
B) The estimated time of arrival at the point of entry/exit;
C) The means of arrival at the point of entry/exit;
D) For each inspection at a reduction or certification site, reference to the notification provided pursuant to section IX, paragraph 3, or section X, paragraph 5, of this Protocol;
E) The language to be used by the inspection team, which shall be a language designated in accordance with section III, paragraph 12, of this Protocol;
F) The language to be used for the inspection report prepared in accordance with section XII of this Protocol; and
G) The full names of inspectors and transport crew members, their gender, date of birth, place of birth and passport number.
4 - The States Parties notified pursuant to paragraph 1 of this section shall acknowledge in accordance with article XVII of the Treaty receipt of notification within three hours. Subject to the provisions set forth in this section, the inspection team shall be permitted to arrive at the point of entry/exit at the estimated time of arrival notified pursuant to paragraph 2, subparagraph B), or paragraph 3, subparagraph B), of this section.
5 - An inspected State Party receiving a notification of intent to inspect shall immediately upon its receipt send copies of such notification to all other States Parties in accordance with article XVII of the Treaty.
6 - If the State Party on whose territory an inspection is to be carried out is unable to allow the entry of the inspection team at the estimated time of arrival, the inspection team shall be permitted to enter the territory of that State Party within two hours before or after the notified estimated time of arrival. In such a case, the State Party on whose territory an inspection is to be carried out shall notify the inspecting State Party of the new time of arrival no later than 24 hours following the issuance of the original notification.
7 - If the inspection team finds itself delayed more than two hours beyond the notified estimated time of arrival or beyond the new time of arrival communicated pursuant to paragraph 6 of this section, the inspecting State Party shall inform the States Parties notified pursuant to paragraph 1 of this section of:
A) A new estimated time of arrival, which in no case shall be more than six hours beyond the initial estimated time of arrival or beyond the new time of arrival communicated pursuant to paragraph 6 of this section; and
B) If the inspecting State Party desires, a new time interval between arrival at the point of entry/exit and the designation of the first inspection site.
8 - In the event non-commercial flights are used to transport the inspection team to the point of entry/exit, no less than 10 hours before the planned time of entry into the air space of the State Party on whose territory the inspection is to be carried out, the inspecting State Party shall provide that State Party with a flight plan in accordance with article XVII of the Treaty. The flight plan shall be filed in accordance with the procedures of the International Civil Aviation Organisation applicable to civil aircraft. The inspecting State Party shall include in the remarks section of each flight plan the standing diplomatic clearance number and the notation: «CFE inspection aircraft. Priority Clarence processing required.»
9 - No more than three hours following the receipt of a flight plan that has been filed in accordance with paragraph 8 of this section, the State Party on whose territory an inspection is to be carried out shall ensure that the flight plan is approved so that the inspection team may arrive at the point of entry/exit at the estimated time of arrival.
SECTION V
Procedures upon arrival at point of entry/exit
1 - The escort team shall meet the inspection team and transport crew members at the point of entry/exit upon their arrival.
2 - A State Party which utilises structures or premises by agreement with the inspected State Party will designate a liaison officer to the escort team who will be available as needed at the point of entry/exit to accompany the inspection team at any time as agreed with the escort team.
3 - Times of arrival at and return to a point of entry/exit shall be agreed and recorded by both the inspection team and the escort team.
4 - The State Party on whose territory an inspection is to be carried out shall ensure that luggage, equipment and supplies of the inspection team are exempt from all customs duties and are expeditiously processed at the point of entry/exit.
5 - Equipment and supplies that the inspecting State Party brings into the territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out shall be subject to examination each time they are brought into that territory. This examination shall be completed prior to the departure of the inspection team from the point of entry/exit to the inspection site. Such equipment and supplies shall be examined by the escort team in the presence of the inspection team members.
6 - If the escort team determines upon examination that an item of equipment or supplies brought by inspectors is capable of performing functions inconsistent with the inspection requirements of this Protocol or does not meet the requirements set forth in section VI, paragraph 15, of this Protocol, then the escort team shall have the right to deny permission to use that item and to impound it at the point of entry/exit. The inspecting State Party shall remove such impounded equipment or supplies from the territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out at the earliest opportunity at its own discretion, but no later than the time when the inspection team which brought that impounded equipment or supplies leaves the country.
7 - If a State Party has not participated during examination of equipment of an inspection team at the point of entry/exit, that State Party shall be entitled to exercise the rights of the escort team pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of this section prior to inspection at a declared site at which its conventional armed forces are present or of a structure or premises it utilises by agreement with the inspected State Party.
8 - Throughout the period in which the inspection team and transport crew remain on the territory of the State Party where the inspection site is located, the inspected State Party shall provide or arrange for the provision of meals, lodging, work space, transportation and, as necessary, medical care or any other emergency assistance.
9 - The State Party on whose territory an inspection is carried out shall provide accommodation, security protection, servicing and fuel for the transportation means of the inspecting State Party at the point of entry/exit.
SECTION VI
General rules for conducting inspections
1 - An inspection team may include inspectors from States Parties other than the inspecting State Party.
2 - For inspections conducted in accordance with sections VII, VIII, IX and X of this Protocol, an inspection team shall consist of up to nine inspectors and may divide itself into up to three sub-teams. In the case of simultaneous inspections on the territory of States Parties that do not have military districts specified in articles IV and V of the Treaty or within a single military district of a State Party with such military districts, only one inspection team may divide itself at the inspections site into three sub-teams, the others into two sub-teams.
3 - Inspectors and escort team members shall wear some clear identification of their respective roles.
4 - An inspector shall be deemed to have assumed his or her duties upon arrival at the point of entry/exit on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is to be carried out and shall be deemed to have ceased performing those duties after leaving the territory of that State Party through the point of entry/exit.
5 - The number of transport crew members shall not exceed 10.
6 - Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, inspectors and transport crew members shall respect the laws and regulations of the State Party on whose territory an inspection is carried out and shall not interfere in the internal affairs of that State Party. Inspectors and transport crew members shall also respect regulations at an inspection site, including safety and administrative procedures. In the event that the inspected State Party determines that an inspector or transport crew member has violated such laws and regulations or other conditions governing the inspection activities set forth in this Protocol, it shall so notify the inspecting State Party, which upon the request of the inspected State Party shall immediately delete the name of the individual from the list of inspectors or transport crew members. If the individual is on the territory of the State Party where an inspection is carried out, the inspecting State Party shall promptly remove that individual from that territory.
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