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Agreed Protocollary Note

AGREEMENT ON MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR HOLDINGS OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, THE HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC, THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, ROMANIA AND THE CZECH AND SLOVAK FEDERAL REPUBLIC IN CONNECTION WITH THE TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE

BUDAPEST, 3 NOVEMBER 1990

The governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, The Hungarian Republic, the Republic of Poland, Romania and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, hereinafter known as the parties,

Having in mind the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, hereinafter known as the Treaty.

Striving for the consistent performance of all obligations resulting from the Treaty,

Conscious that cooperation and contacts between them are factors in the effective functioning of the Treaty,

Confirming that the objective of this agreement is the determination, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty, of the maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited armaments and equipment and the mechanism for changes to them,

Taking into account the security interests of all the Parties,

Have agreed to the following:

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1. The Parties establish, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty, their maximum levels for holdings of the Treaty­limited armaments and equipment of the Parties, notification of which shall be made at signature of the Treaty, as follows:

People's Republic of Bulgaria
Tanks	not more than 1475 units
Armored Combat Vehicles of which armored infantry fighting vehicles and	not more than 2000 units
heavy armament combat vehicles including heavy armament	not more than 1100 units
combat vehicles	not more than 100 units
Artillery	not more than 1750 units
Combat Aircraft	not more than 235 units
Attack helicopters	not more than 67 units

Hungarian Republic
Tanks	not more than 835 units
Armored Combat Vehicles of which armored infantry fighting vehicles and	not more than 1700 units
heavy armament combat vehicles including	not more than 1020 units
heavy armament combat vehicles	not more than 85 units
Artillery	not more than 840 units
Combat Aircraft	not more than 180 units
Attack Helicopters	not more than 108 units

Republic of Poland
Tanks	not more than 1730 units
Armored Combat vehicles which armored infantry fighting vehicles and	not more than 2150 units
heavy armament combat vehicles including	not more than 1700 units
heavy armament combat vehicles	not more than 107 units
Artillery	not more than 1610 units
Combat Aircraft	not more than 460 units
Attack Helicopters	not more than 130 units

Romania
Tanks	not more than 1375 units
Armored Combat Vehicles of which armored infantry fighting vehicles and	not more than 2100 units
heavy armament combat vehicles including	not more than 500 units
heavy armament combat vehicles	not more than 105 units
Artillery	not more than 1475 units
Combat Aircraft	not more than 430 units
Attack Helicopters	not more than 120 units

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Tanks	not more than 13150 units
Armored Combat Vehicles of which infantry fighting vehicles and	not more than 20000 units
heavy armament combat vehicles including	not more than 12250 units
heavy armament combat vehicles	not more than 1000 units
Artillery	not more than 13175 units
Combat Aircraft	not more than 5150 units
Attack Helicopters	not more than 1500 units

Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
Tanks	not more than 1435 units
Armored Combat Vehicles of which armored infantry fighting vehicles and	not more than 2050 units
heavy armament combat vehicles including	not more than 1430 units
heavy armament combat vehicles	not more than 103 units
Artillery	not more than 1150 units
Combat Aircraft	not more than 345 units
Attack Helicopters	not more than 75 units

2. The provisions of this Article in parts concerning the notifications given at signature of the Treaty concerning the maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited conventional armaments and equipment of the Parties, as stated in paragraph 1 of this article, take effect on a provisional basis from the moment of signature of this Agreement.

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The Parties have the right to change their maximum levels for holdings of Treaty-limited conventional armaments and equipment in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty and this Agreement.

A Party intending to carry out changes in its maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited conventional armaments and equipment shall give notice of such intention to all the other Parties.

In cases where a Party gives notice of its intention to increase its maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited conventional armament and equipment, interested Parties shall inform all other Parties not later than 14 days after receiving such notification regarding their position on the questions presented by the notification. In the absence of consensus, the Party intending to increase its maximum levels for holdings of Treaty-limited conventional armaments and equipment shall, not later than 21 days after receiving the latter notification, convene consultations of interested Parties to review the questions presented by the notification.

A party intending to increase its maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited conventional armaments and equipment shall have the right to carry out such increase only with the consent of all other interested Parties and in such a way so as not to violate corresponding treaty provisions.

Reduction of numbers of Treaty­limited conventional armaments ad equipment held by a Party shall not in and of itself give the right to another Party to increase its maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited conventional armaments and equipment.

The use of its own maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited conventional armaments and equipment is the exclusive prerogative of each Party.

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The parties shall limit the number of their armored vehicle launched bridges in active units as specified in the Annex to this Agreement.

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Any Party shall have the right to offer corrections to this Agreement, for the study of which consultations may be convened. The corrections shall take effect after being ratified by all Parties.

In cases where corrections to the treaty take effect the functioning of this Agreement, the latter shall be subject to review.

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Each Party shall have the right to convene consultations of all Parties to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement. Such consultations shall be held not later than 15 days after all Parties are sent notification of the consultations.

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1. In the case of a withdrawal of a Party from the Treaty, it ceases to be a Party to this Agreement.

2. Each Party shall have the right to withdraw from this Agreement is it decides that its supreme interests are threatened by exceptional circumstances relating to the content of this Agreement.

Parties intending to withdraw from this Agreement shall send notification of such intent to the Depository of this Agreement no less than 90 days before the proposed withdrawal. Such notification shall include presentation of the reasons for the withdrawal. The Depositary shall inform all other Parties of this notification.

3. No later than 21 days after receipt of notification of the withdrawal from the Treaty of this Agreement of a Party, the Depository of this agreement shall convene consultations of the Parties for discussion of the questions related to such withdrawal.

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1. This Agreement is subject to ratification in accordance with the constitutional procedures of each Party.

2. This Agreement takes effect simultaneously with the entry into force of the Treaty and remains in force s long as the Treaty remains in force.

Done in Budapest on the third of November, 1990 in one copy in Bulgarian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Czech/Slovak languages with each text having equal force. The original of this Agreement will be held in the archives of the Government of the Hungarian Republic, which is hereby designated Depositary. Certified copies of the agreement shall be distributed to Parties by the Depositary.

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Changes in the above­mentioned numbers of AVLB's in active units shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article II of this agreement.

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1. The government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics states that within the framework of its national levels, as envisioned by the Agreement concluded between the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian Republic, the Republic of Poland, Romania, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic on maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited armaments and equipment, in accordance with the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, no more than 2650 battle tanks, 2080 armored combat vehicles and 2350 artillery systems shall be held in designated permanent storage sites;

2. The governments of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, The Hungarian Republic, The Republic of Poland, Romania and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic State their agreement with the fact that, in accordance with the provisions in the article on maximum levels for holdings of Treaty­limited armaments and equipment of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, within a reasonable period agreement will be reached on the problem of storage of battle tanks, armored combat vehicles and artillery systems located at designated permanent storage sites in accordance with articles of the Treaty on storage, providing the levels of storage of Treaty­limited armaments and equipment indicated above for the Soviet Union are not changed.

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