1. Inspectors shall have the right, within the boundaries of the inspection site depicted on the inspection site diagram, to confirm the accuracy of declared data on the number, types and, if applicable, variants or versions of items of inspection subject to Type One or Type Two inspections in accordance with Part Five of the Protocol.
2. For the purposes of this Part, the term "item of inspection" means an item specified in paragraph 10 of Section V of Part Five of the Protocol.
3. During the conduct of inspection procedures provided for in Part Five of the Protocol, as well as in Parts Six and Seven of this Annex, inspectors shall use the following agreed size criteria to determine whether objects, covered objects, containers, vehicles, and structures are large enough to contain or to be an item of inspection:
(a) For ICBM bases, ICBM loading facilities, storage facilities for ICBMs, storage facilities for mobile launchers of ICBMs, repair facilities for ICBMs, repair facilities for mobile launchers of ICBMs, test ranges from which launches of ICBMs are conducted, training facilities associated with ICBMs and their launchers, and formerly declared facilities associated with ICBMs and their launchers:
(i) For inspections in the United States of America:
(A) Length (meters): 7.0
(B) Diameter (meters) 1.68
(ii) For inspections in the Russian Federation:
(A) Length (meters): 19.5
(B) Diameter (meters): 1.95
(b) For submarine bases, SLBM loading facilities, storage facilities for SLBMs, repair facilities for SLBMs, test ranges from which launches of SLBMs are conducted, training facilities associated with SLBMs and their launchers, and formerly declared facilities associated with SLBMs and their launchers:
(i) For inspections in the Russian Federation:
(A) Length (meters): 12.1
(B) Diameter (meters): 1.80
(ii) For inspections in the United States of America:
(A) Length (meters): 7.0
(B) Diameter (meters): 2.1
(c) For air bases and storage facilities for heavy bombers:
(i) For inspections in the United States of America:
(A) Length (meters): 20.0
(B) Width (meters): 41.0
(C) Height (meters): 5.0
(ii) For inspections in the Russian Federation:
(A) Length (meters): 49.0
(B) Width (meters): 50.0
(C) Height (meters): 13.0
(d) The size criteria specified in subparagraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph shall be derived using data for ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers existing as of the date of signature of the Treaty. In the event that a new type of ICBM, SLBM, or heavy bomber is deployed or in the event that any type of ICBM, SLBM, or heavy bomber is retired, these size criteria shall be changed, if necessary. The Parties shall propose any changes to the size criteria using data for the smallest ICBM, SLBM, or heavy bomber declared by the Parties and provided in accordance with Part Two of the Protocol.
4. For the purposes of this Part, the phrase "large enough to contain an item of inspection" or "large enough to be an item of inspection" means that each of the linear dimensions of the length, width, height, and diameter, as applicable, of an object, covered object, container, vehicle, or structure is no less than 97 percent of the corresponding linear dimensions of the size criteria specified in paragraph 3 of this Part.
5. In conducting Type One and Type Two inspections in accordance with Part Five of the Protocol, inspectors shall have the right, within the boundaries of the inspection site, to apply procedures of this Part to covered objects, containers, vehicles, and structures that are large enough to contain or to be an item of inspection, in order to determine the presence of an item of inspection in them.
6. For an item of inspection that is located outside a container and is not covered, inspectors shall have the right to confirm whether such an item is an item of inspection by viewing and making measurements of its external dimensions at locations designated by a member of the in-country escort.
7. For covered objects and containers, inspectors shall have the right to:
(a) If an object is covered or located in a container, view and make measurements of the dimensions of such a covered object or container to determine whether it is large enough to contain or to be an item of inspection by comparing its dimensions to 97 percent of the applicable size criteria specified in paragraph 3 of this Part;
(b) If a covered object or container is determined to be large enough to contain or to be an item of inspection, view and make measurements of such an object after the in-country escort has partially uncovered it or view and make measurements of the object within a container to determine whether such an object is an item of inspection; and
(c) If, upon completion of the procedures specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph, inspectors are unable to determine whether the object is an item of inspection, view the object and make measurements of its external dimensions at locations designated by a member of the in-country escort after the in-country escort has fully uncovered the object or removed it from the container.
8. For a container known as a "loading tube" that is declared by the inspected Party to contain an SLBM of an existing type:
(a) The inspection team leader shall have the right to request the removal of an access hatch in the middle of the loading tube in addition to the two normally removed hatches located on the ends of the loading tube, on no more than two such loading tubes designated for inspection during each inspection.
(b) Inspectors shall have the right to use additional reference material provided by a member of the in-country escort together with indirect measurements of the first stage of the SLBM to confirm the type of SLBM declared to be contained within the loading tube.
(c) If, by means of external measurements of the loading tube and indirect measurements of the SLBM declared to be contained within the loading tube, as well as by additional means of identification, inspectors determine that the first stage of the SLBM is the first stage of an SLBM of the declared type, the loading tube and the SLBM therein shall not be subject to further inspection.
(d) The inspection team leader shall have the right to request the removal of one SLBM designated for inspection from its loading tube no more than once each year in order to confirm the declared type of such an SLBM.
9. For objects that may be inside a vehicle or structure, inspectors shall have the right to:
(a) View and make measurements of the dimensions of any access to the vehicle or structure to determine whether such access is 97 percent or more of the diameter, width or height of the applicable size criteria specified in paragraph 3 of this Part.
(b) If such access is determined to be large enough to allow access, view and make measurements of the external dimensions of the vehicle or structure to determine whether such a vehicle or structure is large enough to contain an item of inspection by comparing such dimensions to 97 percent of the applicable size criteria specified in paragraph 3 of this Part.
(c) If the vehicle or structure is determined to be large enough to contain an item of inspection, inspect the interior of the vehicle or structure to determine the presence of an item of inspection in it.
(d) View and make measurements of the dimensions of any access to a partitioned or enclosed space within the vehicle or structure in accordance with subparagraph (a) of this paragraph and, if such access is determined to be large enough to allow access, inspect the interior of the partitioned or enclosed space to determine the presence of an item of inspection in it.
(e) For an object discovered inside a vehicle, structure or partitioned or enclosed space within such a vehicle or structure, inspect it in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Part.
10. If, by viewing or measuring, inspectors confirm that an object or covered object is not an item of inspection or confirm that a container, vehicle, or structure does not contain an item of inspection, such an object, covered object, container, vehicle, or structure shall not be subject to further inspection.
11. For items of inspection located within the boundaries of the inspection site depicted on the inspection site diagram that are subject to inspection in accordance with Part Five of the Protocol, inspectors shall have the right, from a location designated by the in-country escort, to view such items and to make measurements of the dimensions at locations designated by a member of the in-country escort, in order to confirm that these items are items of inspection of the declared type and that their dimensions correspond to the technical data provided in accordance with Part Two of the Protocol. Upon completion of the viewing and measuring, such items shall not be subject to further inspection.
12. Inspectors shall have the right to use indirect measurement procedures, including the measurement of the distance between points designated by a member of the in-country escort on the item or container or in a vehicle containing such an item.
13. Inspectors shall have the right to request through a member of the in-country escort that the inspected Party provide additional equipment to make measurements in accordance with this Part.
14. Inspectors shall have the right to request through a member of the in-country escort that the inspected Party photograph an object, covered object, container, vehicle, or structure located within the boundaries of the inspection site, for which questions or ambiguities remain between the inspection team leader and a member of the in-country escort. Such photographs shall be included in the inspection activity report. Any unresolved issues shall be discussed within the framework of the BCC.