11 DE MARÇO DE 1992

426-(43)

be made in accordance with article xvn 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, wich shall be a language designated in accordance with section in, paragraph 12, of this Protocol;

F) The language to be used for the inspection report prepared in accordance with section xn 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 xvn 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 xvn 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 xvn 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 clearence 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 jnto 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