964-(10)

II SÉRIE-A - NÚMERO 48

Article IV

1 — Within the area of application, as defined in article II, each State Party shall limit and, as necessary, reduce its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft and attack helicopters so that, 40 months after entry into force of this Treaty and therafter, for the group of States Parties to which it belongs, as defined in article n, the aggregate numbers do not exceed:

A) 20,000 battle tanks, of which no more than 16,500 shall be in active units;

B) 30,000 armoured combat vehicles, of which no more than 27,300 shall be in active units. Of the 30,000 armoured combat vehicles, no more than 18,000 shall be armoured infantry fighting vehicles and heavy armament combat vehicles; of armoured infantry fighting vehicles and heavy armament combat vehicles, no more than 1,500 shall be heavy armament combat vehicles;

Q 20,000 pieces of artillery, of which no more than 17,000 shall be in active units;

D) 6,800 combat aircraft; and

E) 2,000 attack helicopters.

Battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery not in active units shall be placed in designated permanent storage sites, as defined in article n, and shall be located only in the area described in paragraph 2 of this article. Such designated permanent storage sites may also be located in that part of the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics comprising the Odessa Military District and the southern part of the Leningrad Military District. In the Odessa Military District, no more than 400 battle tanks and no more than 500 pieces of artillery may be thus stored. In the southern part of the Leningrad Military District, no more than 600 battle tanks, no more than 800 armoured combat vehicles, including no more than 300 armoured combat vehicles of any type with the remaining number consisting of armoured personnel carriers, and no more than 400 pieces of artillery may be thus stored. The southern part of the Leningrad Military District is understood to mean the territory within that military district south of the line East-West 60 degrees 15 minutes northern latitude.

2 — Within the area consisting of the entire land territory in Europe, which includes all the European island territories, of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark including the Faroe Islands, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Hungary, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic including the islands of Azores and Madeira, the Kingdom of Spain including the Canary Islands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and that part of the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics west of the Ural Mountains comprising the Baltic, Byelorussian, Carpathian, Kiev, Moscow and Volga-Ural Military Districts, each State Party shall limit and, as necessary, reduce its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery so that 40 months after entry

into force of this Treaty and thereafter, for the group of States Parties to which it belongs the aggregate numbers do not exceed:

A) 15,300 battle tanks, of which no more than 11,800 shall be in active units;

B) 24,100 armoured combat vehicles, of which no more than 21,400 shall be in active units; and

Q 14,000 pieces of artillery, of which no more than 11,000 shall be in active units.

3 — Whithin the area consisting of the entire land territory in Europe, which includes all the European island territories, of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark including the Faroe Islands, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Hungary, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and that part of the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics comprising the Baltic, Byelorussian, Carpathian and Kiev Military Districts, each State Party shall limit and, as necessary, reduce its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery so that, 40 months after entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter, for the group of States Parties to which it belongs the aggregate numbers in active units do not exceed:

A) 10,300 battle tanks;

B) 19,260 armoured combat vehicles; and Q 9,100 pieces of artillery; and

D) In the Kiev Military District, the aggregate numbers in active units and designated permanent storage sites together shall not exceed:

1) 2,250 battle tanks;

2) 2,500 armoured combat vehicles; and

3) 1,500 pieces of artillery.

4 — Within the area consisting of the entire land territory in Europe, which includes all the European island territories, of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Hungary, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Poland, each State Party shall limit and, as necessary, reduce its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery so that, 40 months after entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter, for the group of States Parties to which it belongs the aggregate numbers in active units do not exceed:

A) 7,500 battle tanks;

B) 11,250 armoured combat vehicles; and Q 5,000 pieces of artillery.

5 — States Parties belonging to the same group of States Parties may locate battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery in active units in each of the areas described in this article and article v, paragraph 1, subparagraph A) up to the numerical limitations applying in that area, consistent with the maximum levels for holdings notified pursuant to article vii and provided that no State Party stations conventional armed forces on the territory of another State Party without the agreement of that State Party.