4 DE JULHO DE 1992

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6 — If a group of States Parties' aggregate numbers of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery in active units within the area described in paragraph 4 of this article are less than the numerical limitations set forth in paragraph 4 of this article, and provided that no State Party is thereby prevented from reaching its maximum levels for holdings notified in accordance with article vh, paragraphs 2, 3 and 5, then amounts equal to the difference between the aggregate numbers in each of the categories of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery and the specified numerical limitations for that area may be located by States Parties belonging to that group of States Parties in the area described in paragraph 3 of this article, consistent with the numerical limitations specified in paragraph 3 of this article.

Article V

1 — To ensure that the security of each State Party is not affected adversely at any stage:

A) Within the area consisting of the entire land territory in Europe, which includes all the European island territories, of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the part of the Republic of Turkey within the area of application and that part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics comprising the Leningrad, Odessa, Transcaucasus and North Caucasus 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 the difference between the overall numerical limitations set forth in article iv, paragraph 1, and those in article iv, paragraph 2, that is:

1) 4,700 battle tanks;

2) 5,900 armoured combat vehicles; and

3) 6,000 pieces of artillery;

B) Notwithstanding the numerical limitations set forth in subparagraph A) of this paragraph, a State Party or States Parties may on a temporary basis deploy into the territory belonging to the members of the same group of States Parties within the area described in subparagraph A) of this paragraph additional aggregate numbers in active units for each group of States Parties not to exceed:

1) 459 battle tanks;

2) 723 armoured combat vehicles; and

3) 420 pieces of artillery; and

Q Provided that for each group of States Parties no more than one-third of each of these additional aggregate numbers shall be deployed to any State Party with territory within the area described in subparagraph A) of this paragraph, that is:

1) 153 battle tanks;

2) 241 armoured combat vehicles; and

3) 140 pieces of artillery.

2 — Notification shall be provided to all other States Parties no later than at the start of the deployment by the State Party or States Parties conducting the deployment and by the recipient State Party or States Parties, specifying the total number in each category of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery deployed. Notification also shall be provided to all other States Parties by the State Party or States Parties conducting the deployment and by the recipient State Party or States Parties within 30 days of the withdrawal of those battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles and artillery that were temporarily deployed.

Article VI

With the objective of ensuring that no single State Party possesses more than approximately one-third of the conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty within the area of application, 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 thereafter, the numbers within the area of application for that State Party do not exceed:

A) 13,300 battle tanks;

B) 20,000 armoured combat vehicles; Q 13,700 pieces of artillery;

D) 5,150 combat aircraft; and £) 1,500 attack helicopters.

Article VII

1 — In order that the limitations set forth in articles iv, v and vi are not exceeded, no State Party shall exceed, from 40 months after entry into force of this Treaty, the maximum levels which it has previouslu agreed upon within its group of States Parties, in accordance with paragraph 7 of this article, for its holdings of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty and of which it has provided notification pursuant to the provisions of this article.

2 — Each State Party shall provide at the signature of this Treaty notification to all other States Parties of the maximum levels for its holdings of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty. The notification of the maximum levels for holdings of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty provided by each State Party at the signature of this Treaty shall remain valid until the date specified in a subsequent notification pursuant to paragraph 3 of this article.

3 — In accordance with the limitations set forth in articles iv, v and vi, each State Party shall have the right to change the maximum levels for its holdings of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty. Any change in the maximum levels for holdings of a State Party shall be notified by that State Party to all other States Parties at least 90 days in advance of the date, specified in the notification, on which such a change takes effect. In order not to exceed any of the limitations set forth in articles iv and V, any increase in the maximum levels for holdings of a State Party, that would otherwise cause those limitations to be exceeded shall be preceded or accompa-