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SECTION III Procedures for total disarming

1 — Models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft being totally disarmed shall be rendered incapable of further employment of any type of weapon system as well as further operation of electronic warfare and reconnaissance systems by the removal of the following components:

A) Provisions specifically for the attachment of weapon systems, such as special hardpoints, launching devices, or weapon mounting areas;

B) Units and panels of weapon control systems including weapon selection, arming and firing or launching systems;

Q Units of aiming equipment and weapon guidance systems not integral to navigation and flight control systems; and

D) Units and panels of electronic warfare and reconnaissance systems including associated antennae.

2 — Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this section, any special hardpoints which are integral to the aircraft as well as any special elements of general purpose hard-points which are designed for use only with the components described in paragraph 1 of this section, shall be rendered incapable of further employment with such systems. Electrical circuits of the weapon, electronic warfare, and reconnaissance systems described in paragraph 1 of this section shall be rendered incapable of further employment by removal of the wiring or, if that is not technically praticable, by cutting out sections of the wiring in accessible areas.

3 — Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties the following information, no less than 42 days in advance of the total disarming of the first aircraft of each model or version of combat-capable trainer aircraft listed in section II of this Protocol:

A) A basic block diagram portraying all major components of weapon systems including aiming equipment and weapon guidance systems, provisions designed for the attachment of weapons as well as components of electronic warfare and reconnaissance systems, the basic function of the components described in paragraph 1 of this section, and the functional connections of such components to each other;

B) A general description of the disarming process including a list of components to be removed; and

C) A photograph of each component to be removed illustrating its positions in the aircraft prior to its removal, and a photograph of the same position after the corresponding component has been removed.

SECTION IV Procedures for certification

1 — Each State Party that intends to disarm and certify, or certify alone, models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft shall comply with the follow-

ing certification procedures in order to ensure that such aircraft do not possess any of the components listed in section ill, paragraphs 1 and 2, of this Protocol.

2 — Each State Party shall notify all other States Parties in accordance with section IX, paragraph 3, of the Protocol on Inspection of each certification. In the event of the first certification of an aircraft that does not require total disarming, the State Party that intends to conduct the certification shall provide to all other States Parties the information required in section III, paragraph 3, subparagraphs A), B) and Q, of this Protocol for an armed model or version of the same aircraft type.

3 — Each State Party shall have the right to inspect the certification of combat-capable trainer aircraft in accordance with section IX of the Protocol on Inspection.

4 — The process of total disarming and certification, or certification alone, shall be deemed completed when the certification procedures set forth in this section have been completed regardless of whether any State Party exercises the certification inspection rights described in paragraph 3 of this section and section ix of the Protocol on Inspection, provided that within 30 days of receipt of the notification of completion of the certification and reclassification provided pursuant to paragraph 5 of this section no State Party has notified all other States Parties that it considers that there is an ambiguity relating to the certification and reclassification process. In the event of such an ambiguity being raised, such reclassification shall not be deemed complete until the matter relating to the ambiguity is resolved.

5 — The State Party conducting the certification shall notify all other States Parties in accordance with section ix of the Protocol on Inspection of completion of the certification.

6 — Certification shall be conducted in the area of application. States Parties belonging to the same group of States Parties shall have the right to share locations for certification.

SECTION V

Procedures for information exchange and verification

All models or versions of combat-capable trainer aircraft certified as unarmed shall be subject to information exchange, in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on Information Exchange, and verification, including inspection, in accordance with the Protocol on Inspection.

PROTOCOL ON PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE REDUCTION OF CONVENTIONAL ARMAMENTS AND EQUIPMENT LIMITED B1 THE TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE

The States Parties hereby agree upon procedures governing the reduction of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty as set in article vm of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty.