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draw up in all the official languages of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, shall be depos-ite with the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as the designated Depositary for the Treaty, which shall circulate copies of this Final Document to all States Parties.

ANNEX A

DOCUMENT AGREED AMONG THE STATES PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE OF NOVEMBER 19,1990.

The 30 States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, have agreed as follows:

I

1 — Each State Party shall, taking into account the clarification set forth in this Document relating to the area described in article v, subparagraph 1, A), of the Treaty and taking into account the understandings on flexibility set forth in this Document, comply fully with the numerical limitations set forth in the Treaty, including article v thereof, no later than 31 May 1999.

2 — Paragraph 1 of this section shall be understood as not giving any State Party, which was in compliance with the numerical limitations set forth in the Treaty, including article v thereof, as of 1 January 1996, the right to exceed any of the numerical limitations set forth in the Treaty.

3 — Pursuant to the Decision of the Joint Consultative Group of 17 November 1995, the States Parties shall co-operate to the maximum extent possible to ensure the full implementation of the provisions of this Document.

II

1 — Within the area described in article v, subparagraph I, A), of the Treaty, as understood by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at the time the Treaty was signed, the Russian Federation shall limit its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, and artillery so that, no later than 31 May 1999 and thereafter, the aggregate numbers do not exceed:

A) 1,800 battle tanks;

B) 3,700 armoured combat vehicles, of which no more than 552 shall be located within the Astrakhan oblast; no more than 552 shall be located within the Volgograd oblast; no more than 310 shall be located within the eastern part of the Rostov oblast described in section in, paragraph 1, of this Document; and no more than 600 shall be located within the Pskov oblast; and

C) 2,400 pieces of artillery.

2 — Within the Odessa oblast, Ukraine shall limit its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, and artillery so that, upon provisional application of this Document and thereafter, the aggregate numbers do not exceed:

A) 400 battle tanks;

B) 400 armoured combat vehicles; and

C) 350 pieces of artillery.

3 — Upon provisional application of this Document and until 31 May 1999, the Russian Federation shall

limit its battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, and artillery, within the area described in article v, subparagraph I, A), of the Treaty, as understood by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at the time the Treaty was signed, so that the aggregate numbers do not exceed:

A) 1,897 battle tanks;

B) 4,397 armoured combat vehicles; and

C) 2,422 pieces of artillery.

Ill

1 — For the purposes of this Document and the Treaty, the following territory, as constituted on 1 January 1996, of the Russian Federation shall be deemed to be located in the area described in article iv, paragraph 2, of the Treaty rather than in the area described in article v, subparagraph 1,A), of the Treaty: the Pskov oblast; the Volgograd oblast; the Astrakhan oblast; that part of the Rostov oblast east of the line extending from Kushchevskaya to Volgodonsk to the Volgograd oblast border, including Volgodonsk; and Kushchevskaya and a narrow corridor in Krasnodar Kray leading to Kushchevskaya.

2 — For the purposes of this Document and the Treaty, the territory of the Odessa oblast, as constituted on 1 January 1996, of Ukraine shall be deemed to be located in the area described in article iv, paragraph 3, of the Treaty rather than in the area described in article v, subparagraph I, A), of the Treaty.

IV

1 — The States Parties shall, during the period before 31 May 1999, examine the Treaty provisions on designated permanent storage sites so as to allow all battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, and artillery in designated permanent storage sites, including those subject to regional numerical limitations, to be located with active units.

2 — The Russian Federation shall have the right to utilize to the maximum extent possible the provisions of the Treaty on temporary deployment of battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, and artillery within its territory and outside its territory. Such temporary deployments on the territory of other States Parties shall be achieved by means of free negotiations and with full respect for the sovereignty of the States Parties involved.

3 — The Russian Federation shall have the right to utilize, to the maximum extent possible, reallocation, in accordance with existing agreements, of the current quotas for battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, and artillery established by the Agreement on the Principles and Procedures for the Implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, done at Tashkent on 15 May 1992. Such reallocations shall be achieved by means of free negotiations and with full respect for the sovereignty of the States Parties involved.

4 — The Russian Federation shall count against the numerical limitations established in the Treaty and paragraph 1 of section u of this Document any armoured combat vehicles listed as «to be removed» in its information exchange of 1 January 1996 that are not so removed by 31 May 1999.

. V

1 — In addition to the annual information exchange provided pursuant to section vii, subparagraph 1, C),