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of the Protocol on Notification and Exchange of Information, the Russian Federation shall provide information equal to that reported in the annual. information exchange on the area described in article v, subparagraph 1, A), of the Treaty, as understood by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at the time .the Treaty was signed, upon provisional application of this Document and every six months after the annual information exchange. In the case of Kushchevskaya, the Russian Federation shall provide such additional information every three months after the annual information exchange.

2 — Upon provisional application of this Document, Ukraine shall provide «F21» notifications for its holdings within the Odessa oblast on the basis of changes of five, rather than ten, per cent or more in assigned holdings.

3 — Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6 of this section, the Russian Federation shall, upon provisional application of this Document, accept each year, in addition to its passive declared site inspection quota established pursuant to section n, subparagraph 10, D), of the Protocol on Inspection, up to a total of 10 supplementary declared site inspections, conducted in accordance with the Protocol on Inspection, at objects of verification:

A) Located within 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;

B) Containing conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty designated by the Russian Federation in its annual information exchange of 1 January 1996 as «to be removed», until such time that a declared site inspection confirms that such equipment has been removed.

4 — Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6 of this section, Ukraine shall, upon provisional application of this Docu-ment, accept each year, in addition to its passive declared site inspection quota established pursuant to section n, subparagraph 10, D), of the Protocol on Inspection, up to a total of one supplementary declared site inspection, conducted in accordance with the Protocol on Inspection, at objects of verification located within the Odessa obJasr.

5—The number of supplementary declared site inspections conducted at objects of verification pursuant to paragraph 3 or 4 of this section shall not exceed the number of declared site passive quota inspections, established in accordance with section II, subparagraph 10, D), of the Protocol on Inspection, conducted at those objects of verification in the course of the same year.

6 — All supplementary declared site inspections conducted pursuant to paragraph 3 or 4 of this section:

A) Shall be carried out at the cost of the inspecting State Party, consistent with prevailing commercial rates; and

B) At the discretion of the inspecting State Party, shall be conducted either as a sequential inspection or as a separate inspection.

VI

1 — This Document shall enter into force upon receipt by the Depositary of notification of confirmation of approval by all States Parties. Section n, paragraphs 2 and 3, section iv and section v of this Document are hereby provisionally applied as of 31 May 1996 through 15 December 1996. If this Document does not enter into force by 15 December 1996, then it shall be reviewed by the States Parties.

2 — This Document, in all six official languages of the Treaty, shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as the designated Depositary for the Treaty, which shall circulate copies of this Document to all States Parties.

ANNEXB

UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREED INTERPRETATIONS WITH REGARD TO IMPLEMENTATION AND WAYS AND MEANS TO IMPROVE THE VIABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TREATY.

1 — The States Parties stress the need to ensure that relevant Government authorities charged with Treaty implementation fulfil all the obligations of the Decision of the Joint Consultative Group on the cost of inspections dated 23 May 1995.

2 — The States Parties agree that, pursuant to the Protocol on Inspection, section vu, paragraph 1:

a) In case an inspected State Party or the State Party exercising the rights and obligations of the inspected State Party delays an inspection on grounds of force majeure, it shall, in written form, explain the reasons for this delay in detail.

This should take place as follows:

- If force majeure is declared prior to the arrival of the inspection team, through the answer to the relevant notifications;

- If force majeure is declared after the arrival of the inspection team at the point of entry, the explanation should be presented as soon as possible, through diplomatic channels or other official channels:

b) In case of such a delay due to force majeure, the provisions of section xi, paragraph 2, of the Protocol on Inspection shall apply.

3 — Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties annually, but not later than 15 December, the complete updated list of inspectors and transport crew members. In case of additions to the list of inspectors and transport crew members, the State Party shall provide the complete updated list, highlighting the additions.

4 — Each State Party with territory in the area of application shall provide to all other States Parties during the annual exchange of information the standing diplomatic clearance numbers for their aviation transportation means for the subsequent calendar year.

5 — Each State Party shall provide to all other States Parties during the annual exchange of information the list of its officially recognized holidays for the subsequent calendar year.

6 — The State Party whose inspection team intends to transit the territory of another State Party prior to conducting the inspection should inform the transited State(s) Party(Parties) about the estimated time of tran-