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VIENNA, 14 JUNE 1991 In order to promote the implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990 (the Treaty), the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics states that it assumes the following obligations outside the framework of the Treaty.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall hold within the area of application of the Treaty conventional armaments and equipment in the Treatylimited categories not to exceed: in Coastal Defense forces813 battle tanks, 972 armored combat vehicles and 846 pieces of artillery; in Naval Infantry 120 battle tanks, 753 armored combat vehicles and 234 pieces of artillery; in the Strategic Rocket Forces 1,701 armored combat vehicles, each being an armored personnel carrier as that term is defined in the Treaty.
Forty months after entry into force of the Treaty and thereafter, within the levels and sublevels that ensue from the obligation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under the Treaty, the holdings of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, and pieces of artillery shall be less than its maximum levels for holdings, as notified in accordance with Article VII of the treaty, by the number it will have in Coastal Defense forces and Naval Infantry within the area of application of the Treaty. For example, with regard to battle tanks, unless the maximum numbers of holdings for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are revised in accordance with Article VII of the Treaty, the numbers for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics within the area of application of the Treaty including battle tanks in Coastal Defense forces and Naval Infantry, will not exceed: 13,150 overall; 10,500 in active units overall; 7,150 in active units within the region described in Article IV, paragraph 3 of the Treaty; and 1,850 in active units within the area described in Article V, paragraph 1, subparagraph (A) of the Treaty.
1. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall reduce, in addition
to the reduction liability established for the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics under the Treaty on the basis of information it supplied, its
holdings of conventional armaments and equipment in the Treaty limited
categories within the area of application of the Treaty by the number
which it had as of the date of the signature of the Treaty in Coastal
Defense forces and Naval Infantry, that is, by 933 battle tanks, 1,725
armored combat vehicles, and 1,080 pieces of artillery. 2. Such additional reduction shall be carried out by means of destruction or conversion into civilian equipment of 933 battle tanks and destruction of 1,080 pieces of artillery. Of the 1,725 armored combat vehicles to be additionally reduced, 972 armored combat vehicles shall be destroyed or converted into civilian equipment and 753 armored combat vehicles of the MTLB type, declared as of the date of signature of the Treaty, shall be modified, in accordance with the Protocol on Existing Types, into armored personnel carrier lookalikes of the MTLBAT type, which are not limited by the treaty. 3. Fifty percent of 933 battle tanks and 972 armored combat vehicles shall be destroyed or converted within the area of application of the Treaty and 50 percent of 1,080 pieces of artillery shall be destroyed within the area of application of the Treaty, within the time limits and in accordance with procedures established by the Treaty. The remainder of these conventional armaments and equipment shall be withdrawn from the area of application of the Treaty; an equivalent number of conventional armaments and equipment shall be destroyed or converted outside of the area of application of the Treaty within the time limits established by the Treaty and in accordance with procedures which provide sufficient visible evidence that the conventional armaments and equipment have been destroyed or rendered militarily unusable. The States Parties to the Treaty shall be notified in advance, giving the location, number and types of conventional armaments and equipment to be destroyed or converted.
The holdings of armored combat vehicles in Strategic Rocket Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall not be subject to the numerical limitations of the Treaty, in accordance with Article III, paragraph 1, subparagraph (F) of the Treaty. These forces shall not be equipped with conventional armaments and equipment in the Treaty limited categories, other than armored personnel carriers.
The conventional armaments and equipment of Coastal Defense forces and
Naval Infantry in the categories subject to the Treaty within the area
of application of the Treaty shall be subject to challenge inspections
in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on Inspection. Effective
verification of such armaments and equipment shall be ensured. The Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics shall provide separate information to all
States Parties on such armaments and equipment of the same scope and with
the same degree of detail as provided for in Section III, paragraph 2
of the Protocol on Information Exchange, and under the same timetable
for the provision of information as provided for in Section VII of that
Protocol.
Unless otherwise specified (a) in this Statement, (b) in the Treaty, or (c) in the Declaration of LandBased Naval Aircraft, all conventional armaments and equipment in the Treatylimited categories, based on land within the area of application of the Treaty, irrespective of assignment, shall be subject to all numerical limitations of the Treaty.
This Statement of the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic regarding the aforementioned obligations assumed outside the framework of the Treaty shall enter into force simultaneously with the Treaty, shall be legally binding and shall have the same duration as the Treaty. Return to CFE Treaty
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