JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION
AGREEMENT NUMBER 27
RELATING TO THE TREATY BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ON
THE REDUCTION AND LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS
OF JULY 31, 1991
NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO THE CHANGE IN FUNCTION OF A FACILITY
The Government of the United States of America, the Government of
the Republic of Belarus, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of Ukraine,
In accordance with the Treaty Between the United States of America
and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation
of Strategic Offensive Arms of July 31, 1991, hereinafter referred to
as the Treaty,
To improve the viability and effectiveness of the Protocol on Notifications
Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Notification
Protocol,
Have agreed as follows:
Article One
Paragraph 9 of Section I of the Notification Protocol shall be superseded
by the following provisions:
"(9) notification, no less than 30 days in advance of the exit from
a newly constructed facility or a facility for which such items have
not been specified in the Memorandum of Understanding, or no less than
30 days in advance of the appearance of an ICBM, SLBM, first stage of
an ICBM or SLBM, solid rocket motor for the first stage of an ICBM for
mobile launchers of ICBMs, mobile launcher of ICBMs, or heavy bomber
at such a facility, or no less than 30 days in advance of the date to
be specified in the notification of a new facility provided in accordance
with paragraph 3 of this Section, or no less than 30 days in advance
of the date to be specified in the notification of the change of category
of a facility provided in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Section,
of the existence of a new facility or of a change of category of a facility.
Such notification shall include: the name of the facility; its function
according to the categories of data contained in the Memorandum of Understanding;
and its geographic coordinates. Such notification shall not be required
if notification was provided in accordance with paragraph 10 of this
Section;"
Article Two
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of entry into force
of the Treaty, and shall remain in force as long as the Treaty remains
in force.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their
respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.
DONE at Geneva on November 3, 1994, in five copies, each in the English
and Russian languages, both texts being equally authentic.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Steven Steiner
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS:
Andrey Sannikov
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN:
Kairtay Zhanbatyrov
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
Mikhail Strel'tsov
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE:
Konstantin Hrishchenko
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