Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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The Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe is a 1999 accord that updated the original CFE Treaty’s bloc-based arms limits to a system of national and territorial ceilings for conventional military equipment in Europe.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Adaptation Agreement | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
international arms control agreement
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treaty ⓘ |
| aim |
to adapt the CFE Treaty to post-Cold War security conditions
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to enhance stability and predictability in European conventional force levels ⓘ to replace bloc-to-bloc limitations with national and territorial limits ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Atlantic-to-the-Urals CFE area of application
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| categoryCovered |
armoured combat vehicles
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artillery ⓘ attack helicopters ⓘ battle tanks ⓘ combat aircraft ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
national maximum levels for holdings of treaty-limited equipment
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special rules for flank regions ⓘ territorial ceilings limiting foreign stationing of conventional forces ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1999-11-19 ⓘ |
| field |
European security
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conventional arms control ⓘ |
| frameworkOrganization | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedSystem |
national ceilings for conventional armaments
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territorial ceilings for conventional armaments ⓘ |
| language |
English
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French ⓘ Russian ⓘ other official CFE Treaty languages ⓘ |
| legalNature | protocol to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedIssue | Russian military presence in Georgia and Moldova ⓘ |
| negotiationContext | post-Cold War restructuring of European security architecture ⓘ |
| placeSigned | Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNonEntryIntoForce | non-ratification by several NATO states ⓘ |
| region | OSCE area ⓘ |
| relatedInstrument |
OSCE Vienna Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures
NERFINISHED
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Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedSystem | bloc-based ceilings for conventional armaments ⓘ |
| shortName | Adapted CFE Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signatoryBloc |
NATO member states
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Russian Federation and other successor states of the Soviet Union that were CFE parties ⓘ States Parties to the CFE Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedAt | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Istanbul Summit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | not entered into force ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
arms control
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conventional armed forces in Europe ⓘ military confidence- and security-building measures ⓘ |
| verificationMechanism | inspection and information exchange regime under the CFE framework ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
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Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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European security architecture
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Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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this entity surface form:
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Adaptation Agreement