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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international arms control agreement
treaty
aim to adapt the CFE Treaty to post-Cold War security conditions
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
Europe NERFINISHED
basedOn Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe NERFINISHED
categoryCovered armoured combat vehicles
artillery
attack helicopters
battle tanks
combat aircraft
containsProvision national maximum levels for holdings of treaty-limited equipment
special rules for flank regions
territorial ceilings limiting foreign stationing of conventional forces
dateSigned 1999-11-19
field European security
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
territorial ceilings for conventional armaments
language English
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
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe NERFINISHED
replacedSystem bloc-based ceilings for conventional armaments
shortName Adapted CFE Agreement NERFINISHED
signatoryBloc NATO member states
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
conventional armed forces in Europe
military confidence- and security-building measures
verificationMechanism inspection and information exchange regime under the CFE framework

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Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty hasAdaptation Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
European security architecture includesAgreement Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
this entity surface form: Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Adaptation Agreement