Concluding Act of the Negotiation on Personnel Strength of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE-1A agreement)

Conference

Date:: 10 July 1992
Location:: Helsinki
Source:: Summits / Ministerial Councils, Forum for Security Co-operation
Fields of work:: Arms control

Signed at the Helsinki Summit, the agreement established limits on the personnel level of military formations - with the exception of sea-based naval forces, internal security forces or forces serving under United Nations command.

Unlike the CFE Treaty, the CFE-1A agreement is a politically binding, not a legally binding, instrument. It provides that ceilings declared by each State should take effect 40 months after entry into force. It also contains provisions for information exchange, notification and verification.

The CFE Treaty came into force and the CFE-1A agreement came into effect on 9 November 1992. The limits set in the agreements were to be reached by 16 November 1995.

Treaty / agreement