GenevaOctober 28, 1976

STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION

AGREED STATEMENT
REGARDING SECTION III, PARAGRAPH 5 OF THE PROCEDURES
GOVERNING REPLACEMENT, DISMANTLING OR DESTRUCTION, AND
NOTIFICATION THEREOF, FOR ABM SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPONENTS
ATTACHED TO THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL OF OCTOBER 28, 1976

Agreeing that dismantling or destruction of ABM radars being replaced, which are components of the currently deployed ABM system of each Party, shall be completed without unreasonable delays no later than one year after initiation thereof as defined in Section III, subparagraph 2(b) of these Procedures, the Parties understand that if, in the future, either Party operationally deploys ABM radars of another type as a component of an ABM system, the periods of time for dismantling or destruction of such radars would be subject to agreement in the Standing Consultative Commission, but in any case would not exceed one year.