ARTICLE 125 If unforeseen difficulties which are brought out by experience in the application of the present Treaty require an adaptation of the rules concerning the exercise by the Commissariat of the powers which are conferred upon it, appropriate modifications may be made in such powers by unanimous decision of the Council provided that such modifications do not bring into question the provisions of Article 2 or modify the relationship among the powers of the Commissariat and of the other institutions of the Community. ARTICLE 126 The Government of each member State and the Commissariat may propose amendments to the present Treaty. Such proposals shall be submitted to the Council. If the Council, acting by a two-thirds majority, approves, a conference of representatives of the Governments of the member States shall be immediately convoked by the President of the Council, with a view to agreeing to any modifications to be made in the provisions of the Treaty. Such amendments shall enter into force after having been ratified by all the member States in conformity with their respective constitutional processes. ARTICLE 127 As used in the present Treaty, the words "the present Treaty" shall mean the provisions of this Treaty and those of the Military Protocol,1 of the Protocol concerning Jurisdiction,2 of the Protocol concerning Military Criminal Law,3 of the Financial Protocol, of the Protocol concerning the Remuneration of Civil and Military Personnel and their Pension Rights, of the Protocol concerning the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, of the Protocol concerning Relations between the European Defense Community and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization' and of the Protocol concerning Guarantees between the European Defense Community and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 8 5 ARTICLE 128 The present Treaty is concluded for a period of 50 years from the date of its entry into effect. If, before the establishment of a European federation or confederation, the North Atlantic Treaty should cease to be in effect or there should be an essential modification in the membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the High Contracting Parties shall examine together the new situation which shall thus have arisen. ARTICLE 129 Any European State may request to accede to the present Treaty. The Council, after having obtained the opinion of the Commissariat, shall act by unanimous vote, and shall also fix the terms of accession by unanimous vote. Accession shall become effective on the day on which the instrument of accession is received by the Government acting as depository of the Treaty, ARTICLE 130 The present Treaty, drawn up in a single original, shall be deposited in the archives of the government of the French Republic, which shall transmit a certified true copy to each of the governments of the other signatory States. As soon as it shall have assumed its functions, the Council shall establish authentic texts of the present Treaty in the languages other than that of the original. In the case of discrepancies, the text of the original shall govern. ARTICLE 131 The present Treaty shall be ratified and its provisions applied in accordance with the constitutional rules of each member State. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the French Republic, which shall notify the Governments of the other member States when the instruments have been so deposited. ARTICLE 132 The present Treaty shall enter into effect on the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the last signatory nation to accomplish that formality. In the event that all the instruments of ratification have not been deposited within a period of six months following the signature of the present Treaty, the governments of the States which have made such deposit shall consult among themselves on the measures to be taken. 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have affixed their signatures at the end of the present Treaty and have thereto affixed their seals. DONE at Paris the twenty-seventh day of May one thousand nine hundred fifty-two. 1 For subsequent developments, see the Protocols of Oct. 23, 1954, to the Brussels Treaty (supra, docs. 3-6) and the Brussels Conference communiqué of Aug. 22, 1954 (infra, doc. 30). 17. MILITARY PROTOCOL, MAY 27, 1952 1 1 Desirous of assuring application of Articles 9 and 15 of the Treaty, the member States of the European Defense Community have agreed to the following: Chapter I-Basic Units ARTICLE 1-LAND FORCES 1. The basic unit, which shall be of homogeneous nationality, is the "Groupement" in which the action of the various elements comprising the land forces shall be combined on an organizational level. 2. Three principal types of Groupements are defined hereinafter: a. Infantry Groupement b. Armored Groupement Their general structure and their total complement are shown in Tables 1 (A), 1 (B), and 1 (C) below. TABLE 1 (A) General Structure and Total Complement of the Infantry Groupement Command Command "Battalion" or "Regiment": for all units of the armed forces and the Cavalry, the terminology adopted will take national traditions into account; in the case of the Artillery, "Group" corresponds to the U.S. term "Battalion." [Footnote in original.) Not including cover units. [Footnote in original.] 1S. Execs. Q and R, 82d Cong., 2d sess., pp. 206–217. Command Arms TABLE 1 (B) General Structure and Total Complement of Armored Groupement 1 Groupement General Staff and 1 Headquarters Company 3 Sub-Groupement General Staffs 1 Reconnaissance battalion 4 Tank battalions 4 Infantry battalions forming a corps (if possible, mechanized "tout-terrain". Otherwise, and at the minimum, 2 mechanized battalions and 2 battalions carried as "tout-terrain") 1 Groupement Artillery (self-propelled) in 5 groups: 1 3 "light" howitzer groups 1 "medium" howitzer group 1 anti-aircraft artillery group 1 Mechanized Engineering Battalion 1 Signal Company (reinforced) Arms 1 Groupement General Staff and 1 Headquarters Company 3 Sub-Groupement General Staffs 1 Reconnaissance battalion 1 3 Tank battalions 1 6 Infantry battalions forming a corps (carried as "tout-terrain") 1 Groupement Artillery, motorized in 5 groups (same type as Artillery of Infantry Groupement)1 1 Motorized Engineering Battalion 1 Signal Company (reinforced) Services 1 Equipment Battalion 1 Supply Company 1 Medical battalion Military police and traffic guides Total Complement of Mechanized Group 1 See Table 1 (A). 2 Not including cover units. 12, 7002 14,700 3. The Groupements and Brigades of the "Mountain" type already in existence shall retain their present form. The other types of single-nationality Groupements which it will be necessary to form for operational requirements shall be defined by a decision of the Commissariat. In the event that the complement of these latter Groupements exceeds that of the types defined above, the complement figure shall be subject to the unanimous approval of the Council. ARTICLE 2-AIR FORCES 1. The European Air Forces shall comprise a single type of basic Unit of uniform structure. Only the personnel and equipment shall vary according to the speciality of the Unit. The basic Unit shall be as mobile as possible. 2. Each Unit, commanded by a Chief assisted by a General Staff, shall include the following three Groups: A combat Group composed in principle of three identical squadrons and constituting the operational element of the Unit; A technical Group composed of a maintenance squadron and a supply squadron, the purpose of which is to ensure the upkeep, repair (second echelon) and supply requirements of the Unit; A general purpose Group ("Groupe des moyens generaux") to serve the general housekeeping requirements of the Unit at an air base. 3. The personnel complement and the equipment are shown in the following table. Table on Air Force Personnel Complement and Equipment of Basic Units 1. The average complement of the basic Unit shall be as follows: Maximum peacetime complement.. Wartime complement.. 2. The equipment of the basic Units shall be as follows: Tactical pursuit. Interceptors_ All weather pursuit. Reconnaissance_. Light bombers Transports.--. 1, 300 men 1 2, 000 men 1 Barring special necessities justifying a modification of this complement. ARTICLE 3-NAVAL FORCES The Naval Forces shall be organized in groupements of homogeneous nationality, broken down into subordinate elements (groups, flotillas, fleets, etc.) and corresponding to one operational sector or one tactical mission. ARTICLE 4 Insofar as the general lines of their organization and their personnel complement are concerned, the types of basic Units of the European Defense Forces may be modified only in accordance with the provisions of Article 44 of the Treaty. |