Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 70 / 1975 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Convention on the Reciprocal Recognition of Test Marks of Small Arms
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Effective from 20.05.1972
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 22 January 1975
on the Convention on the Reciprocal Recognition of Small Arms Test Marks
On 1 July 1969, the Convention on the Mutual Recognition of Small Arms Test Marks was negotiated in Brussels.
On behalf of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the Convention was signed in Brussels on 6 May 1970.
The Convention entered into force on 3 July 1971 on the basis of Article VI thereof and for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on 20 May 1972.
The Czech translation of the Convention is being announced simultaneously.
Minister:
Ing. Chupek v. r.
CONVENTION
on the mutual recognition of test marks for small arms
Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Chile, the Spanish State, the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic:
DETERMINING that the Convention of 15 July 1914, concluded for the purpose of establishing uniform rules for the mutual recognition of official firearms test marks, no longer complies with the requirements of modern technology,
agree on the following provisions:
An International Permanent Commission for Small Arms Testing, hereinafter referred to as the International Permanent Commission, shall be established, in short, C.I. P.
Her mission is:
(1) Determine, on the one hand, the instruments which will serve as sample devices for the measurement of the pressure during the discharge and, on the other hand, the procedures for official measurement, with a view to the most accurate and practical detection of the pressure which is generated by the consumer and test charges:
(a) for hunting, target and defensive weapons, with the exception of weapons intended for ground, sea or air war; Contracting Parties may, however, use, for all or some of these weapons, instruments received and measurement procedures;
(b) for all other hand-held equipment, arms or equipment for industrial or commercial purposes not mentioned above and for which explosive charges are used to fire either a missile or some mechanical components and the testing of which the International Permanent Commission would consider necessary.
These instruments will be referred to as "model instruments'.
(2) Determine the nature and conduct of the official tests to be carried out on the weapons and apparatus referred to in paragraphs 1 (a) and (b) in order to guarantee their safety in full.
These tests will be referred to as "sample tests'.
(3) Introduce in the case of, and use of, model instruments, as well as in the case of model tests, any improvements, modifications or additions required by progress in measurement, in the manufacture of, and ammunition for industrial or commercial purposes and their ammunition.
(4) To examine the question of unifying the dimensions of the shell chambers of firearms which are the subject of trade and the means of controlling and testing their ammunition.
(5) To examine the laws and regulations concerning official testing of small arms, issued by the Contracting Governments, in order to determine whether they comply with the provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 2.
(6) To declare in which Contracting States the performance of the tests corresponds to the model tests referred to in paragraph 2 and to provide an overview of the models of marks used by the official services of those States both at the present and since the signing of the Convention of 15 July 1914.
(7) Recall declarations made pursuant to paragraph 6 and adjust the overview of the design of the marks as soon as the conditions laid down in paragraph 6 are no longer fulfilled.
The marks of the official services of each of the Contracting Parties shall be recognised in the territory of the other Contracting Parties provided that they are declared within the meaning of Article I (6).
Composition and competence The International Permanent Commission shall be designated by the Statutes annexed to this Convention. The Statutes shall form an integral part of the Convention.
In the event of doubt or dispute as to the interpretation or implementation of any of the technical points laid down by a decision of the International Standing Commission pursuant to Article I of this Convention and Article 5 of the Statutes, the Government concerned shall seek the opinion of the International Standing Commission.
This Convention shall be open for signature as from 1 July 1969.
(1) Each signatory Government shall notify the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium of the fulfilment of the constitutional requirements for the entry into force of this Convention.
(2) This Convention shall enter into force on the 30th day following receipt of the third notification.
(3) For other signatory governments, this Convention shall enter into force on the 30th day following the receipt by the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium of the notification referred to in paragraph 1.
(1) After the entry into force of this Convention, any non-signatory government will be able to accede to it by submitting, through diplomatic channels, a request for access to the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, accompanied by test rules in force in its territory.
The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall circulate the application and the annexed provisions to all Contracting Governments. The approach will take effect if all the Contracting Governments give their consent. If one of the Contracting Governments has not responded within one year from the date on which the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium has notified the Contracting Parties that it has received the request, this shall be deemed to be an agreement.
(2) The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium will inform all the Contracting Governments and Secretary C. I. P. of the date from which each new approach becomes effective.
(1) Each Contracting Party may terminate this Convention not earlier than three years after its entry into force. The denunciation shall be sent to the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium and shall take effect one year after its delivery.
(2) The denunciation of one Contracting Party shall have effect only on it itself.
The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall notify all signatory and acceding governments of the date of receipt of the notification pursuant to Articles VI (1) and (3), VII and VIII (1).
Pending the entry into force of decisions taken by the Commission pursuant to Article 5 (1) of its Statutes, the model pressure measuring instruments and the model tests described in Annex I to the Statutes of the International Standing Commission, as well as the provisions on the minimum dimensions of the cartridge chambers of the sample pressure measuring instruments set out in Annex II to the Statutes, shall remain in force.
This Convention replaces the Convention on the establishment of uniform rules for the mutual recognition of official marks in the trials of firearms and its Annexes I and II, signed in Brussels on 15 July 1914.
Done at Brussels, 1 July 1969, in the French language, in a single original, to be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, which shall issue each signatory and acceding Government a certified equivalent copy thereof.
To prove this, the signing, duly authorised to this end, signed this Convention.
DEFINITIONS
International Permanent Commission (C. I. P.)
The International Permanent Commission for Small Arms Tests shall consist of delegates from each Party. Each Contracting Party shall have one vote regardless of the number of delegates.
1. At the end of each of its meetings, the International Permanent Commission shall elect the President of the next meeting from the delegates of the country in which the meeting will take place.
2. If, in order to implement Article I of the Convention, the Commission considers it appropriate to carry out ongoing research or experiments, it may meet on the site chosen for such experiments either as the Commission or as a sub-commission. The Chair shall decide in agreement with the delegations on the composition, purpose and work of the subcommittee. The subcommittee shall elect a chairman and a secretary from among its members who shall draw up reports on behalf of the subcommittee.
The Permanent Office, headed by the Director appointed by the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium in agreement with the Contracting Parties, shall be responsible for:
1. during the meeting of the Secretariat of the International Permanent Commission,
2. in the period between meetings of the intelligence, administrative and archive service; For this reason, it shall concentrate the files, documents and technical publications, retain fingerprints of officially approved test marks, classify, translate and communicate to the Contracting Parties any knowledge of the testing of small arms and equipment for industrial and commercial purposes, as well as of the means of checking and testing their ammunition, not only by the Contracting Parties but also by all other States.
The permanent office shall have its seat in Belgium.
1. The International Permanent Commission is convened by the Permanent Office. It may be convened at the request of one of the delegations of the Contracting Parties; be convened if at least two delegation of the Contracting Parties so request.
2. To this end, each Contracting Party shall inform the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium of any change to the list of its delegates, which shall inform the Office thereof. Experts may be invited as advisers to participate in technical meetings of subcommittees to discuss certain defined problems.
3. An observer of a non-signatory State may be admitted at a meeting of the International Standing Commission under the joint agreement of the Contracting Parties, provided that he has been officially appointed by his Government. Unless a government that has been represented by an observer at three consecutive meetings has requested access to the Convention, it shall not be authorised to be represented at further meetings.
4. The technical meetings of the subcommittee may be convened by experts from non-signatory States as advisors to discuss certain defined problems, at the request of the chairman of the subcommittee and with the agreement of all the members of that subcommittee.
1. The Contracting Parties hereby instruct the International Permanent Commission to take all necessary decisions within the framework of the objectives set out in Article I of the Convention.
2. The Permanent Office shall notify the Contracting Parties, through the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, of decisions taken by the International Standing Commission, in particular drawings and plans of the model pressure measuring instruments, a table of standard dimensions of the cartridge chambers and cartridges, as well as a description of internationally accepted test marks. The Commission continues to supplement these documents.
In order to ensure compliance with the previous provisions, the Contracting Parties shall, by diplomatic means, send the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, with a view to the transmission of the Standing Office, the laws, regulations and directives relating to the testing of small arms, as well as all other relevant documents required by that Office.
1. Decisions of the International Standing Commission shall be put to the vote either at a meeting or in writing.
2. Decisions shall be taken by a simple majority of the delegations present or represented and provided that the number of votes shall be equal to at least 2 / 3 of the total number of governments of the International Permanent Commission.
Abstentions, votes or ballots shall not be deemed to have been cast.
In the event of a tie, the President's vote shall be decisive.
3. However, where the recognition of the test marks of a Contracting Party is concerned, that Contracting Party shall not have the right to vote.
4. At the meeting, the Contracting Party may, if it is unable to attend, have another Contracting Party represented within the limits of the power of attorney of the authorised Government.
5. When voting in writing, the delegations shall have a period of six months to reply, which shall be notified to them by the Director of the Permanent Office by letter requiring an acknowledgement of receipt. This period shall be calculated from the receipt of the notice of the time limit.
If there is no reply within this time limit, this shall be deemed to be a abstention.
1. Decisions shall become effective if, within six months of the notification referred to in Article 5 (2), no Contracting Party objects or disagrees with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium.
If a Contracting Party objects to a decision, that decision shall not become effective against the other Contracting Parties.
In the event of reservations made by a Contracting Party against a decision, this Decision shall not enter into force until such reservations have been withdrawn by that Contracting Party.
The date of receipt of the notification sent to the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall be deemed to be the date of appeal.
The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall notify: The International Permanent Commission shall have any resistance, reservation or withdrawal of reservations.
2. As regards decisions taken by the Commission pursuant to Article I (7) of the Convention, a Contracting Party whose test mark or marks are no longer recognised and must be removed from the official list shall not be entitled to object or object.
French is the official language of the International Standing Commission.
The costs of the Standing Office shall be borne jointly by all Contracting States. General expenses, allowances and travel expenses of delegates of the International Permanent Commission at the plenary meeting of the Commission, or at the meeting of the subcommittee, or in contact with the Permanent Office, shall be borne by the relevant governments.
These Statutes shall have the same validity and duration as the Convention in which they form an integral part.
Done at Brussels, 1 July 1969, in French, in a single original.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 70 / 1975 Coll., on the Convention on the Mutual Recognition of Test Markings of Small Arms |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 16.07.1975 |
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| Effective from | 20.05.1972 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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