Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty

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The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty is a landmark post–Cold War arms control agreement that set comprehensive limits and verification measures on key categories of conventional military equipment deployed between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arms control treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
adaptationSignedAt Istanbul ⓘ
adaptationSignedOn 1999-11-19 ⓘ
appliesTo territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains ⓘ
concludedInContextOf end of the Cold War ⓘ
depositary Government of Belgium ⓘ
Government of Canada ⓘ
Government of Hungary ⓘ
Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1992-07-17 ⓘ
establishes equal ceilings for NATO and Warsaw Pact conventional forces in Europe ⓘ
fullName Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
hasAdaptation Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
hasProtocol CFE Flank Agreement ⓘ
includesProvision destruction of excess equipment ⓘ
information exchange ⓘ
on-site inspections ⓘ
verification measures ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
limitsCategory armored combat vehicles ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
attack helicopters ⓘ
battle tanks ⓘ
combat aircraft ⓘ
negotiatedInForum Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ⓘ
notableFeature established unprecedented transparency in conventional forces in Europe ⓘ
required destruction or conversion of thousands of pieces of conventional military equipment ⓘ
partyBloc North Atlantic Treaty Organization ⓘ
linked to: NATO

Warsaw Pact ⓘ
primaryPurpose to establish comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment in Europe ⓘ
to reduce the possibility of large-scale offensive operations in Europe ⓘ
to reduce the possibility of large-scale surprise attack in Europe ⓘ
regionCovered Europe ⓘ
relatedTo NATO–Warsaw Pact military balance ⓘ
post–Cold War European security architecture ⓘ
shortName CFE Treaty ⓘ
signedAt Paris ⓘ
signedOn 1990-11-19 ⓘ
successorForum Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ
verificationMechanism challenge inspections ⓘ
data exchanges on conventional armaments and equipment ⓘ
on-site inspections of military units and equipment ⓘ

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George H. W. Bush–Gorbachev summits → relatedAgreement → Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty ⓘ
Treaties of France → hasPart → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty → fullName → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty → shortName → CFE Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
European security architecture → includesAgreement → Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty ⓘ
NATO–Soviet relations → hasPart → Conventional Armed Forces in Europe negotiations ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
Treaties of the Cold War → includesTreaty → Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty ⓘ
Treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany → includes → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
On-Site Inspection Agency → follows → Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty ⓘ
Treaties of the Soviet Union → hasPart → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty, 1990) ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
CFE Flank Agreement → partOf → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
CFE Flank Agreement → legalBasis → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe → basedOn → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe → signatoryBloc → States Parties to the CFE Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
Agreement on Adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe → relatedInstrument → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
Open Skies Treaty → relatedTo → Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty ⓘ
Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions talks → supersededBy → Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
NATO–Warsaw Pact conventional balance → isLinkedTo → Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty ⓘ