DECISION ADOPTED BY THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE TREATY CFE CONCERNING CERTAIN BASIC ELEMENTS FOR TREATY ADAPTATION-23 July 1997

In accordance with the Document agreed at Lisbon on 1 December 1996, defining the scope and parameters for the process commissioned in paragraph 19 of the Final Document of the First CFE Treaty Review Conference, the States Parties have agreed upon certain of the Basic Elements which will govern the adaptation of the CFE Treaty; and have identified certain other Basic Elements upon which further work will be done. Both are recorded below.