1994. pants

Both Groups will remain under Danish chairmanship. The

Steering Group will remain responsible for overall control and

direction of the multinational programme of assistance. The

Military Working Group will continue to be responsible for

developing detailed aspects of the programme and for reviewing

and implementing the Project Plan.

3.2. English will remain the

training and command language of the Battalion.

3.3. The supporting states will

continue to assist with the administrative and legislative work

for the development of the Battalion.

3.4. The Baltic states will be

responsible for the recruitment, retention, and payment

(including their salaries, allowances, and travelling costs) of

all BALTBAT personnel and for providing host nations support, in

accordance with the Project Plan and the terms of Annex B.

3.5. The supporting states will

endeavour to provide assistance to the Baltic states in such a

way as to maximise where appropriate the opportunities for

interoperability and compatibility.

Section 4.

Training

4.1. The supporting states will

continue to provide assistance with the organisation and training

of the Battalion; and with the planning of its logistics system

and training equipment. The emphasis will be on training the

anti-tank and mortar platoons and on commanders training (fire

support, support weapons etc.). Training support will also be

considered for those structures necessary to support the

Battalion, including the Baltic Support Group (BSG) and the

National Training Centres. Training will be provided in

accordance with the Project Plan.

Section 5.

Status of Personnel

5.1. In connection with the

support rendered pursuant to this MOU, the Agreement (and the

Additional Protocol to the Agreement) between the States Party to

the North Atlantic Treaty and other States participating in

Partnership for Peace regarding the status of their forces

(PfP-SOFA) will be applied between those states who are party to

the above mentioned Agreement. The relationship between the

States who are party to the PfP-SOFA and States who are not party

thereto will be regulated in accordance with the spirit of the

PfP-SOFA and the Additional Protocol thereto.

Section 6.

Security

6.1. Classified information will

be transferred only through Government-to-Government channels or

trough channels approved by the designated security authorities

of the participants concerned. Such information will bear the

level of classification and denote the country of origin.

6.2. Except as otherwise stated,

all classified information exchanged or generated in connection

with this Memorandum of Understanding will be used, transmitted,

stored, handled and safeguarded in accordance with the applicable

national security laws and regulations of the receiving

State.

6.3. Each participant will take

all lawful steps available to it to ensure that information

provided or generated pursuant to this Memorandum of

Understanding is protected from further disclosure, except as

provided below, unless the other participants concerned consent

to such disclosure.

6.4. Consistent with national laws

and regulations, participants will not release classified

information to any third party - either directly of under freedom

of information provisions - without prior consultation with the

originating party ant the other participants.

6.5. Consistent with national laws

and regulations, the participants will investigate all cases in

which it is known or suspected that classified information

provided or generated pursuant to this MOU has been lost or

disclosed to unauthorised persons. Each participant will also

promptly and fully inform other parties of the details of the

investigation and of the corrective action taken to preclude

recurrences.

6.6. For any facility where

classified information is to be used, the responsible party will

approve the appointment of a person or persons to exercise

effectively the responsibilities for safeguarding at such

facility the information pertaining to the MOU.

6.7. Each participant will ensure

that access to classified information is limited to those persons

who possess the requisite security clearances and have a specific

need for access to classified information in other to

participate. No individual will be granted access to classified

information solely by virtue of appointment, rank or security

clearance.

6.8. All visiting personnel will

comply with the security regulations of the host party. Any

information disclosed or made available to visitors will be

treated as if supplied to the party sponsoring the visiting

personnel, and will be subject to the provisions of this

Memorandum of Understanding.

6.9. All classified information

exchanged or generated under this Memorandum of Understanding

will continue to be protected in the event of withdrawal by any

party or upon termination of the Memorandum.

6.10. For the purpose of achieving

and maintaining comparable standards of protection of classified

information exchanged in accordance with this Memorandum of

Understanding, each participant will, upon request, provide

information on its national legislation in this regard and will,

for this purpose, facilitate consultation in these matters

between the relevant authorities of the Participants.

6.11. The competent authorities of

the Participants will co-operate in the implementation of these

provisions.

Section 7.

Withdrawal

7.1. Participants may withdraw

from this Memorandum of Understanding by giving three months

written notification to the other Participants.

Section 8.

Amendments

8.1. This Memorandum of

Understanding may be amended at any time, in writing, by the

mutual consent of the participants. Once it has come into effect,

this Memorandum of Understanding shall be open to accession by

third parties subject to the approval of the Participants and to

such conditions as they may decide.

Section 9.

National law and international obligations

9.1. This Memorandum of

Understanding is not intended to supersede national law or

international obligations by which the participants are bound. In

case of contradiction, national law and international obligations

will prevail.

Section 10.

Disputes

10.1. Any dispute concerning the

interpretation or application of this Memorandum of Understanding

will be resolved by consultation between the Participants without

recourse to any outside jurisdiction.

Section 11.

Effective Date

11.1. This Memorandum of

Understanding becomes effective on the date of the last signature

and will remain effective until completion of the Project Plan or

otherwise mutually agreed.

Annexes:

A. Outline of the Project Plan

B. Responsibilities of the Baltic

states

Memorandum of Understanding

concerning co-operation on the development of BALTBAT into an

infantry Battalion signed in one copy in the English language and

deposited in the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Denmark

which will provide certified copies to each Participant.

Hans Haekkerup Andrus Öövel

Minister of Defence Minister of

Defence

of the Kingdom of Denmark of the

Republic of Estonia

Anneli Taina Tālavs Jundzis

Minister of Defence Minister of

Defence

of the Republic of Finland of the

Republic of Latvia

Česlovas Stankevičius Frank De

Grave

Minister of Defence Minister of

Defence

of the Republic of Lithuania of

the Kingdom of Netherlands

Dag Jostein Fjaervoll Björn von

Sydov

Minister of Defence Minister of

Defence

of the Kingdom of Norway of the

Kingdom of Sweden

George Robertson

Secretary of State for Defence

of the United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland

Annex A

Outline of the Project Plan

Section 1.

Introduction

1.1. The aim of this Project Plan

is to co-ordinate assistance for the development of BALTBAT into

an Infantry Battalion; and to establish mechanisms by which the

Baltic states can themselves sustain the Battalion.

Section 2.

General Plan

2.1. The Plan has the following

elements:

* continuation of Basic Military

Training (BMT) and Commanders Training for new recruits (this

will be provided jointly by UK/NL until the Baltic states assume

full responsibility); and assistance with English Language

Training (ELT);

* logistics training and

assistance with implementation of the Logistics Concept;

* tactical training, leadership

and man-management training of officers and non-commissioned

officers, to provide competent leaders commensurate with the

increased complexity of the Battalion's tasks;

* training of mortar and anti-tank

platoon commanders, followed by specialist and platoon drill

training;

* training at battalion level in a

Support Weapons environment (including field training exercises

(FTXs) and command post exercises (CPXs)).

2.1. At the end of these

activities BALTBAT should be trained, formed and organised as an

infantry Battalion, and be ready for an operational deployment as

such. As may be agreed by the Steering Group, evaluation of

BALTBAT's capabilities and limitations will be conducted by a

multinational team consisting of representatives from the

supporting states (not MWG members). BALTBAT MWG will, however,

be responsible for co-ordinating this evaluation.

2.3. Training support will also be

considered for those structures necessary to support the

Battalion, including the Baltic Support Group (BSG) and the

National Training Centres (NTCs) at Paldiski, Adazi and Rukla.

This support will be approved and monitored by the MWG.

2.4. Project timescales are shown

at Appendix 1.

Section 3.

Organisation

3.1. BALTBAT will be organised as

follows:

* Battalion Staff

* Headquarters & Logistics

Company (HQ&Log Coy)

* Support Company (Supp Coy)

* 3 Rifle Companies (ESTCOY,

LATCOY & LITCOY).

3.2. As a guide, total numbers

will be a maximum of around 740. The precise organisation and

manning of BALTBAT will be determined in the MWG.

Annex B

Responsibilities of the Baltic

States

Section 1.

Introduction

1.1. This Annex records the

understandings, referred to in Section 3 of the Memorandum of

Understanding, reached between the supporting states and the

Baltic states concerning the responsibilities of the Baltic

states to provide host nation support to the training of the

Baltic Battalion (BALTBAT); and to supply personnel to undergo

training.

Section 2.

Definitions

2.1. In this Annex, the following

definitions apply:

a) "receiving State" means the

Baltic State on whose territory the training is conducted under

the conditions set out in this Annex;

b) "sending State" means the

supporting State whose personnel are deployed to the receiving

State for the purpose of providing training under the conditions

set out in this Annex;

c) "participants" means the Baltic

and supporting states;

d) "personnel of the sending

State" means members of the armed forces or civilian personnel of

the sending State;

e) BALTBAT Training Team (BTT)

means the unit responsible for co-ordinating and conducting the

training support provided by the sending States.

f) "Training" means basic and

specialist individual military training, military continuation,

UN training, English Language Training (ELT), Specialist

Training, Platoon Drill Training, and Support Weapons

Training;

g) "Project Plan" means the plan,

submitted by the Military Working Group to Supporting and Baltic

States for their approval, which outlines the project phases,

including the number of personnel expected to participate in

those phases, for the development of BALTBAT into an Infantry

Battalion.

Section 3.

General Responsibilities

Provision of Personnel for

Training

3.1. The Baltic states will make

available personnel to undergo training in accordance with the

Project Plan. OC/BTT will formulate joining criteria for

students, as appropriate, for the proposed training.

3.2. When deployed for training

outside their country, each national contingent will be under the

command of its own company commander, or the senior national

BALTBAT officer present, who will have disciplinary authority

over his own troops and who, in the case or minor offences, will

be able to award punishment without reference to his national

chain of command.

3.3. Absence from training for any

reason will be approved in advance by the company commander and

the chief English language instructor in the receiving State

during English Language Training and with the chief BTT

instructor during any military training. Such absences will only

be approved in exceptional circumstances, or as a result of

illness certified in writing by a qualified medical

practitioner.

3.4. In circumstances where either

a Baltic State wishes to withdraw one of its soldiers from the

programme, or where the instructor finds a soldier unsuitable for

the programme, withdrawal will require the joint authorisation of

the Ministry of Defence and/or CHOD, as appropriate, of the

Baltic State concerned and of the chief instructor of that phase

or the training.

3.5. In the event of an authorised

withdrawal as described in the above paragraph, the Baltic State

concerned will provide a replacement, and train him, at its own

expense, to an appropriate standard in English and in military

skills (in agreement with OC/BTT and in accordance with para

3.3.above) as quickly as possible.

Host Nation Support

3.6. For each training visit

receiving State accepts the general responsibility of providing

the services and facilities specified hereunder.

Accommodation

3.7. The projected accommodation

requirements are based on the estimated personnel numbers laid

down in the Project Plan. The accommodation is to meet the

following standards:

* BTT and ELT instructors.

Sufficient self-contained, two-or three-bedroom flats (one

bedroom per instructor). These are to be clean and hygienic, with

hot and cold running water, heating and electricity. The flats

should be located as closely as possible to each other, and

should have access to an international pay phone for the sole use

of the instructors.

Infrastructure

3.8. Infrastructure will be

provided to support the training at each national training centre

(NTC) during the relevant period. The requirement will be based

on the number of personnel expected to undergo as per the Project

Plan. All premises used for training (including workshops) are to

be adequately heated. The following services and facilities will

be required:

a) Classrooms: a sufficient

number, with desks and chairs, to meet the requirement at the

time. Each will be clean and in good condition, and have

electricity, running water, heating and lighting.

b) Offices: a sufficient number to

meet the requirement at the time. These will be in a suitable

condition, and have electricity, heating and lighting.. All BTT

offices will have access to international telephone lines and

there will be lines for one fax in each NTC, for official use

only. Costs incurred on the telephone lines will be met by the

host country. National lines will also be available in at least

half the other offices of the National Officers and NCOs.

c) Stores: each NTC should have

the following stores:

(I) one for the BALTBAT Training

Team;

(II) one for training

materials;

(III) one company store per

company;

(IV) a sufficient number for the

platoons in the Rifle Coy, and for the platoons in the HQ&Log

Coy and Support Coy based at the NTC;

(V) an armoury to meet current and

future weapon and ammunition requirements for the Rifle Company

and the platoons in the HQ&Log Coy and the Support Coy based

at the NTC; it should be equipped with a suitable security system

and guarded to appropriate standards;

(VI) one for clothing, equipment

and miscellaneous items. The Baltic states will appoint a

Quartermaster (QM) in each NTC who will be responsible for all

BALTBAT equipment located in that NTC. QMs will report direct to

CO/BALTBAT.

d) Miscellaneous: each NTC should

have access to a gymnasium equipped for collective and individual

fitness training; a lecture hall or cinema; and an assault

course, fully repaired and safe in every respect.

e) Training Support: each NTC

should provide a training co-ordination centre; and the necessary

support for range sentries, demonstration troops and enemy forces

for the students undergoing training.

f) Maps: each NTC will provide

sufficient maps to support the training that is taking place at

any given time;

g) Ranges: as required for the

conduct of training of infantry companies and support weapons. As

a minimum, each NTC should provide a range of up to 500 metres

with firing points for at least 30 soldiers and a field firing

range with at least the capacity to conduct platoon fire and

manoeuvre for 30 soldiers simultaneously. A range with sufficient

capacity to permit the firing of heavy machine guns should also

be provided. All ranges should be cleared of ordnance and debris

and have Range Safety Orders. Warning signs should be displayed

around the range and training areas during use

Logistics Support

3.9. Responsibility for Logistics

support lies with the Baltic States in accordance with the

Logistics Concept (approved by the BALTBAT Steering Group on 25

September 1997). Logistic support should be provided to support

the training taking place at the NTCs at any given time. The

level required will be commensurate with the number of personnel

as per the Project Plan. The following services and facilities

will be provided:

a) Feeding and Canteen: sufficient

feeding and canteen facilities to meet the requirements at any

given time; the food should be of a suitable standard and meet

appropriate nutritional requirements;

b) Transport: sufficient dedicated

transport for instructors (including ELT instructors) to meet the

requirements at any given time;

c) POL: sufficient petrol, diesel

oils, lubricants and anti-freeze for all vehicles;

d) Maintenance: one first- and

second-line workshop with servicing bay with power, lighting and

heating; sufficient garages to store the vehicles allocated to

the NTC; and sufficient capacity for the repair of vehicles,

arms, electronic equipment, etc.

e) Liaison Officers &

Interpreters: one liaison officer per NTC; and interpreters, as

necessary, to meet the requirements at any given time.

Customs Procedures

3.10. A general freedom of

movement for instructors and BALTBAT personnel and equipment is

required and the receiving States should ensure that this is

possible. Whenever stores, equipment, etc., are being moved to

one or more NTC, the receiving States should provide assistance

with customs clearances to facilitate the timely and safe

delivery of items to the NTCs.

Medical Facilities

3.11. The receiving State will

provide free of charge to the personnel of the sending State

access to such necessary medical facilities, as are available.

The Sending State may, if they wish, use their own

doctors/medical facilities. Consistent with the laws of the

receiving State, the BTT medical officer is permitted to import,

store, transport between receiving states, and use medical

supplies as needed for his duties.

Overflying and Airfield

Facilities

3.12. The receiving States will

afford overflying rights and airfield facilities for the military

aircraft of the sending State and their personnel operating in

support of visits covered by this Annex. Arrangements will be

made for military aircraft from sending States - while performing

activities related to BALTBAT - which land in airfields of the

receiving States to be excused from the payment of landing

fees.

3.13. Rescue helicopters and

airplanes from sending States should - in emergency situations,

and on a case by case basic - be guaranteed permission to cross

the territory of a receiving State and land (where agreed) in

order to evacuate personnel on duty in BALTBAT.

Provision of Equipment

3.14. When equipment is provided,

including any provided by other States, for the purpose of

assistance with the formation and development of the Baltic

Battalion, the Baltic State, to which the equipment has been

supplied, will ensure that such equipment in used in direct

support of the training and operation of the Battalion. Delivery

of equipment to the point of entry in the Baltic states should be

accomplished without incurring any landing or arrival fees. The

Baltic states should ensure that equipment is able to move freely

between NTCs.