The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization member States and the countries participating in the partnership for peace ", the agreement on the status of their armed forces and the Protocol to this Treaty article 1. 19 June 1995 in Brussels signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member States and the countries participating in the partnership for peace ", the agreement on the status of their armed forces (hereinafter referred to as the agreement) and the Protocol to the Treaty (hereinafter referred to as the Protocol) with this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. The law shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. With the law put a contract and Protocol in English and their translation into Latvian language. 3. article. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia on the basis of this law and in accordance with article 5 of the Treaty and article 2 of the Protocol, the ratification documents shall be prepared and deposited with the Government of the United States. 4. article. The agreement shall enter into force for the period specified in article 5 and in order, the Protocol shall enter into force for the period specified in article 2 and in order. The Parliament adopted the law on 29 February 1996. The President g. Ulmanis in Riga, March 13, 1996 the agreement among the States parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States Participating in the Partnership for peace regarding the status of their forces the States parties to the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington on April 4, done in 1949 and the States which accept the invitation to Partnership for peace issued and signed by the heads of State and Government of the member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels on 10 January 1994 and which subscribe to the Partnership for peace Framework document; Constituting together the States participating in the Partnership for peace; Considering that the forces of one State Party to the present agreement may be sent and received, by agreement, into the territory of another State Party; Bearing in mind that the decision to send and to receive forces will continue to be the subject of separate arrangements between the States parties concerned; (Menu rngton Line4), however, to define the status of such forces while in the territory of another State Party; Recalling the agreement between the States parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the status of their forces done at London on 19 June 1951; Have agreed as follows: article 1 Except as otherwise provided for in the present agreement and any additional protocol in respect to its own parties, all States parties to the present Agreement shall apply the provision of the agreement between the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the status of their forces, done at London on 19 June 1951, hereinafter referred to as the NATO sofa as if all State parties to the present agreement were parties to the NATO sofa. Article 2 1) In addition to the area to which the NATO sofa Apple to the present Agreement shall apply to the territory of all States parties to the present agreement which are not parties to the NATO sofa. For the purpose of 2) of the present agreement, the reference in the NATO sofa to the North Atlantic Treaty area shall be deemed also to include the territories referred to in paragraph 1 of the present article, and reference to the North Atlantic Treaty shall be deemed to include the Partnership for peace. Article 3 For the purpose of implementing the present agreement with respect to matters involving parties that are not parties to the NATO sofa, provision of the NATO sofa that provides for requests to be submitted, or to be referred to the difference of the North Atlantic Council, the Chairman of the North Atlantic Council to an arbitrator shall be Deput or construed to require the parties concerned can not gotiat between or among themselves without resource to any outside jurisdiction. Article 4 the present agreement may be modified or otherwise supplement in accordanc with International Law. Article 5 1) the present Agreement shall be open for signature by any State that is a contracting Party to either the NATO sofa, or that accept the invitation to the Partnership for peace programme and the Partnership for the subscribe peace Framework document. 2) the present Agreement shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of the United of America, which shall notify all signatory States of each such deposit. 3) Thirty days after the three signatory States, at least one of which is a Party to the NATO sofa and one of which has accepted the invitation to the Partnership for peace programme and subscribed to the Partnership for peace Framework document, have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval, the present Agreement shall enter into force in respect of those States. It shall enter into force in respect of each other signatory State thirty days after the date of deposit of its instrument. Article 6 of the present agreement may be denounced by any Party to this agreement by giving written notification of denunciation to the Government of the United States of America, which will notify all signatory States of each such notification. The denunciation shall take effect one year after receipt of the notification by the Government of the United States of America. After the expiration of this period of one year, the present Agreement shall cease to be in force as regards the Party that denounc it, except for the settlement of outstanding claims that aros is before the day on which the denunciation takes effect, but shall continue to be in force for the remaining parties. In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised the by their Governments, the respectiv have signed this agreement. Done in Brussels, this nineteenth day of June, 1995, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authoritativ, in a single original which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. The Government of the United States of America shall transmit certified cop thereof of all the signatory to the States.

Additional Protocol to the agreement among the States parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participating in the Partnership for peace regarding the status of their forces the State parties to the present additional Protocol to the agreement among the State parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participating in the Partnership for peace regarding the status of their forces , hereinafter referred to as agreement; Considering that the death penalty is not provided for under the domestic legislation of some parties to the agreement; Have agreed as follows: article 1 Insofar as it has to the jurisdiction provision of the agreement, each State Party to the present additional Protocol shall not carry out a death line with regards to any member of a force and it is civilian component, and their dependent from any other State Party to the present Additional Protocol. Article 2 (1) the present Protocol shall be open for signature by any signatory of the agreement. (2) the present Protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America, which shall notify all the signatory States or each such deposit. (3) the present Protocol shall enter into force 30 days after the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval by the three signatory States, at least one of which is a Party to the NATO sofa and one of which is a State having accepted the invitation to join the Partnership for peace programme and having subscribed to the Partnership for peace Framework document. (4) the present Protocol shall come into force in respect of each other signatory State on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with the Government of the United States of America. Done in Brussels, this nineteenth day of June 1995, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally, in a single original which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. The Government of the United States of America shall transmit certified cop to it all signatory States thereof.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization member States and the countries participating in the partnership for peace ", the agreement on the status of the armed forces

1949 April 4 in Washington concluded in the Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty and the States, which accepts the invitation to participate in the partnership for peace ", which developed and signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member States and heads of Government in 1994 on January 10 in Brussels, and which signed the partnership for peace framework document —; combining the countries participating in the partnership for peace "; considering that one member of the armed forces can be sent to and enrolled in the territory of another Member State on the basis of mutual agreement; Bearing in mind that the decision to send and pick up the armed forces will be accepted, the Member States concerned for their individual consent; Desiring, however, to determine the status of such forces in the territory of another Member State; referring to the June 19, 1951 in London signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member States ' agreement on their armed forces; have agreed as follows: article 1 If this agreement or any of the additional protocol in relation to its Member States, all Member States shall apply this agreement June 19, 1951 in London signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member States ' agreement on their armed forces (hereinafter referred to as the NATO sofa) provisions, as all Member States of this agreement would be the NATO sofa. 2. Article 1. In addition to the territory in which the NATO sofa, running all of this this Treaty the Treaty in the territory of the Member States which are not Member States of the NATO sofa. 2. in accordance with the objectives of the Treaty within the framework of the NATO sofa references in the North Atlantic Treaty area also includes the areas referred to in paragraph 1, and the reference to the North Atlantic Treaty, also includes the program "partnership for peace". Article 3 in accordance with the objectives of this Treaty shall, in matters relating to the Member States which are not Member States of the NATO sofa, NATO sofa provisions that provide for the filing of the request or notice of dissent, the North Atlantic Council, the North Atlantic Council, the Deputy Chairman or the arbitrator, an obligation for the Member States concerned to take the negotiation, without involving any external jurisdiction. Article 4 of this Treaty can be added to or otherwise modified in accordance with the rules of international law. 5. Article 1 this agreement may be signed by any State which is a member of the NATO sofa, or accepting the invitation of the "partnership for peace" and the caption: "partnership for peace" framework document —. 2. this Treaty shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval are deposited in the Government of the United States of America, which shall notify all the signatory States of this Treaty for each such deposit. 3. within 30 days after this Treaty signed by the three countries, of which at least one is a Member State of NATO sofa and one has accepted the invitation of the "partnership for peace", and signed by, the partnership for peace framework document —, have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval, this Agreement shall enter into force for those States. With respect to any other State signatory of this agreement, it shall enter into force thirty days after the day on which that State deposited its instrument. Article 6, any Member State may denounce this Treaty on such written notice of denunciation of the Government of the United States of having each denunciation must inform all States which have signed this agreement. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the United States Government has received the notification of denunciation. After one year of the expiry of this contract shall cease with respect to the country that it denounced, unless you want to solve the essential requirements which arose prior to the date of entry into force of the denunciation of the Contract between other parties remains in force. In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised, their Governments, have signed this agreement. Signed at Brussels, 19 June 1995, the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic. The original deposit of United States Government archives. The Government of the United States of America send certified copies of this agreement to all the signatories of the Treaty countries.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization member States and the countries participating in the partnership for peace, the Treaty — on the status of the armed forces of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries and participating in the partnership for peace, the Treaty — on the status of the forces Protocol, here referred to as the Treaty, the Member States; taking into account that some Member States of the Treaty permitted the death penalty is not provided; have agreed as follows: article 1 in accordance with the terms of this agreement, in so far as it is under the jurisdiction of each country, each Member of this Protocol does not execute the death sentence for any other Member State of this Protocol, the armed forces, the civilian component, and their subordinate member. 2. Article 1) this Protocol may sign any agreement. 2) this Protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instrument of ratification acceptance or approval are deposited to the Government of the United States of America, which shall notify all the signatory States of this Protocol on each such deposit. 3) this Protocol shall enter into force thirty days after the Protocol is signed in three States, of which at least one is a Member State of NATO sofa and one has accepted the invitation "partnership for peace", and signed by, the partnership for peace framework document-. 4) in relation to any other State party to the Protocol, it shall enter into force from the date on which the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited in the United States Government. Signed at Brussels, 19 June 1995, the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic. The original deposit of United States Government archives. The Government of the United States of America send certified copies of this Protocol to all Member States of the Protocol.