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Law No. 32 Of 26 April 1995

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 32 din 26 aprilie 1995

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LEGE No. 32 of 26 April 1995 for the acceptance by Romania of amendments to Annex no. I of the Additional Protocol no. I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict, ratified by Romania by Decree no. 224 224 of 11 May 1990
ISSUER ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR NO. 82 of May 4, 1995



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article UNIC Romania declares that it accepts the amendments to Annex no. I of the Additional Protocol no. I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict, ratified by Romania by Decree no. 224 224 of 11 May 1990, as set out in the Annex to this Law. This law was adopted by the Senate at its meeting on February 27, 1995, in compliance with the provisions of art 74 74 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. SENATE PRESIDENT prof. univ. dr. OLIVIU GHERMAN This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies at the meeting of April 10, 1995, in compliance with the provisions of 74 74 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. p. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT RADU BERCEANU + Annex 1 AMENDMENTS in Annex no. I of the Additional Protocol no. I at the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict, ratified by Decree no. 224 224 of 11 May 1990 1. Article 4-Use-will have the following contents: "" 1. The distinctive sign will be, as far as possible, applied to the flags or on a flat surface, visible from all directions and from a distance as large as possible. 2. The distinctive sign must be colored in red on a white background, and its dimensions must be as large as possible. During the night and in low visibility conditions, the hallmark must be illuminated or clearly visible. 3. Because the closed-open difference allows its identification by using a film or some instruments with infrared rays, the distinctive red mark must be colored on a layer of black apret. 4. The distinctive signs will be able to be made of materials that make them easily recognizable by means of technical detection. 5. Subject to the instructions of the competent authorities, the health and religious personnel who shall discharge their duties on the battlefield shall be equipped, as far as possible, with the head covering and the clothing having a distinctive sign. " 2. Article 6-Glowing signal-will have the following contents: "" 1. The light signal, consisting in a blue, intermittent light, as defined in the Technical Manual of Airworthiness of the O.A.C.I. (Doc. 9051, 3rd part, section 7, head. 1 1 paragraph 4), is intended for use by health aircraft to signal its identity. No other aircraft can use this signal. The recommended blue color is obtained using the tricromatic coordinates below: -green limit Y = 0.065 + 0,805 x; -white limit Y = 0,400-x; -purple limit X = 0,133 + 0,600 y. The recommended frequency of bright blue flashes is 60 to 100 flashes per minute. 2. Sanitary aircrafts should be equipped with the lights needed to make visible the light signal in all possible directions. 3. Under the head provisions. XIV paragraph 4 of the International Code of signals of the O.M.I., hospital ships and rescue wagons must be equipped with one or more flashing blue lights, visible from all directions. The recommended blue colour is obtained using the tricromatic coordinates indicated in paragraph 1. 4 4. In the absence of a special agreement between the parties to the conflict, which would reserve the use of flashing blue lights for the identification of vehicles, ships and sanitary boats, the use of these signals for other vehicles or vessels is not prohibited. " 3. Article 7-Radio signal shall read as follows: "" 1. The radio signal consists of a radio-telephonic or radio-graphic message, in Morse code or direct recording on the narrow band, preceded by a complete transmission of emergency signals (RR no. 3196 and 3197), followed by the isolated YYY group in Morse radiotelegraphy or the MEDICAL word in direct recording on the narrow band and pronounced as in French in radio-telephony. The priority signal will immediately follow the emergency signal, XXX in the radiotelegraphy Morse or PAN PAN in direct recording on the narrow band and pronounced as the French word "panne" in the radiotelefony. The emergency signal will be received three times. The message is issued in English at appropriate intervals, on one or more frequencies provided for this purpose. The priority signal is reserved exclusively for health facilities and means of transport. 2. The radio message, preceded by the distinctive emergency and priority signals referred to in paragraph 1, shall contain the following elements: a) the call sign of the means of health transport; b) position of the means of health transport; c) number and type of means of transport; d) the chosen itinerary; e) the journey time and departure time and arrival time, as appropriate; f) other information, such as flight altitude, supervised radio frequencies, conventional languages, modes and codes of secondary surveillance radiolocation systems. 3. In order to facilitate the communications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, and the communications referred to in art. 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 of the Protocol, the high contracting parties, the parties to the conflict or one of the parties to a conflict, acting by mutual agreement or in isolation, may define, in accordance with the frequency in the Radio Regulations, annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention, and may publish the national frequencies which they choose for these communications. These frequencies shall be notified to the International Telecommunication Union in accordance with the procedure approved by the World Administrative Conference on Radiocommunications. '; 4. Article 8-Identification by electronic means-shall read as follows: "" 1. Secondary surveillance radiolocation system (S.S.R.), as specified in Annex no. 10 at the Chicago Convention of 7 December 1944 relating to international civil aviation, brought up to date periodically, can be used to identify and track the flight of a sanitary aircraft. The mode and code of the S.S.R. reserved for the exclusive use by the sanitary aircraft must be defined by the high contracting parties, by the parties to the conflict or by one of the parties to the conflict, acting by mutual agreement or in isolation, in accordance with the procedures recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization. 2. For identification and localization purposes, protected health means of transport will be able to use normalized radar signalling devices (aeronautics or maritime). Protected health transport must be identified by other maritime vessels or aircraft equipped with surveillance radar (S.S.R.) due to the code issued by a radar signalling device, e.g. in 3/A mode, installed at board those health transports. The code issued by the radar signalling device of health transport shall be assigned by the competent authorities and notified to the parties to the conflict. 3. Sanitary transports will be able to be identified by submarines due to the issuance of appropriate submarine acoustic signals. The submarine acoustic signal shall be constituted by the call sign of the vessel, preceded by the YYY group issued in Morse code on an appropriate sound frequency, e.g. 5 kHz. The Parties to the conflict which will use the submarine acoustic identification signal described above shall indicate to the parties concerned as soon as possible and confirm the frequency used, notifying the use of their hospital vessels. Any other known identification system, at the disposal of belligerents and compatible to military ships, will be able to be used. 4. Parties to the conflict may, by means of a special agreement, adopt, for the use of each other, an electronic system analogous to that for the identification of vehicles and vessels and sanitary boats. " 5. Article 9-Radiocommunications-shall read as follows: " The priority signal, provided in art. 7 of this Regulation, YYY in the radiotelation of Morse or the word "MEDICAL" in direct recording on the narrow band and pronounced as in French in radio-telephony, will be able to precede the corresponding radiocommunications of the health facilities for the application of the procedures used in accordance with 22 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 of the Protocol. ' -----------------------