Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§2799d Definitions

Title 22 › CHAPTER 39 — ARMS EXPORT CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER IX — TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CFE TREATY-LIMITED EQUIPMENT TO NATO MEMBERS › § 2799d

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key names used in this part of the law. CFE Treaty is the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe signed in Paris on November 19, 1990. Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the CFE Treaty means whatever paragraph 1(J) of article II of that treaty says. NATO means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO/CFE country means a NATO member that is also a party to the CFE Treaty and is listed in paragraph 1(A) of article II of the CFE Treaty among the states that signed or joined the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 or the Treaty of Washington of 1949 (the North Atlantic Treaty). Country of the Eastern Group of States Parties means a country listed in paragraph 1(A) of article II of the CFE Treaty that was in the group that signed the Treaty of Warsaw of 1955, or a successor state to one of those countries.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2799d

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As used in this subchapter—
(1)the term “CFE Treaty” means the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (signed at Paris, November 19, 1990);
(2)the term “conventional armaments and equipment limited by the CFE Treaty” has the same meaning as the term “conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty” does under paragraph 1(J) of article II of the CFE Treaty;
(3)the term “NATO” means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
(4)the term “NATO/CFE country” means a member country of NATO that is a party to the CFE Treaty and is listed in paragraph 1(A) of article II of the CFE Treaty within the group of States Parties that signed or acceded to the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 or the Treaty of Washington of 1949 (the North Atlantic Treaty); and
(5)the term “country of the Eastern Group of States Parties” means a country that is listed in paragraph 1(A) of article II of the CFE Treaty within the group of States Parties that signed the Treaty of Warsaw of 1955 or a successor state to such a country.

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Amendments

1993—Par. (5). Pub. L. 103–199 substituted “country of the Eastern Group of States Parties” for “Warsaw Pact country” and inserted before period at end “or a successor state to such a country”.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2799d

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102