Attachment_2_-_DECA_Info_p.16.pdf

DECA – Supplementary Agreement 3

ARTICLE V

1. In accordance with the provisions of the "Agreement Between the Parties of the North Atlantic Treaty Regarding the Status of Their Forces" dated June 19, 1951, the Government of the United States may import into and export from Turkey the equipment for its forces and reasonable quantities of provisions, supplies and other goods exclusively for the use of the United States Forces, its members, civilian component, and dependents. United States authorities shall notify Turkish authorities of such imports and exports by manifest.

2. The importation into and permanent transfer within Turkey of major items of equipment, arms and ammunition shall be subject to the prior approval of appropriate Turkish authorities and transfer within Turkey of arms and ammunition shall be accomplished with safeguards and protections as mutually agreed. Special procedures shall be established for the customs control of arms and ammunition as well as equipment and material of a classified nature.

3. Arms and ammunition and major items of equipment needed for the operation of an installation, including such equipment as may be earmarked for replacement as a result of modernization, will not be removed from Turkey without prior notification.

4. The competent authorities of both Parties shall consult before either Party terminates its activities or reduces its capabilities significantly at the installations.

ARTICLE VI

For the purposes of this Agreement, material, equipment, provisions, supplies, services, and civilian labor required by the Government of the United States shall be procured in Turkey to the extent feasible.

ARTICLE VII

1. State-owned land areas including improvements, utilities, easements and rights of way already allocated by the Government of the Republic of Turkey for the purposes of this Agreement will continue to be made available without costs to or claims against the Government of the United States. This Article shall not be interpreted as giving the right of ownership to such land areas, improvements, utilities, easements and rights of way to the United States and is without prejudice to the terms of existing non-intergovernmental lease contracts under which certain property is provided to the Government of the United States for the purposes of this Agreement.

2. All non-removable property, including property incorporated in the soil, constructed or installed by or on behalf of the United States on the land areas allocated by the Government of the Republic of Turkey for the purposes of this Agreement, shall, from the date of its construction or installation, become the property of the Government of the Republic of Turkey, and shall be so registered without prejudice to the authorization by the Turkish authorities to the Government of the United States and its personnel to use such property for the purposes of this Agreement. Upon final termination of the use by the Government of the United States of any such non-removable property, the right of such use will be transferred to the Government of the Republic of Turkey which will compensate the Government of the United States for the residual value, if any, of the property as determined by mutual agreement, taking into account past practices. Such property shall include those basic utility systems and other fixtures which have been permanently installed in or affixed to the property.

3. The Government of the Republic of Turkey shall have the right of priority to acquire, in accordance with mutually agreed terms, any equipment, materials, and supplies imported into or procured in Turkey by or on behalf

FA5685-16-Q-0029

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