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title: "\"Протокол о внесении изменений в Соглашение между Правительством СССР и Правительством Соединенного Королевства Великобритании и Северной Ирландии о предотвращении инцидентов на море за пределами территориальных вод от 15 июля 1986 г.\" [рус., англ.]"
status: действует
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## "Протокол о внесении изменений в Соглашение между Правительством СССР и Правительством Соединенного Королевства Великобритании и Северной Ирландии о предотвращении инцидентов на море за пределами территориальных вод от 15 июля 1986 г." [рус., англ.]
(Заключено в г. Москве 27.05.2021)
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## Статья 1
## ПРОТОКОЛ
**О ВНЕСЕНИИ ИЗМЕНЕНИЙ В СОГЛАШЕНИЕ МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ**
**СОЮЗА СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ**
**СОЕДИНЕННОГО КОРОЛЕВСТВА ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИИ И СЕВЕРНОЙ ИРЛАНДИИ**
**О ПРЕДОТВРАЩЕНИИ ИНЦИДЕНТОВ НА МОРЕ ЗА ПРЕДЕЛАМИ**
**ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫХ ВОД ОТ 15 ИЮЛЯ 1986 Г.**
**(Москва, 27 мая 2021 года)**
**Настоящий Протокол вступает в силу с даты получения последнего письменного уведомления по дипломатическим каналам о выполнении Сторонами внутригосударственных процедур, необходимых для его вступления в силу.**
**Совершено в г. Москве 27 мая 2021 г. в двух экземплярах, каждый на русском и английском языке, оба текста имеют одинаковую силу.**
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OF AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOVIET UNION AND THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF INCIDENTS AT SEA BEYOND
**THE TERRITORIAL SEA 15 JULY 1986**
(Moscow, 27.V.2021)
**seeking to provide a higher level of safety of navigation for their ships and of their aircraft beyond the territorial sea,**
taking into account the principles contained in the December 7 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation and the rules adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization related to the flight security,
acknowledging the necessity to amend and update the July 15 1986 Agreement between the Government of the Soviet Union and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the Prevention of Incidents at Sea beyond the Territorial Sea (hereinafter the Agreement),
have agreed as follows:
Through the text of the Agreement substitute the words "non-military ships" with the words "non-military ships and aircraft".
**Erase the word "manned" from Paragraph 2 of Article 1.**
In Article 2 of the Agreement the words "1958 Geneva Convention on the High Seas" substitute "1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.".
**Supplement Paragraph 5 of Article 3 with the following Paragraph:**
"When approaching at the distance of less than 20 cables in the daytime and less than 30 cables at night or in conditions of poor visibility, ships of the Parties shall make contact using the procedure prescribed in Article 4 bis of this Agreement".
Paragraph 6 of Article 3 shall be set out in the following format:
"6. Ships of the Parties:
a) shall not simulate attacks by aiming guns, missile launchers, torpedo tubes and other weapons in the direction of ships and aircraft of the other Party;
b) shall not launch any object in the direction of ships and aircraft of the Parties in such a manner as to be hazardous to those ships and aircraft or to their navigation and flight;
c) shall not use searchlights or other powerful illumination devices for the purpose of illuminating ship's navigation bridges and cockpits of flying aircraft of the Party;
d) shall not use lasers in such a manner which could inflict harm on the health of personnel or damage the equipment that is onboard or aircraft of the other Party;
e) shall not launch signal rockets in the direction of ships and aircraft of the other Party in a manner as to be hazardous for those ships and aircraft;
f) shall not deliberately jam the communication systems of ships and aircraft of the other Party.
**Ships of the Parties shall not take such actions against non-military ships and aircraft of the other Party.".**
In Article 4 of the Agreement:
a) Paragraph 1 shall be set out in the following format:
"1. Aircraft of the Parties when approaching aircraft and ships of the other Party, in particular ships engaged in taking off or landing of aircraft shall use the greatest caution and in the interest of mutual safety shall not permit:
a) simulation of attacks or of weapon engagement against ships and aircraft of the other Party;
b) performance of aerobatics over ships of the other Party;
c) dropping in the direction of ships and aircraft objects that can be hazardous to those ships and aircraft or to their navigation and flight;
d) deliberate jamming of the systems of ships and aircraft of the other Party;
e) launching of the signal rockets in the direction of ships and aircraft of the other Party in a manner as to be hazardous to those ships or aircraft;
f) use of searchlights or other similar illumination devices for the purpose of illuminating ship's navigation bridges and cockpits of flying aircraft of the other Party;
g) use of lasers in a manner which could inflict harm on the health of personnel or damage the equipment that is onboard a ship or aircraft of the other Party.";
b) in Paragraph 2 add the words "in conditions of poor visibility" after the words "or on instruments".
Add the Article 4 bis to the Agreement as follows:
"Article 4 bis
1.
Ships and aircraft of the Parties contacting for the information exchange use the call signals in English: "Russian ship", "Russian aircraft" and "British ship", "British aircraft".
**Article 6 of the Agreement shall be set in the following format:**
"Article 6
1. The Parties shall provide through the established system of radio broadcasts of information and warning to mariners, normally not less than three to five days in advance, notification of action beyond the territorial sea, which represent a danger to navigation or to aircraft in flight.
2. Each of the Parties shall take the necessary measures to ensure that ships and aircraft show maximum caution and prudence in the areas about which information was transmitted by the other Party in accordance with Paragraph 1 of the Article.".
In Article 7 of the Agreement:
after the words "exchange in a timely manner" add the words "via diplomatic channels";
**exclude the final sentence.**
Add the following signals to the table of special signals (Annex to the Agreement):
| "PS2 | I am exercising the right of hot pursuit |
| --- | --- |
| QG5 | You are in an area that is announced as temporarily dangerous, you must leave it immediately |
| TX2 | I am engaging in sea pollution control |
| YY1 | I want to contact you on Channel 16 |
| ZF1 | I intend to conduct training with you upon exchange of special signals in accordance with the Agreement |
| ZF2 | The training upon the signals exchange is over". |
This Protocol shall enter into force from the last written notification of either Party, via diplomatic channels, of the completion of the internal procedures necessary for it to enter into force.
Done in Moscow on the 27th of May 2021 in two copies, each is in Russian and English, moreover both texts have the same power.
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