Federal Law № 72-ФЗ dated May 27, 2000
‘ON RATIFICATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY’
Adopted by the State Duma on April 21, 2000
Approved by the Council of Federation on May 17, 2000
Summary:
This federal law ratifies the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty originally signed in 1996. The
law specifies the terms on which the treaty is implemented. The responsibilities of the
president, government, and federal bodies within the terms of the treaty are described. The
terms on which Russia may withdraw from the treaty are specified.
Article 1
Ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed on behalf of the Russian
Federation in the city of New York on September 24 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the
Treaty).
Article 2
Realization of the Treaty shall be implemented on the basis of the following:
1) maintenance of operational availability, reliability and security of the nuclear arsenal of
the Russian Federation at the level, ensuring the national security of the Russian Federation;
2) support of the Federal nuclear centers, enterprises and organizations, included in the
nuclear arms complex of the Russian Federation and realization of the programs in the
sphere of theoretical and applied researches and technological developments for the
purposes of providing the required scientific-technical and production potential in the
sphere of nuclear weapons, experimental-test base, qualification level of scientists,
designers, workers, employees and other specialists, employed in the nuclear arms complex
of the Russian Federation, as well as the level of their social security;
3) reservation and development of the nuclear arms technologies at all stages of
development and production of nuclear charges and nuclear ammunition, modernization of
the technical base of the nuclear arms complex of the Russian Federation;
4) maintenance of the base potential for possible re-activation of the test nuclear activity in
the case in which the Russian Federation withdraws from the Treaty; maintenance of the
Central Range of the Russian Federation in availability for the full-scale tests and its
adaptation to work on nuclear charges and ammunition not prohibited by the Treaty;
5) perfection of opportunities of the National system of control over the nuclear tests
abroad;
6) further perfection of information analytical means, including the reconnaissance, to
provide receipt of reliable and timely data on the nuclear arsenals, possible hidden
developments of nuclear weapons or other activities of other countries having value for the
purposes of nuclear weapons;
7) guaranteed and priority financing of the State programs on maintenance of the nuclear
arms complex of the Russian Federation, perfection of the national system of control over
the nuclear tests abroad, as well as other work and measures associated with realisation of
the Treaty, including creation and functioning support of the Russian segment of the Global
Communication System under the Treaty and the National Data Centre;
Article 3
In the course of the Treaty’s performance:
1. The President of the Russian Federation shall:
exercise the State governing of the activities in the sphere of supporting the maintenance
of the nuclear arsenal, reliability and security of the nuclear weapons;
approve the structure of the State guidance of the activity in the sphere of nuclear
weapons;
approve Federal programs in the sphere of nuclear weapons and control over the nuclear
tests;
take other decisions, associated with realization of the Treaty.
2. the Government of the Russian Federation shall
manage the development of the corresponding activity programs on ensuring the nuclear
arsenal maintenance, reliability and security of the nuclear weapons, as well as other work
and measures associated with perfection of the National system of control over the nuclear
tests abroad and compliance of the Russian Federation with the obligations under the
Treaty, exercise guaranteed and priority financing of these programs, work and measures;
define the functions of the Federal executive authorities on realization of the Treaty;
take decisions within its terms of reference on signing agreements with authorized
bodies of the Treaty Organization (with the Preparatory Commission until enforcement of
the Treaty) on the matters of creation and functioning of the international monitoring system
in the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as upon requirement on other matters of
interaction with the Treaty Organization, associated with its realization;
appoint or institute the Treaty National Body;
submit to the President of the Russian Federation an annual report on the condition of
reliability and security of the nuclear weapons and opportunities of the Russian Federation
on reproduction of the nuclear ammunition without carrying out full-scale nuclear tests;
elaborate and provide fulfilment of the complex of measures on protection of information
during realization of the Treaty;
exercise contribution of the annual fee of the Russian Federation in the Treaty
Organization budget;
exercise foreign-policy measures associated with realization of the Treaty, upon
commission of the President of the Russian Federation.
3. The Chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation shall:
take part in decision-making on the financing scopes, measures, required for realization
of the Treaty at the annual consideration of the draft Federal Law on the Federal Budget;
take part in elaboration of federal laws, adopt federal laws, required for compliance of the
Russian Federation with the obligations under the Treaty;
consider the annual information of the Government of the Russian Federation, forwarded
in compliance with Article 5 of the present Federal Law, and take the appropriate decisions;
take measures, envisaged with Section V of the Federal Law “On the International
Treaties of the Russian Federation” upon requirement.
Article 4
Prior to the enforcement of the Treaty the Preparatory Commission, instituted for the
purposes of making required preparations for the effective implementation of the Treaty, as
well as its personnel and the delegates of the States, signed the Treaty, shall accordingly
enjoy in the territory of the Russian Federation such legal capacity, privileges and
immunities, required for the mentioned personnel and delegates to independently implement
their functions in connection with the Preparatory Commission.
Article 5
In one year after enforcement of the Treaty and annually further on the Government of the
Russian Federation shall forward to the Chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian
Federation information on the following matters:
compliance of the Russian Federation with the obligations under the Treaty;
on the condition of the National Control System over the nuclear tests abroad;
on the activity of the Treaty Organization and on involvement of the Russian Federation
in the activity of this Organization;
compliance of other States with the obligations under the Treaty;
on the implementation progress of the Program on Development of the Nuclear Arms
Complex of the Russian Federation.
Article 6
1. At exclusive events associated with the content of the Treaty, putting under threat the
supreme interests of the Russian Federation and entitling the Russian Federation for
withdrawal from the Treaty under the procedure of implementation of its State sovereignty
as per Article IX of the Treaty, the President of the Russian Federation, shall:
take political, diplomatic and other measures for the purposes of eliminating the
exclusive events or neutralization of their consequences;
provide conduct of immediate consultations with the Chambers of the Federal Assembly
and with account of the results of such consultations take the decision, relating to the
Treaty, including introduction of proposals, envisaged with the
Federal Law ‘On the
International Treaties of the Russian Federation’ upon requirement.
2. Believing in the occurrence of the circumstances relating to the category of the exclusive
ones in the meaning of Article IX of the Treaty, each of the Chambers of the Federal
Assembly of the Russian Federation shall forward to the President of the Russian Federation
a proposal on conduct of consultations, or its recommendations, or undertake other actions,
envisaged with the Federal Law ‘On the International Treaties of the Russian Federation’.
Article 7
Should the Russian Federation withdraw from the Treaty, nuclear tests shall be
implemented upon sanction of the President of the Russian Federation.
Article 8
The present Federal Law shall be effective from the date of its official publication.
Acting President
of the Russian Federation
City of Moscow, The Kremlin
May 27, 2000
# 72-ФЗ
V. Putin