General Implementation Obligations 1. Each State Party shall implement this Treaty in an objective and non-discriminatory manner.

This treaty shall not be cited as grounds for voiding contractual obligations undertaken under bilateral or multilateral defense cooperation agreements. 2. Each State Party shall take all appropriate legislative and administrative measures necessary to implement the obligations of this Treaty and designate competent national authorities in order to have atransparent, predictable, and effective national control system regulating the transfer of conventional arms.

3. Each State Party shall establish one or more national contact points for issues related to this Treaty. A State Party shall notify the Implementation Support Unit (see Article 12) of its national contact point(s). 4. Each State Party is encouraged to maintain consultations and to share information . regarding the implementation of this Treaty through national points of contact to support the application ~d implementation of this Treaty. 5. States Parties shall take all necessary measures to ensure the safe and secure stockpiling and storage of conventional arms by their armed forces and law enforcement agencies, or agents thereof, in order to inhibit and prevent the diversion of conventional weapons into the illicit market. 6. States Parties involved in a transfer shall take all necessary measures to prevent diversion of conventional arms to the illicit market or to an unintended user. Exporting States shall, where appropriate, take measures to ensure that the transfer is delivered to the intended end-user. All other States Parties involved in the transfer shall cooperate as appropriate with the exporting State to that end. If a diversion is detected, the State or States Parties that made the detection shall notify the Implementation Support Unit, without delay. The Implementation Support Unit shall then notify other States Parties of such diversion, in particular those States Parties which are involved in the transfer of the conventional arms. Export Obligations Import Obligations Brokering Obligations 1. Each State Party shall take all necessary measures to control brokering taking place under its jurisdiction or control in the context of transfers under this Treaty. Such controls could include an obligation for brokers to obtain written authorization, an obligation to 1

obtain prior authorization before engaging in brokering or maintaining a national registry of arms brokers. Transit and Transshipment Obligations 1. States Parties shall adopt appropriate legislative, administrative, or other measures to monitor and control, where necessary and feasible, conventional arms covered by this Treaty that transit or tranship through territory under its jurisdiction, consistent with international law with due regard for innocent passage and transit passage. 2. Importing and exporting States Parties shall cooperate and exchange information, where feasible and upon request, with transit and transhipment States Parties, in order to mitigate the risk of diversion.

Reporting, Record-Keeping and Transparency 1. Each State Party shall maintain records of all conventional arms authorisations or exports of conventional arms. Such records may contain, inter alia, quantity, model/type, arms transfers authorized, arms actually transferred, details of transit State( s), recipient State( s) and end users. Records shall be kept for a minimum of ten years, or consistent with other international commitments applicable to the State Party. 2. Each State Party shall ensure that all conventional arms transferred to their territory as the final destination are recorded. Such records may contain, inter alia, quantity, model/type, arms actually transferred; details of transit State(s), exporting State(s) and end users. Records shall be kept for a minimum often years, or consistent with other international commitments applicable to the State Party.

3. Each State Party, where feasible, shall maintain records of conventional arms that are authorised to transit or tranship their territory. Such records may contain, inter alia, quantity, model/type, arms actually transferred; details of exporting and recipient State(s), exporting State(s) and end users. States Parties may use national customs statistics to record this information. Records shall be kept for a minimum of ten years, or consistent with other international commitments applicable to the State Party. 4. States Parties shall report to the Implementation Support Unit on an annual basis of any actions taken to address the diversion of conventional arms to unauthorized end-users or the illicit market. 5. Each State Party shall, no later than 180 days after entry into force ofthis Treaty for that State Party, submit an initial report to the Implementation Support Unit of all activities undertaken in order to implement this Treaty, including inter alia, domestic laws, regulations and administrative measures. States Parties may also report any additional 2

activities undertaken to implement this Treaty in the preceding calendar year, further to those outlined in its initial report. These reports shall be distributed and made public by the Implementations Support Unit. 6. Each State party shall submit annually to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, copied to the Implementation Support Unit, an annual report for the preceding calendar year concerning the authorization or transfer of conventional arms under the scope of this Treaty by 31 May. Special consideration should be given to the reporting of information that may undermine national security or be commercially sensitive. These reports shall be distributed and made public by the Implementations Support Unit. Enforcement 1. Each State Party shall adopt national legislation or other appropriate national measures, including law enforcement, judicial mechanisms and national and/or civil penalties as may be necessary to implement the obligations of this Treaty.