The Kingdom of Belgium,
Canada,
The French Republic,
The Federal Republic of Germany,
The Kingdom of the Netherlands,
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and
The United States of America,
CONSIDERING that sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 1 of Article 8 of the Convention on Relations between the Three Powers and the Federal Republic of Germany, as amended by Schedule I to the Protocol on the Termination of the Occupation Regime in the Federal Republic of Germany, signed at Paris on 23 October 1954, provides for the negotiation of new arrangements setting forth the rights and obligations of the forces of the Three Powers and other States having forces in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany;
CONSIDERING that, pursuant to that provision, the new arrangements shall be based on the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces, signed at London on 19 June 1951, supplemented by such provisions as are necessary in view of the special conditions existing in regard to the forces stationed in the Federal Republic of Germany;
CONSIDERING that the North Atlantic Council has decided to approve, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article XVIII of the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces, the accession to that Agreement of the Federal Republic of Germany, provided that such accession shall become effective only after all the States Parties to the new arrangements have ratified or approved them;
CONSIDERING that the second paragraph of the Preamble to the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces also provides for separate arrangements supplementary to that Agreement;
CONSIDERING that, pursuant to the Agreement signed at Bonn on 3rd August 1959, by the Powers signatory to the Protocol on the Termination of the Occupation Regime in the Federal Republic of Germany, signed at Paris on 23 October 1954, the Convention on the Rights and Obligations of Foreign Forces and their Members in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Finance Convention, and the Agreement on the Tax Treatment of the Forces and their Members, as amended by that Protocol, shall cease to be effective upon the entry into force of the new arrangements;
DESIRING thereby to continue consolidating the North Atlantic Community;
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of item (ii) of sub-paragraph (b) of this Article, permission to photograph may be granted by the German authorities, after consultation with the authorities of the force referred to in item (iv) of sub-paragraph (b) of this Article, where aerial photography for official survey purposes is commissioned by a German authority. In such cases the German authorities shall ensure that the authorities of the force will have first access to negatives and that any measures requested by them to safeguard the secrecy or security of installations, equipment, troop dispositions or movements of a force, are carried out with respect to such negatives.