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{{Short description|Arms limitation agreement signed in 1996}}
The '''Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control''' – '''Annex 1-B''' ({{langx|sh|Sporazum o subregionalnoj kontroli naoružanja}}), also known as the '''Florence Agreement''', is an annex to the [[Dayton Agreement]] intended to control military activity within [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] as well as [[Serbia]], [[Montenegro]], and [[Croatia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Djokic |first=Katarina |date=January 1, 2025 |title=Subregional Arms Control and Conflict Prevention in the Western Balkans |url=https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/eu-non-proliferation-and-disarmament-papers/subregional-arms-control-and-conflict-prevention-western-balkans |access-date=June 16, 2025 |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2021 |title=The Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control |url=https://mvep.gov.hr/press-22794/the-agreement-on-sub-regional-arms-control-dayton-peace-agreement-annex-1b-article-iv/225037#:~:text=The%20Agreement%20contains%20specific%20numerical,and%20the%20Republic%20of%20Serbia. |access-date=June 15, 2025 |website=Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |quote=Since 2006, the States Parties to the Agreement are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Serbia.}}</ref> It was signed and activated on June 14, 1996, in [[Florence]], [[Italy]] and was amended in 2006 and 2007 to accommodate additional [[nation-building]]. With the agreement's purpose laid out in Article I, the succeeding Article II restricted military actions between the following parties: [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], the [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and the [[Republika Srpska]]. Article III limited arms imports between these three entities during the aftermath (90 to 180 days) of the [[Bosnian War]]. Article IV is an [[Arms control|arms control agreement]] limiting procurement of certain combat-offensive vehicles, artillery and aircraft executed by all four signatory countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Djokic |first=Katarina |date=January 1, 2025 |title=Subregional Arms Control and Conflict Prevention in the Western Balkans |url=https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/eu-non-proliferation-and-disarmament-papers/subregional-arms-control-and-conflict-prevention-western-balkans |access-date=June 16, 2025 |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Ejdus |first=Filip |date=June 3, 2020 |title=Policy Brief on the Spectre of an Arms Race in the Western Balkans |url=https://ifsh.de/en/news-detail/policy-brief-on-the-spectre-of-an-arms-race-in-the-western-balkans |access-date=June 21, 2025 |website=Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy}}</ref>  

All signatories underwent [[Disarmament|military disarmament]] within Article V, reducing or destroying armored combat vehicles, artillery, and other military assets. Article VI and Article VII limited extraterritorial arms export and decommissioning as means of disarmament. This disarmament concluded by 1997.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=June 14, 1996 |title=Article IV of the Dayton Peace Accords |url=https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/2/b/119597.pdf |access-date=June 21, 2025 |website=OSCE}}</ref> Article VIII established a regional disclosure, data exchange, and military notifications program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Djokic |first=Katarina |date=January 1, 2025 |title=Subregional Arms Control and Conflict Prevention in the Western Balkans |url=https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/eu-non-proliferation-and-disarmament-papers/subregional-arms-control-and-conflict-prevention-western-balkans |access-date=June 16, 2025 |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute}}</ref> It was under the supervision of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]] from 1995 to 2015, thereafter leaving the enforcement to the signatory countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kontrola konvencionalnog oružja |url=http://www.mvep.hr/hr/vanjska-politika/multilateralni-odnosi0/medunarodna-sigurnost/kontrola-konvencionalnog-oruzja/ |access-date=18 January 2021 |work=mvep.hr |publisher=Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia) |language=hr}}</ref> During 1996 the main two parties were known as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (succeeded by [[Serbia and Montenegro]]) and the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republica Srpska).<ref name=":0" />

== Table ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Arms Control Limits of Article IV (2007 amendment)<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
!Signatory
!Battle tanks
!'''Combat vehicles'''
!'''Artillery'''
!'''Combat aircraft'''
!'''Combat helicopters'''
|-
|[[Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
|410
|340
|1,500
|62
|21
|-
|[[Serbian Armed Forces|Serbia]]
|948
|786
|3,375
|143
|46
|-
|[[Armed Forces of Montenegro|Montenegro]]
|77
|64
|375
|12
|7
|-
|[[Armed Forces of Croatia|Croatia]]
|410
|340
|1,500
|62
|21
|}
''Source'': Florence Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control – Annex 1-B   

== See also ==
*[[Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe]]
*[[2020s European rearmament]]  
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/6546|title=Arms Control Agreement: An Important Step Toward Peace and Long-Term Stabilisation in the Region of Southeastern Europe|journal=Croatian International Relations Review|volume=2|issue=3|year=1996|last=Bekić|first=Darko|pages=9–12|format=PDF|access-date=18 January 2021}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721101240/http://arhiva.morh.hr/hvs/SPORAZUMI/tekstovi/SSKN-engleski.pdf Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control] (PDF)

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