CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE, STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF
ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION
Reporting Formats for Article 7

STATE PARTY:HELLENIC REPUBLICDATE OF SUBMISSION

2024

POINT OF CONTACTHELLENIC NATIONAL DEFENSE GEN. STAFF , NATIONAL DEFENSE POLICYDIRECTORATE
0030210 6573025, FAX 0030210 6564324, e-mail sedm-div@hndgs.mil.gr(Organization, telephones, fax, email)(ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION)

-2-Form A

National implementation measuresArticle 7.1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:a) The national implementation measures referred to in Article 9."
Remark: In accordance with Article 9, "Each State Party shall take all appropriate legal, administrative and other measures, including the impositionof penal sanctions, to prevent and suppress any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention undertaken by persons or on territory underits jurisdiction or control".

State [Party]:Measures

HELLENIC REPUBLIC

reporting for time period from Jan 01, 2023

toDec 31, 2023

Supplementary information (e.g.,effective date of implementation & textof legislation attached).

-3-The Ottawa Convention was sanctioned (or promulgated) by Greece with Parliament Law 2999 of April
08, 2002 (Official Government Gazette issue #71) and became part of the internal Greek legislation.
The Convention was ratified by Greece on 25 Sept. 2003 and entered into force on 01-03-2004
according to article 17 paragraph 2 of the Convention.
If a member of the Greek military commits any action that could be judged as prohibited by theConvention, this would consist: (i) a grave disciplinary offense and (ii) a penal offense punishable under
the provisions of the Greek Military Penal Code (MPC), namely insubordination (or disobedience) (art.
53) or breach of direct military order (art. 55) or breach of direct military order by negligence (art. 56),
depending on the circumstances. For such an offense any member of the military can be brought before
a military tribunal and a disciplinary board. The decision of the latter could even amount to the dismissalof the accused from the armed forces.
If a civilian commits an action prohibited by the Convention, this could consist, depending on thecircumstances, a breach of art. 141 of the Penal Code (PC). Art. 141 of the PC intends to prohibit andpunish any action against the external relations, the international status and obligations of the HellenicState. The same action is punished even if it is committed by negligence by art. 142 of the PC. Thesetwo articles belong to a special chapter of the Penal Code entitled ‘’treacherous acts against the State’’.
Any action prohibited by the Convention committed either by a member of the military or a civilian could
also consist a breach of the provisions of Parliament Law 2168 of Sept. 03, 1993 regarding “the legal
use and transfer of weapons, ammunition and explosive ordnance”. In such a case, the member of themilitary or the civilian would be prosecuted for both the breach of the provisions of Law 2168 and theMilitary Penal Code or the Penal Code, accordingly.
The above-mentioned crimes stipulated by Law 2168/03-09-1993 and the Penal Code are punishable
as misdemeanors. The crimes stipulated by the Military Penal Code are punishable either as
misdemeanors or felonies, depending on the circumstances.

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-4-Form B

Stockpiled anti-personnel mines

Article 7. 1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:b) The total of all stockpiled anti-personnel mines owned or possessed by it, or under its jurisdiction or control, to include abreakdown of the type, quantity and, if possible, lot numbers of each type of anti-personnel mine stockpiled."

State [Party]: HELLENIC REPUBLIC

TypeTOTAL

Quantity

reporting for time period from Jan 01, 2023

Lot # (if possible)

Supplementary information

Μ2150,001--VOID----VOID--DM 31989--VOID----VOID--

M 16

183,356--VOID----VOID--M 14592--VOID----VOID--334,938

to Dec 31, 2023

-5-Form C

Location of mined areasArticle 7.1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:c) To the extent possible, the location of all mined areas that contain, or are suspected to contain, anti-personnel mines under its
jurisdiction or control, to include as much detail as possible regarding the type and quantity of each type of anti-personnel minein each mined area and when they were emplaced."
State [Party]: HELLENIC REPUBLIC

reporting for time period from Jan 01, 2023

to Dec 31, 2023

1. Areas that contain mines
LocationType-

Quantity

Date ofemplacement

Supplementary information-0---0--Total :0

2. Areas suspected to contain mines
Location

Type--VOID--

Quantity

Date ofemplacement

Supplementary information

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Form D

APLMs retained or transferred

Article 7.1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:d) The types, quantities and, if possible, lot numbers of all anti-personnel mines retained or transferred for the development ofand training in mine detection, mine clearance or mine destruction techniques, or transferred for the purpose of destruction, as
well as the institutions authorized by a State Party to retain or transfer anti-personnel mines, in accordance with Article 3"
State [Party]: HELLENIC REPUBLIC

reporting for time period from Jan 01, 2023

to Dec 31, 2023

1a. Compulsory: Retained for development of and training in (Article 3, para.1)
Institution authorized by StateParty
Various Engineer training
units in locations all over
Greece (under the intendanceof the Engineers General
Directorate of the ArmyGeneral Staff)

TypeQuantity

Lot # (if possible)

Μ 14
DM 31

2,973
1,248

M 2 Α4
M 16 Α2986
300

TOTAL!

Supplementary information--VOID--

APLMs have been retained underthe Article 3 for training soldiers inmine detection and clearance andcanine detection.

--VOID----VOID--

5,507

1b. Voluntary information (Action #54 Nairobi Action Plan)
Objectives

Activity / Project--VOID----VOID--

Supplementary information(Description of programs or activities, their objectives and progress,
types of mines, time period if and when appropriate…)“Information on the plans requiring the retention of mines for thedevelopment of and training in mine detection, mine clearance, or mine
destruction techniques and report on the actual use of retained mines andthe results of such use”

-8-Form D (continued)
2. Transferred for development of and training in (Article 3, para.1)
Institution authorized by StateParty

TypeQuantity[See previous page, underpara 1a]--VOID----VOID--TOTAL--VOID----VOID--Lot # (if possible)--VOID--

Supplementary information:e.g. transferred from, transferred toAll mines retained for training
purposes are kept in certain ArmyEngineers training-units and are nottransferred between them orelsewhere.

3. Transferred for the purpose of destruction (Article 3, para.2)
Institution authorized by StateParty
APLM stockpiles transferredto the Hellenic Defense
Systems S.A. from various
stockpiles in Greece.

TypeQuantity

M2DM 31
M16
M14

4.776
0
3.699
0Total :8.475

Lot # (if possible)--VOID--

Supplementary information:e.g. transferred from, transferred toTransferred to DEMIL TECH for
destruction during 2023.

-9-Form E

Status of programs for conversion or de-commissioning of APM production facilities

Article 7.1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:e) The status of programs for the conversion or de-commissioning of anti-personnel mine production facilities."
State [Party]: HELLENIC REPUBLIC

Indicate if to "convert" or"decommission"

reporting for time period from Jan 01, 2023

Status (indicate if "in process" or"completed")--VOID----VOID----VOID----VOID--to Dec 31, 2023

Supplementary information

Upon ratification of the Ottawa Convention, there
were not any anti-personnel mine production facilities
whatsoever in Greece.

-10-Form F

Status of programs for destruction of APMs

Article 7.1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:f) The status of programs for the destruction of anti-personnel mines in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, including details of themethods which will be used in destruction, the location of all destruction sites and the applicable safety and environmental standards to be observed."
State [Party]: HELLENIC REPUBLIC

reporting for time period from Jan 01, 2023

to Dec 31, 2023

1. Status of programs for destruction of stockpiled APLMs (Article 4)
Description of the status of programs including:
Location of destruction sites
The stockpiled Antipersonnel Mines (APLMs) have been gathered and transferred to 12 final
sites, from which they are being collected and transferred to the DEMIL-TECH company in
Croatia for destruction.

Details of:Applicable safety standards
Applicable environmental standards

2. Status of programs for destruction of APLMs in mined areas (Article 5)
Description of the status of programs including:
Location of destruction sites
All APLMs that had come out of the ground during the demining works in Evros have been
destroyed in situ for safety reasons.

Details of:Methods
Applicable safety standards
Applicable environmental standards

-11-Form G

APMs destroyed after entry into force

Article 7.1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:g) The types and quantities of all anti-personnel mines destroyed after the entry into force of this Convention for that State Party,
to include a breakdown of the quantity of each type of anti-personnel mine destroyed, in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, respectively, along with, if possible, the lot numbers of each type anti-personnel mine in the case of destruction in accordance withArticle 4"
State [Party]: HELLENIC REPUBLIC

reporting for time period from Jan 01, 2023

toDec 31, 2023

1. Destruction of stockpiled APLMs (Article 4)
Type

Quantity

Lot # (ifpossible)

M2

4.776

DM 31-

M16

3.699

M14-

TOTAL AMOUNT

8.475--VOID--

Supplementary information

Destruction was carried out by DEMIL-TECH
Company in Croatia , and the relevant destruction
protocol has been countersigned by the Croatianauthorities.

2. Destruction of APMs in mined areas (Article 5)
Type

Quantity

Supplementary information-0-0TOTAL0-

-12-Form H Technical characteristics of each type produced/owned or possessed
Article 7.1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:h) The technical characteristics of each type of anti-personnel mine produced, to the extent known, and those currently owned orpossessed by a State Party, giving, where reasonably possible, such categories of information as may facilitate identification andclearance of anti-personnel mines; at a minimum, this information shall include the dimensions, fusing, explosive content, metallic content, colour photographs and other information which may facilitate mine clearance"
State [Party]: HELLENIC REPUBLICreporting for time period from Jan 01, 2023

to Dec 31, 2023

1. Technical characteristics of each APLM-type produced
Type--VOID--

Dimensions

Fusing--VOID--

Explosive content--VOID--

typeGrams--VOID---VOID--

Metalliccontent--VOID--

Colourphotoattached

Supplementary information tofacilitate mine clearance.

--VOID----VOID--

2. Technical characteristics of each APM-type currently owned or possessedType

Dimensions

Fusing

Explosive content
typeGrams

Metalliccontent

Colour pho- Supplementary information toto attached facilitate mine clearance.

Μ 16

Η:14 cm
D:10 cmpressure – pullΤΝΤ453grms--VOID----VOID--

Jumping body clearedin the Evros Province.
The other types of thestockpiled mines
mentioned in Form B
have not been used
and are safely kept
away in special
depositories.

Μ2

H:15.87cm
D:7.81 cmpressure – pullΤΝΤ

181,2
grms

--VOID----VOID--

Jumping body. ⎯ (Seealso suppl. info in theabove cell)-13-Form I

Measures to provide warning to the population

Article 7.1 "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General ... on:i) The measures taken to provide an immediate and effective warning to the population in relation to all areas identified underparagraph 2 of Article 5."
Remark: In accordance with Article 5, para.2: "Each State Party shall make every effort to identify all areas under its jurisdiction or control in whichanti-personnel mines are known or suspected to be emplaced and shall ensure as soon as possible that all anti-personnel mines in mined areas under
its jurisdiction or control are perimeter-marked, monitored and protected by fencing or other means, to ensure the effective exclusion of civilians,
until all anti-personnel mines contained therein have been destroyed. The marking shall at least be to the standards set out in the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices, as amended on 3 May 1996, annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions
or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects".
State [Party]:

HELLENIC REPUBLIC

reporting for time period fromJan 01, 2023

toDec 31, 2023

[Narrative:]
All minefields along the border with Turkey in the Evros Province are clearly defined and marked, well above any standard established by Amended Protocol II and the relevant NATO STANAGs and don’t include APLMs. All minefields have a double fence. Barbed wire was added to almost all the minefields of Evros. Mine casualties among illegal migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey are suffered from time to time because they are led to theborder along river Evros at night and then instructed to ignore any mine fences and markings and walk into the Hellenic territory. Some times they areeven aided in cutting the wire and led into minefields!. ⎯ Greece offers, free of charge, health treatment through its National Health System to any person injured by landmines, irrespective of their legal status.

-14-Form J

Other relevant matters
Remark: States Parties may use this form to report voluntarily on other relevant matters, including matters pertaining to compliance and implementation not covered by the formal reporting requirements contained in Article 7. States Parties are encouraged to use this form to report on activities
undertaken with respect to Article 6, and in particular to report on assistance provided for the care and rehabilitation, and social and economic reintegration, of mine victims.

State [Party]:

HELLENIC REPUBLIC[Narrative / reference to other reports:]
VOID

reporting for time period fromJan 01, 2023

toDec 31, 2023