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TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 15-715
 

DEFENSE
 

Cooperation
 

Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and POLAND 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

Warsaw June 22 and July 15, 2015 
 

 

 

NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)— 

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLAND 

Defense: Cooperation 

Agreement effected by exchange of notes at 

Warsaw June 22 and July 15, 2015; 

Entered into force July 15, 2015. 
No. 15-0268 

The Embassy ofthe United States of America presents its compliments 

to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofthe Republic of Poland and has the honor 

to refer to the Agreement between the Government ofthe United States of 

America and the Government ofthe Republic ofPoland on the Status of the 

Armed Forces ofthe United States of America in the Territory ofthe Republic 

ofPoland, done at Warsaw, December 11, 2009 (the "Agreement"). 

Following discussions between representatives ofthe two 

Governments and in furtherance of common defense efforts, including those 

conducted within the framework ofthe European Reassurance Initiative, the 

Embassy has the honor to propose that pursuant to Article 3(1) ofthe 

Agreement the specified parts ofthe following Polish Armed Forces 

installations as depicted in the attachments to this Note shall be "agreed 

facilities and areas" as defined in Article 2(i) ofthe Agreement: 

• Lask Air Base ("Lask"); 

• Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area ("Drawsko Pomorskie"); 

• Skwierzyna Military Complex K-2629 ("Skwierzyna"); 

• Ciechan6w Military Complex K-0166 ("Ciechan6w"); and 

• Choszczno Military Complex K-1267 ("Choszczno"). 

DIPLOMATIC NOTE 
The Embassy has the further honor to propose that United States forces 

shall have unimpeded access to and use ofthe above agreed facilities and 

areas. All activities of United States forces and United States contractors, 

including unimpeded access ofthe United States forces, shall be conducted 

consistent with the Agreement and all applicable Implementing Arrangements. 

The Embassy also proposes that United States forces shall be 

authorized to preposition and store property, equipment, supplies, and materiel 

("prepositioned materiel") at agreed facilities and areas and that United States 

forces shall have exclusive control over prepositioned materiel present or 

stored in the territory ofthe Republic ofPoland and shall have the unrestricted 

right to remove such items from the territory of the Republic of Poland. 

The Embassy has the further honor to propose that the Government of 

the United States and the Government ofthe Republic ofPoland or their 

designees may modify the agreed facilities and areas by mutual written 

consent. 

Pursuant to the Agreement the Parties or their designees shall enter 

into further arrangements to address technical details regarding the use of 

agreed facilities and areas. 

Ifthe foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government ofthe 

Republic of Poland, it is further proposed that this Note, together with the 

Ministry's affirmative reply Note, shall constitute an agreement between the 

two Governments, which shall enter into force on the date ofthe Ministry's 

reply Note. 
The Embassy ofthe United States ofAmerica avails itself ofthis 

occasion to renew to the Ministry ofForeign Affairs ofthe Republic of 

Poland the assurances ofits highest consideration. 

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Embassy of the United States ofAmerica. 

Warsaw, June 22, 2015. 

Attachments (5) ·-..,, Please see separate document for images. 
Lask Air Base 


Red boundary: agreed facilities and areas 
Drawsko Potnorskie Training Area 

Red boundary: 

agreed facilities and areas 
Skwierzyna Military Cotnplex K-2629 


Red boundary: agreed facilities and areas 
Ciechan6w Military Complex K-0166 

Choszczno Military Complex K-1267 


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Red boundary: agreed facilities and areas 
U.S. Department of State LS No. 0-2015-003452 

Office of Language Services Polish/English 

Translating Division PHNL 

··---·-····-----Translation 

DPT.2707.26.2015 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland presents its compliments to the 

Embassy of the United States of America at Warsaw and has the honor to confinn receipt of the 

Embassy's note No. 15-0268 dated June 22, 2015, of the following content: 

"The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofthe Republic of Poland and has the honor to refer to the 

Agreement between the Government ofthe United States ofAmerica and the 

Government of the Republic of Poland on the Status of the Armed Forces of the United 

States of America in the TetTitory of the Republic of Poland, done at Warsaw, 

December 11, 2009 (the "Agreement"). 

Following discussions between representatives of the two Governments and in 

fortherance of common defense efforts, including those conducted within the 

framework ofthe European Reassurance Initiative, the Embassy has the honor to 

propose that pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Agreement the specified parts of the 

following Polish Armed Forces installations as depicted in the a1tachments to this Note 

shall be "agreed facilities and area'>" as defined in Article 2(i) ofthe Agreement: 

- I.,a'>k Air Base (''Lask"); 

- Drawsko Pomorskie Training Arca ("Drawsko Pornorskie"); 

- Skwierzyna Military Complex K-2629 ("Skwierzyna"); 

- Ciechanbw Military Complex K-0166 ("Ciechan6w"); and 

- C'hoszczno Military Complex K-1267 ("Choszczno"). 

The Embassy has the further honor to propose that United States forces shall have 

unimpeded access to and use of the above agreed facilities and areas. All activities of 

United States forces and United States contractors, including unimpeded access ofthe 

United States forces, shall be conducted consistent with the Agreement and all 

applicable Implementing Arrangements. 

Embassy of the United States of America, 

Warsaw 
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The Embassy also proposes that United States forces shall be authorized to 

preposition and store property, equipment, supplies, and materiel ("prepositioned 

materiel") at agreed facilities and areas and that United States forces shall have 

exclusive control ov<.."T prepositioned materiel present or stored in the territory of the 

Republic of Poland and shall have the unrestricted right to remove such items from the 

territory of the Republic of Poland. 

The Embassy has the further honor to propose that the Government of the United 

States and the Government of the Republic of Poland or their designees may modify the 

agreed facilities and areas by mutual written consent. 

Pursuant to the Agreement the Parties or their designees shall enter into further 

arrangements to address technical details regarding the use of agreed facilities and 

areas. 

If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government of the Republic of 

Poland, it is further proposed that this Note. together with the Ministry's affirmative 

reply Note, shall constitute an agreement between the two Governments. which shall 

enter into force on the date of the Ministry's reply Note. 

The Embassy ofthe United States of America avails itself ofthis occasion to renew 

to the r..fo1istry ofForeign Affairs ofthe Republic of Poland the assurances of its 

highest consideration." 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland has the honor to report that the 

Government ofthe Republic of Poland is in full agreement with the above, and thus our note. 

together with the aforesaid note of the Embassy. constitutes an Agreement between the 

Government ofthe Republic of Poland and the Government of the United States ofAmerica 

concerning the agreed facilities and areas, which shall enter into force on the date of receipt of 

this note by the U.S. Party. In view of the above, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofthe Republic 

of Poland requests confirmation of the date of receipt ofthis note by the Embassy of the United 

States of America at Warsaw, and thereby designation ofthe date of entry into force of the 

Agreement. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland avails itself ofthis opportunity to 

renew to the Embassy ofthe United States ofAmerica the assurances of its highest 

consideration. [initials] 

Warsaw. July 15.. 2015. 

[round stamp: Ministry of Foreign Affairs~ emblem) 
DPT.2707.26.2015 


Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej przesyla 

wyrazy szacunku Ambasadzie Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki w Warsw.wie 

i ma z.aszczyt potwierdzic otrzymanie noty Ambasady nr 15-0268 

z dnia 22 czerwca 2015 roku o nast~pujqcej tresci: 

,,Ambasada Stan6w Zjednoczonych Am.eryki w Warszawie przekazuje 

wyrazy szacunku Ministerstwu Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej 

Polskiej oraz ma z.aszczyt odniesc si~ do Umowy mi¢zy Rz4ciem Stan6w 

Zjednoczonych Ameryki a Rz4dem Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej o statusie 

sil zbrojnych Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki na terytorium Rzeczypospolitej 

Polskiej, podpisanej w Warszawie dnia 11 grudnia 2009 roku (,,Umowa"). 

W nas~pstwie uzgodnien mi¢zy przedstawicielami obydwu ~6w 

i w celu realizacji wsp61nych dzialan obronnych, whJczaj~c w to dzialania 

podejmowane w ramach amerykatlskiej Europejskiej Inicjatywy Wzmocnienia, 

Ambasada ma z.aszczyt z.aproponowae, aby zgodnie z artykulem 3 ust~p 

1 Umowy wyszczeg6lnione fragmenty kompleks6w wojskowych 

Sil Zbrojnych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej wskazane w zal~czni.kach 

do niniejszej noty, stanowily ,,uzgodnione obiekty i tereny" zgodnie z definicj~ 

okreslo~ w artykule 2 litera i Umowy: 

- Baza Lotnicza w Lasku (,,Lask"); 

- Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk L¢owych Drawsko (,,Drawsko 

Pomorskie"); 

- Kompleks Wojskowy Skwierzyna K-2629 {,,Skwierzyna"); 

- Kompleks Wojskowy Ciechan6w K-0166 (,,Ciechan6w"); oraz 

-Kompleks Wojskowy Choszczno K-1267 (,,Choszczno"). 

Ambasada ma z.aszczyt zaproponowae, aby sily zbrojne Stan6w 

Zjednoczonych mialy niezald6cony dostw i moZliwosc korzystania 

z wymienionych uzgodnionych obiekt6w i teren6w. Wszelkie dzialania sil 

zbrojnych Stan6w Zjednoczonych oraz wykonawc6w kontraktowych St'i..'lOW 

Zjednoczonych, wlflczajqc w to niezald6cony dost~p sil zbrojnych Stanow 

Zjednoczonych, b¢El realizowane zgodnie z Umowfl oraz wfasciw-ymi 

porozumieniami wykonawczymi. 

Ambasada Stanow Zjednoczonych Ameryki 

wWarszawie 
Ambasada r6wniez proponuje, aby sily zbrojne Stan6w Zjednoczonych 

byly uprawnione do rozlokowania oraz skladowania mienia, sprz~tu, 

z.aopatrzenia oraz material6w (,,rozlokowanych material6w'') na obszarze 

uzgodnionych obiekt6w i teren6w oraz aby sily zbrojne Stan.ow 

Zjednoczonych posiadaly wyl~czrui. kontrol~ nad rozlokowanymi materialami 

obecnymi lub skladowanymi na terytorium Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, 

oraz mialy nieograniczone prawo do ich usuni~ia z teryt01ium 

Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 

Ambasada ma zaszczyt zaproponowae, aby R.zq.d Stan6w 

Zjednoczonych Ameryki oraz ~ Rzeczypospolitej Polski~j 

lub ich wyznaczeni przedstawiciele, mogly dokonae zmiany uzgodnionych 

obiekt6w i teren6w na mocy wsp61nego pisemnego porozumienia. 

Zgodnie z Umow~ Strony lub ich wyznaczeni przedstawiciele zawr~ 

dodatkowe porozumienia okreslajqce szczeg6ly techniczne dot"ycZ(lee 

korzystania z uzgodnionych obiekt6w i teren6w. 

Jesli Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej wyrazi zgod~ na t~ propozycjt(, 

proponuje si~ ponadto, aby niniejsza nota wraz z no~ Ministerstwa wyrazajqca 

akceptacj~ dla tej propozycji stanowily Porozumienie mi¢zy obydwoma 

~. kt6re wejdzie w fycie z dniem przekazania noty stanowiq.cej 

odpowiedf Ministerstwa. 

Ambasada Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki korzysta z okazji, 

aby ponowic Ministerstwu Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polsk:iej 

wyrazy najW}'Zszego powaZania. ". 

Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Poiskiej 

ma zaszczyt poinformowae, Ze Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej wyrai:a 

w pelni zgod~ na poW}'Zsze, wobec czego niniejsza nota wraz ze wspo:mnian~ 

no~ Ambasady stanowiq Porozumienie mi¢zy ~em Rzeczypospolitej 

Polskiej a ~em Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki o uzgodnionych obiektach 

i terenach, kt6re wejdzie w fycie w dniu otrzymania niniejszej nory prrez 

Stron~ amerykalls~. W zwi~ z powyz.szym Ministerstwo Spraw 

Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej zwraca si~ z prosbq o potwierd7.enie 

daty otrzymania niniejszej noty przez Ambasad~ Stan6w Zjedno-.:;zonych 

Ameryki w Warszawie, a tym .samym o wyznaczenie daty wejscia w zycie 

Porozumienia 

Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej korzysta 

z okazji, aby ponowic Ambasadzie Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki wyrazy 

najwyZ8zego powaz.ania. 7~ 

Warszawa, dnia / S'° lipca 2015 roku. 

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