The negotiators are revising the 1990 CFE treaty between NATO and the former Warsaw Pact which placed limits on the number of tanks, artillery, armored cars, war planes and battle helicopters in Europe between the Atlantic and the Urals.
National ceilings place a limit on the size of each country's own armed forces.
In another example, the territorial limit for Hungary would include all Hungarian forces plus all NATO forces based in the country and their equipment. In most cases, the territorial ceilings will be higher than the national ceilings but the actual limits are still being worked out. Each Government wants to be certain that the treaty allows it enough forces to meet its legitimate defense requirements. In some cases other Governments disagree what these legitimate defense requirements should be. It is one of the most sensitive issues we have to resolve.