On 14 June 1996, in Florence, the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control is signed — Annex 1-B to the Dayton Accords, known as the Florence Agreement.

Parties: Bosnia and Herzegovina (with its entities), Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro). The text limits tanks, combat vehicles, artillery, aircraft and helicopters and imposes disarmament and data exchange.

Articles II–III restrict military actions and arms imports immediately after the Bosnian War; Article IV sets ceilings; Article V requires reductions by 1997.

OSCE supervised implementation until 2015; thereafter the parties took over enforcement. 2006–2007 amendments adapted ceilings after Montenegro’s independence.

For the Western Balkans, 14 June 1996 marks post-Dayton conventional arms control.

The official text appears in OSCE documents.

The Florence Agreement of 14 June 1996 remains the Dayton sub-regional arms-control framework.

Image: Florence; Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to 16:9.

Source consulted: Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control. Treaty text: Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control (OSCE PDF).