I BETRAGTNING AF , at kongeriget Belgien , kongeriget Danmark , Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland , Irland , Den italienske Republik , storhertugdoemmet Luxembourg , kongeriget Nederlandene , herefter benaevnt " staterne " , er undertegnere af traktaten om ikke-spredning af kernevaaben , herefter benaevnt " traktaten " , der den 1 . juli 1968 blev fremlagt til undertegnelse i London , Moskva og Washington , og som traadte i kraft den 5 . marts 1970 ;
WHEREAS the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (hereinafter referred to as "the States") are signatories of the Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (hereinafter referred to as "the Treaty") opened for signature at London, Moscow and Washington on 1 July 1968 and which entered into force on 5 March 1970;