On 13 October 1954, the working party on the Brussels Treaty circulates a draft protocol on armaments to be controlled by the Agency of the Brussels Treaty. The protocol indicates the undertaking given by the Federal Republic of Germany and the stance of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, which, although they reserve their position, intend to make a declaration in which they undertake not to manufacture atomic, chemical or biological weapons. The working party also notes that, for those countries that have not given up the right to produce atomic, chemical and biological weapons, the level of stocks that those countries will be allowed to hold on the European continent will be decided by a majority vote in the Council of Western European Union. The list of armaments controlled may be changed by unanimous decision.