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at APPENDIX I 79 withdrawal, the forces of the People’s Army of Viet-Nam to the north of the line and the forces of the French Union to the south, The provisional military demarcation line is fixed as shown on the map attached [omitted]. It is also agreed that a demilitarized zone shall be established on either side of the demarcation line, to a width of not more than 5 kms. from it, to act as a buffer zone and avoid any incidents which might result in the resumption of hostilities. Article 2 The period within which the movement of all the forces of either party into its resrouping zone on either side of the provisional military demarcation line shall be completed shall not exceed three hundred (300) days from the date of the present Agreement’s entry into force. Article 3 When the provisional military demarcation line coincides with a waterway, the waters of such waterway shall be open to civil naviga- tion by both parties wherever one bank is controlled by one party and the other bank by the other party. The Joint Commission shall estab- lish rules of navigation for the stretch of waterway in question. The merchant shipping and other civilian craft of each party shall have unrestricted access to the land under its military control. Article 4 The provisional military demarcation line between the two final re- grouping zones is extended into the territorial waters by a line per- pendicular to the general line of the coast. All coastal islands north of this boundary shall be evacuated by the armed forces of the French Union, and all islands south of it shall be evacuated by the forces of the People’s Army of Viet-Nam. Articie 5 To avoid any incidents which might result in the resumption of hos- tilities, all military forces, supplies and equipment shall be withdrawn from the demilitarized zone within twenty-five (25) days of the pres- ent Agreement’s entry into force,