Whereas, pursuant to sections 2, 4 and 5 of the Special Service Medal Regulations, the Special Service Medal shall be awarded to a member of the Canadian Forces who has performed special service as determined by the Governor in Council;

And Whereas, pursuant to subsection 4(4) of the said Regulations, the Special Service Medal shall be awarded with a Bar representing a particular special service;

Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, pursuant to the definition "special service" in section 2 of the Special Service Medal Regulations, is pleased hereby:

• (a) to revoke Order in Council P.C. 1992-2436 of 26 November, 1992*;

• (b) to determine an aggregate of 180 days of honourable service within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) area of responsibility, defined as the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France, on the territory of Turkey or on the islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer, or with forces deployed, on vessels or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any Parties were stationed, or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer, since its beginning on January 1, 1951 and still continuing, to be special service within the meaning of those Regulations; and

• (c) specify that the Bar awarded with the Special Service Medal representing the special service referred to in paragraph (b) shall bear the NATO Star flanked by the words "NATO—OTAN".

• ^*SI/92-220, 1992 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 5134