2. Accordingly, when the Palestinian side considers that a proposed Planning Scheme pertains to construction which may fall within subparagraph a. above ( in particular: waste disposal sites; electric power stations and projects regarding sewage, hazardous materials or which may have a polluting impact ), it shall provide the CAC with a copy of such a Planning Scheme prior to its entry into force.
   
   

A sub - committee established by the CAC shall, upon request by the Israeli side, discuss such Planning Scheme. Pending the decision of the committee, planning procedures shall not be concluded and no building activity shall be carried out pursuant to the said Planning Scheme.

ARTICLE 28

Population Registry and Documentation

1. Powers and responsibilities in the sphere of population registry and documentation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will be transferred from the military government and its Civil Administration to the Palestinian side.
   
   
2. The Palestinian side shall maintain and administer a population registry and issue certificates and documents of all types, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Agreement. To this end, the Palestinian side shall receive from Israel the population registry for the residents of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in addition to files and records concerning them, as follows:
   
   
• Notices of births.
  
  
• Old handwritten records of births and deaths and the indexes from 1918 till 1981.
  
  
• Photographs file with all its equipment.
  
  
• All computer devices and equipment with all accessories ( screens, printers and communications equipment ).
  
  

3. A Joint Committee will be established to solve the reissuance of identity cards to those residents who have lost their identity cards.
   
   
4. The existing identity card of the present residents, as well as of new residents, shall be substituted by a new identity card with a new I.D. number. Such substituted identity cards shall be issued by the Palestinian side and shall bear its symbols. New identification numbers may be issued by the Palestinian side a year after the signing of this Agreement. The new identification numbers and the numbering system will be transferred to the Israeli side. All titles and values in such identity cards will be in Arabic and Hebrew, and the number of such identity cards will be in Arabic numerals ( i.e. 0-9 ).
   
   
5. Possession of the aforementioned identity card, whether it was issued by the military government and its Civil Administration or substituted or issued by the Palestinian side, and any other necessary documents, notification of which will be given to the Palestinian side through the CAC, shall be required for entry into Israel by residents.
   
   
6. Safe passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as provided for in Annex I,

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