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The law ratifies the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Identification, signed by the Soviet Union in Montreal on 1 March 1991.

The purpose of the Convention is to prevent acts of terrorism involving the use of plastic explosives to destroy aircraft, other modes of transport, and miscellaneous installations. The Convention establishes an international regime for the marking of plastic explosives produced in different countries.

Essentially the Convention was set up to make the signatory states commit to producing only marked plastic explosives, to prohibit and prevent the import and export of unmarked plastic explosives, and to exercise a strict and effective control on the possession and transfer of such substances.

The Convention also stipulates that the states that have committed themselves to its implementation must undertake to destroy all unmarked plastic explosives. Explosives covered by the Convention that are in the possession of authorized agencies charged with military and police functions are excluded and do not need to be marked or destroyed.

The Convention establishes the International Explosives Technical Commission, which evaluates technological advances in the manufacture, the marking and detection of explosives, and reports its findings to the states and the international organizations concerned.