Lithuania joins the UNECE Agreement on global vehicle regulations
Geneva, 15 June 2006 -- On 25 July Lithuania will become a Contracting
Party to the 1998 Agreement on Global Vehicle Regulations.
This will bring the total number of Contracting Parties to the Agreement
to 28. At present, Contracting Parties include the USA, Canada, the European
Community, Russian Federation, Japan, China, Republic of Korea, India, Malaysia,
South Africa, New Zealand and many other European States.
The 1998 Agreement is the legal framework for the development of global
technical regulations for vehicles and their components, with the aim of increasing
their active and passive safety, reducing their emissions and improving their
security (anti-theft) performance.
The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) is the
body that administers the 1998 Agreement. To date, two global technical regulations
have been adopted in the framework of the 1998 Agreement. They address door
locks and door retention components and the m easurement procedure for emissions
and fuel consumption of motorcycles.
WP.29 is currently developing global technical regulations on other vehicle
regulatory issues, including the measurement procedure of emissions of heavy-duty
vehicles, on-board diagnostic of emissions of heavy-duty vehicles, motorcycle
brakes, pedestrian safety and hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicles. It is expected
that the third global technical regulation will be adopted in November this
year.
For more information, please contact:
José Capel Ferrer, Director, or
Juan Ramos García, Chief, Technology Section
UNECE Transport Division
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 2400 / 917 1998
Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 0039
E-mail: [email protected] -
[email protected]
Website: http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/wp29glob.html
Ref: ECE/TRANS/06/P05