Moldova joins the UNECE
Agreement on global vehicle regulations
Geneva, 24 January 2007 -- On 16 January
2007 Moldova decided to accede to the Agreement concerning the
Establishing of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles,
Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and/or be used on Wheeled
Vehicles, of 25 June 1998. In accordance with its provisions, the
Agreement will enter into force for Moldova on 17 March 2007.
The accession of Moldova brings to 29 the total number of Contracting
Parties to the 1998 Agreement. Present Contracting Parties
include United States, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, New
Zealand, Republic of Korea and South Africa, as well as many European
countries including Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands,
Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey
and United Kingdom, as well as the European Community.
The 1998 Agreement provides 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 pollutant emissions and improving their security (anti-theft)
performance.
The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
administers the 1998 Agreement and provides the global forum
for the development of global regulations. To date, five global
technical regulations have been adopted in the framework of the
1998 Agreement. They set up the technical prescriptions for the
following: door locks and door retention components; measurement
procedure for emissions and fuel consumption of motorcycles; motorcycle
brakes; measurement procedure for emissions of heavy-duty vehicles;
and on-board diagnostic of emissions of heavy-duty vehicles.
WP.29 is currently developing global technical regulations on
other vehicle regulatory issues, including pedestrian safety, head
restraint, tyres, emission test protocol of non-road mobile machinery,
safety glazing materials, hand controls, tell tales and indicators
and hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicles. It is expected that a sixth
global technical regulation will be adopted in November this year.
For further information, please contact:
For further 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/welcwp29.htm
Ref: ECE/TRANS/07/N02