UNITED

NATIONS

Distr.

GENERAL

TRANS/AC.7/2000/4

3 May 2000

Original: ENGLISH

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

Ad hoc Meeting of the Multidisciplinary

Group of Experts on Safety in Tunnels

(First session, 10-11 July 2000,

agenda item 5)

UN/ECE TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS

WHICH MAY NEED TO BE AMENDED REGARDING SAFETY IN TUNNELS

Note by the secretariat

The secretariat has identified the following ECE legal instruments in the field of transport which might need to be amended by provisions regarding safety in tunnels.

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I. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES

1.	EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON MAIN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ARTERIES (AGR), of

15 November 1975 (ECE/TRANS/16, Corr.1 and Amends. 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Entered into force on 15 March 1983

2.	EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON MAIN INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY LINES (AGC), of

31 May 1985 (ECE/TRANS/63)

Entered into force on 27 April 1989

3.	EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL COMBINED TRANSPORT LINES AND RELATED INSTALLATIONS (AGTC), of 1 February 1991, (ECE/TRANS/88)

Entered into force on 20 October 1993

II. ROAD TRAFFIC AND ROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS

4.	CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC, of 8 November 1968 (E/CONF.56/16/Rev.1

and Amend.1)

Entered into force on 21 May 1977

5.	CONVENTION ON ROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS, of 8 November 1968 (E/CONF.56/17/Rev.1/Amend.1)

Entered into force on 6 June 1978

6.	EUROPEAN AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTING THE CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC (1968), of 1 May 1971 (E/ECE/813 - E/ECE/TRANS/567, Corr.1 and Amend.1)

Entered into force on 7 June 1979

7.	EUROPEAN AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTING THE CONVENTION ON ROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS (1968), of 1 May 1971 (E/ECE/812 - E/ECE/TRANS/566 and Corr.1 and 2)

Entered into force on 3 August 1979

8.	EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON ROAD MARKINGS, of 13 December 1957 (E/ECE/303 - E/ECE/TRANS/501)

Entered into force on 10 August 1960

9.	PROTOCOL ON ROAD MARKINGS, ADDITIONAL TO THE EUROPEAN AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTING THE CONVENTION ON ROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS, of 1 March 1973 (ECE/TRANS/4 and Corr.1)

Entered into force on 25 April 1985

III. ROAD VEHICLES

10.	AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF UNIFORM CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION OF APPROVAL FOR MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND PARTS, of 20 March 1958 (E/ECE/324 - E/ECE/TRANS/505/Revs. and Corr.)

Entered into force on 20 June 1959

VII. TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS

11.	EUROPEAN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD (ADR), of 30 September 1957 (ECE/TRANS/60 and Add.1, Corr.1, (English only) and Corr.2)

Entered into force on 29 January 1968

Entry into force of Annexes A and B: 29 July 1968

12.	PROTOCOL AMENDING ARTICLE 1(a), ARTICLE 14(1) AND ARTICLE 14(3) OF THE EUROPEAN AGREEMENT OF 30 SEPTEMBER 1957 CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD (ADR), of 28 October 1993

Entered into force on: (Ref.: art. 6 of the Protocol and document TRANS/WP.15/R.279)

VIII. TRANSPORT OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS

13.	AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS AND ON THE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO BE USED FOR SUCH CARRIAGE (ATP), of

1 September 1970 (E/ECE/810 - E/ECE/TRANS/563/Rev.1)

Entered into force on 21 November 1976

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