Legal instruments in the field of transport
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 | |||
Geneva, 25 June 1998 | |||
Entry into force: | 25 August 2000, in accordance with article 11 which reads as follows: "11.1 This Agreement and its Annexes, which constitute integral parts of the Agreement, shall enter into force on the thirtieth (30) day following the date on which a minimum of five (5) countries and/or regional economic integration organizations have become Contracting Parties pursuant to Article 9. This minimum of five (5) must include the European Community, Japan, and the United States. 11.2. If, however, paragraph 11.1 of this Article is not satisfied fifteen (15) months after the date specified in paragraph 10.1[i.e. 25 June 1998], then this Agreement and its Annexes, which constitute integral parts of the Agreement, shall enter into force on the thirtieth (30) day following the date on which a minimum of eight (8) countries and/or regional economic integration organizations have become Contracting Parties pursuant to Article 9. Such date of entry into force shall not be earlier than sixteen (16) months after the date specified in paragraph 10.1. At least one (1) of these eight (8) must be either the European Community, Japan or the United States of America. 11.3 for any country or regional economic integration organization that becomes a Contacting Party to the Agreement after its entry into force, this Agreement shall enter into force sixty (6) days after the date that such country or regional economic integration organization deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accesion.". | ||
Registration: | 25 August 2000, No. 36868. | ||
Status: | Signatories: 5, Parties: 36. | ||
Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2119, p. 129. | ||
Note: The Agreement, of which the English, French and Russian texts are equally authentic, was adopted by the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commisssion for Europe of the United Nations at its one-hundred-and fifteenth Session, held from 23 to 26 June 1998. In accordance with its article 10, the Agreement will be open for signature from 25 June 1998 until its entry into force. |
Participant | Signature | Definitive signature (s), Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a) |
Australia | 8 Apr 2008 a | |
Azerbaijan | 15 Apr 2002 a | |
Belarus | 02 Jan 2015 a | |
Canada | 22 Jun 1999 s | |
China | 10 Oct 2000 A | |
Cyprus | 12 Apr 2005 a | |
European Community | 18 Oct 1999 | 15 Feb 2000 AA |
Finland | 8 Jun 2001 a | |
France | 22 Sep 1999 | 4 Jan 2000 AA |
Germany | 11 May 2000 s | |
Hungary | 22 Jun 2001 a | |
India | 21 Feb 2006 a | |
Italy | 1 Dec 2000 a | |
Japan | 3 Aug 1999 A | |
Kazakhstan | 28 Jun 2011 a | |
Lithuania | 26 May 2006 a | |
Luxembourg | 16 Sep 2005 a | |
Malaysia | 3 Feb 2006 a | |
Moldova | 16 Jan 2007 a | |
Netherlands | 4 Jan 2002 a | |
New Zealand | 27 Nov 2001 a | |
Norway | 30 Sep 2004 a | |
Republic of Korea | 2 Nov 2000 a | |
Romania | 25 Apr 2002 a | |
Russian Federation | 26 Jul 2000 s | |
San Marino | 27 Nov 2015 a | |
Slovakia | 7 Nov 2001 a | |
Slovenia | 8 May 2014 a | |
South Africa | 14 Jun 2000 | 18 Apr 2001 |
Spain | 24 Aug 2000 | 23 Apr 2002 |
Sweden | 3 Dec 2002 a | |
Tajikistan | 28 Dec 2011 a | |
Tunisia | 2 Nov 2007 a | |
Turkey | 3 Jul 2001 a | |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10 Jan 2000 s | |
United States of America | 25 Jun 1998 | 26 Jul 1999 A |
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