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Legal instruments in the field of transport

Convention on road signs and signals

Vienna, 8 November 1968


Entry into force:	6 June 1978, in accordance with article 39 (1).
Registration:	6 June 1978, No. 16743.
Status:	Signatories: 35 ,Parties: 56.
Text:	United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1091, p. 3; and depositary notifications C.N.61.1994.TREATIES-1 of 31 May 1994 (amendments); C.N.1015.2004.TREATIES-5 of 28 September 2004 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.1000.2005.TREATIES-2 of 29 September 2005 (acceptance of amendments).

Participant	Signature	Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d)
Albania		6 Feb 2004 a
Austria	8 Nov 1968	11 Aug 1981
Bahrain		4 May 1973 a
Belarus	8 Nov 1968	18 Jun 1974
Belgium	8 Nov 1968	16 Nov 1988
Bosnia and Herzegovina		12 Jan 1994 d
Brazil	8 Nov 1968
Bulgaria	8 Nov 1968	28 Dec 1978
Central African Republic		3 Feb 1988 a
Chile	8 Nov 1968	27 Dec 1974
China
Costa Rica	8 Nov 1968
Côte d'Ivoire		24 Jul 1985 a
Croatia		2 Nov 1993 d
Cuba		30 Sep 1977 a
Czech Republic		2 Jun 1993 d
Democratic Republic of the Congo		25 Jul 1977 a
Denmark	8 Nov 1968	3 Nov 1986
Ecuador	8 Nov 1968
Estonia		24 Aug 1992 a
Finland	16 Dec 1969	1 Apr 1985
France	8 Nov 1968	9 Dec 1971
Georgia		15 May 2001 a
Germany	8 Nov 1968	3 Aug 1978
Ghana	22 Aug 1969
Greece		18 Dec 1986 a
Holy See	8 Nov 1968
Hungary	8 Nov 1968	16 Mar 1976
India		10 Mar 1980 a
Indonesia	8 Nov 1968
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	8 Nov 1968	21 May 1976
Iraq		18 Dec 1988 a
Italy	8 Nov 1968	7 Feb 1997
Kazakhstan		4 Apr 1994 a
Kuwait		13 May 1980 a
Kyrgyzstan		30 Aug 2006 a
Latvia		19 Oct 1992 a
Liberia		16 Sep 2005 a
Lithuania		20 Nov 1991 a
Luxembourg	8 Nov 1968	25 Nov 1975
Mexico	8 Nov 1968
Mongolia		19 Dec 1997 a
Montenegro		23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco		29 Dec 1982 a
Norway	23 Dec 1969	1 Apr 1985
Pakistan		14 Jan 1980 a
Philippines	8 Nov 1968	27 Dec 1973
Poland	8 Nov 1968	23 Aug 1984
Portugal	8 Nov 1968
Republic of Korea	29 Dec 1969
Romania	8 Nov 1968	9 Dec 1980
Russian Federation	8 Nov 1968	7 Jun 1974
San Marino	8 Nov 1968	20 Jul 1970
Senegal		19 Apr 1972 a
Serbia		12 Mar 2001 d
Seychelles		11 Apr 1977 a
Slovakia		28 May 1993 d
Spain	8 Nov 1968
Sweden	8 Nov 1968	25 Jul 1985
Switzerland	8 Nov 1968	11 Dec 1991
Tajikistan		9 Mar 1994 a
Thailand	8 Nov 1968
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia		20 Dec 1999 d
Tunisia		5 Jan 2004 a
Turkmenistan		14 Jun 1993 a
Ukraine	8 Nov 1968	12 Jul 1974
United Arab Emirates		10 Jan 2007 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	8 Nov 1968
Uzbekistan		17 Jan 1995 a
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	8 Nov 1968

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