Legal instruments in the field of transport

Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of These Prescriptions

Geneva, 20 March 1958

Entry into force:	20 June 1959, in accordance with article 7.
Registration:	20 June 1959, No. 4789.
Status:	Signatories: 4, Parties: 48.
Text:	United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 335, p. 211; vol. 516, p. 378 (procès-verbal of rectification of the authentic English and French texts of paragraph 8 of article 1 of the Agreement); vol. 609, p. 290 (amendment to article 1, paragraph 1), and vol. 1059, p. 404 (procès-verbal of rectification of the authentic French text of article 12, paragraph 2 established by the Secretary-General on 29 November 1977); vol. 1891, p. 381and doc. TRANS/WP29/409 (amendments*).

*As a result of the entry into force (on 16 October 1995) of the amendments adopted by the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe at its one-hundred-and-third session on 18 August 1994, the title "Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions of Approval and Reciprocal Recognition of Approval for Motor Vehicle Equipment and Parts, done at Geneva on 20 March 1958" was modified accordingly.

Participant	Signature	Definitive signature (s), Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d)
Albania		6 Sep 2011 a
Australia		25 Feb 2000 a
Austria		12 Mar 1971 a
Azerbaijan		15 Apr 2002 a
Belarus		3 May 1995 a
Belgium		7 Jul 1959 a
Bosnia and Herzegovina		12 Jan 1994 d
Bulgaria		22 Nov 1999 a
Croatia		17 Mar 1994 d
Czech Republic		2 Jun 1993 d
Denmark		21 Oct 1976 a
Egypt		5 Dec 2012 a
Estonia		2 Mar 1995 a
European Community		23 Jan 1998 a
Finland		19 Jul 1976 a
France		26 Jun 1958 s
Germany	19 Jun 1958	29 Nov 1965
Greece		6 Oct 1992 a
Hungary	30 Jun 1958	3 May 1960
Italy	28 Mar 1958	25 Feb 1963
Japan		25 Sep 1998 a
Kazakhstan		9 Nov 2010 a
Latvia		19 Nov 1998 a
Lithuania		28 Jan 2002 a
Luxembourg		13 Oct 1971 a
Malaysia		3 Feb 2006 a
Montenegro		23 Oct 2006 d
Netherlands	30 Mar 1958	30 Jun 1960
New Zealand		27 Nov 2001 a
Norway		3 Feb 1975 a
Poland		12 Jan 1979 a
Portugal		29 Jan 1980 a
Republic of Korea		1 Nov 2004 a
Romania		23 Dec 1976 a
Russian Federation		19 Dec 1986 a
Serbia		12 Mar 2001 d
Slovakia		28 May 1993 d
Slovenia		3 Nov 1992 d
South Africa		18 Apr 2001 a
Spain		11 Aug 1961 a
Sweden		21 Apr 1959 a
Switzerland		29 Jun 1973 a
Thailand		2 Mar 2006 a
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia		1 Apr 1998 d
Tunisia		2 Nov 2007 a
Turkey		29 Dec 1995 a
Ukraine		1 May 2000 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland		15 Jan 1963 a

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