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Protocol amending article 1 (a), article 14 (1) and article 14 (3) (b) of the European Agreement of 30 September 1957 concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)

Geneva, 28 October 1993


Not yet in force:	see article 6 which reads as follows :"This Protocol shall enter into force one month after the date on which all the Contracting Parties to the Agreement have signed it without reservation of ratification, acceptance or approval or have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession as the case may be.".
Status:	Signatories: 9 ,Parties: 32.
Text:	Doc. TRANS/WP.15/CD/6 of 1 December 1993.

Note: The Protocol was adopted on 28 October 1993 at Geneva by the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the 1957 European Agreement concerning the International Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR). In accordance with its article 4 (2), it was open for signature at the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, in Geneva, from 28 October 1993 to 31 January 1994.

Participant	Signature	Definitive signature (s), Ratification, Acceptance (A), Accession (a)
Albania		9 Mar 2006 a
Austria		8 Aug 1995 a
Belgium	25 Jan 1994	5 Sep 2002
Bulgaria		12 May 1995 a
Cyprus		31 Aug 2005 a
Czech Republic		4 Nov 1994 a
Denmark	28 Oct 1993	16 Nov 1995 A
Estonia		25 Jun 1996 a
Finland		26 Jan 1994 s
France		28 Oct 1993 s
Germany	19 Jan 1994	28 Oct 2008 A
Greece	28 Oct 1993	21 Nov 2007 A
Hungary		26 Jan 1994 s
Ireland		12 Oct 2006 a
Italy	17 Dec 1993	11 Apr 1997
Latvia		6 Jan 1997 a
Liechtenstein		12 Dec 1994 a
Lithuania		28 Jan 2002 a
Luxembourg	28 Oct 1993	3 Oct 1995
Moldova		5 Dec 2007 a
Netherlands	28 Oct 1993	21 Nov 1994 A
Norway	28 Oct 1993	5 Dec 1995
Poland	31 Jan 1994	6 Dec 1996
Portugal		10 Jan 1994 s
Romania		22 Apr 1999 a
Russian Federation		27 Apr 1995 a
Slovakia		26 Jan 1994 s
Slovenia		21 May 1997 a
Spain		21 Dec 1994 a
Sweden		27 Sep 1995 a
Switzerland		17 Oct 1996 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland		17 Jun 1994 a

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