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| Entry into force: | 15 March 1983, in accordance with article 6 (1). |
| Registration: | 15 March 1983, No. 21618. |
| Status: | Signatories: 7 ,Parties: 37. |
| Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1302, p. 91; vol. 1388, p. 372; depositary notifications C.N.23.l984.TREATIES-1 of 1 March 1984; C.N.290.1985.TREATIES-4 of 11 December 1985*; C.N.175.1988. TREATIES-3 of 14 September 1988; C.N.215.1988.TREATIES-4 of 27 October 1988 (corrigendum to C.N.175.1988. TREATIES-3); C.N.62.1989.TREATIES-3 of 19 April 1989; C.N.45.1990.TREATIES-1 of 24 April 1990; C.N.47.1990.TREATIES-2 of 26 April 1990; C.N.48.1990.TREATIES-3 of 27 April 1990; C.N.173.1990.TREATIES-4 of 8 August 1990; C.N.3.1991.TREATIES-2 of 20 March 1991; C.N.4.1991.TREATIES-3 of 18 March 1991; C.N.39.1994.TREATIES-1 of 11 April 1994; C.N.40.1994.TREATIES-2 of 11 April 1994; C.N.41.1994.TREATIES-3 of 19 April 1994 (amendments to annex I); C.N.174.1988.TREATIES-2 of 23 September 1988 (amendments to annexes II and III); C.N.70.1992.TREATIES-1 of 22 May 1992; C.N.46.1994.TREATIES-4 of 19 April 1994 (amendments to annex II); C.N.9.1995.TREATIES-1 of 14 March 1995 (amendments to annexes I and II); C.N.452.1995.TREATIES-4 of 8 January 1996 (amendments to annex I); C.N.52.1997.TREATIES-1 of 28 February 1997 (amendments to annexes I and II); C.N.380.1999.TREATIES-1 of 2 June 1999 (proposal of amendments to annex I) C.N.1189.1999 of 27 January 1999 (adoption of amendments to Annex I) and C.N.253.2000.TREATIES-1 of 4 May 2000 (procès-verbal of rectification of the amendments to annex I); C.N.1225.1999.TREATIES-2 of 19 January 2000 (amendments to annex I) and C.N.990.2000.TREATIES-2 of 24 October 2000 (procès-verbal of rectification of amendments to annex I); C.N.30.2001.TREATIES-1 of 22 January 2001 (proposal of amendments to annex I) and C.N.839.2001.TREATIES-3 of 4 September 2001 (adoption); C.N.1349.TREATIES-3 of 28 November 2001 (proposal of amendments to annex I); C.N.162.2003.TREATIES-1 of 24 February 2003 and doc. TRANS/SC.1/371 (proposal of amendments to annex I) and C.N.911.2003.TREATIES-2 of 4 September 2003 (acceptance); C.N.195.2005.TREATIES-1 of 4 April 2005 (proposal of amendments to annex I); C.N.198.2005.TREATIES-2 of 4 April 2005 (proposal of amendments to annex II) and C.N.1027.2005.TREATIES-4 of 7 October 2005 (acceptance of amendments to annex II); C.N.160.2006.TREATIES-1 of 23 February 2006 (proposal of amendments to annex I) and C.N.660.2006.TREATIES-5 of 24 August 2006 (acceptance of amendments to annex I); C.N.315.2007.TREATIES-2 of 10 April 2007 (proposal of amendments to annex I) and C.N.1005.2007.TREATIES-4 of 15 October 2007 (acceptance of amendments to annex I); C.N.316.2007.TREATIES-3 of 10 April 2007 (proposal of amendments to annex II) and C.N.1006.2007.TREATIES-4 of 15 October 2007 (acceptance of amendments to annex II)1. |
Note: The Agreement was drawn up by the Working Party on Road Transports of the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe in the course of its fifty-fourth (special), fifty-sixth (special) and fifty-seventh sessions, and approved by the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe. The Agreement was opened for signature at Geneva on 15 November 1975.* (Owing to a typographical error, depositary notification C.N.290.1985.TREATIES-4 of 11 December 1985 was, when circulated, misnumbered C.N.280.1985.TREATIES-4).
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| Participant | Signature | Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) |
| Albania | 2 Aug 2006 a | |
| Armenia | 9 Jun 2006 a | |
| Austria | 29 Dec 1976 | |
| Azerbaijan | 16 Aug 1996 a | |
| Belarus | 17 Dec 1982 a | |
| Belgium | 15 Apr 1985 a | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 Sep 1993 d | |
| Bulgaria | 14 Dec 1976 | 17 Nov 1977 |
| Croatia | 2 Feb 1994 d | |
| Czech Republic | 2 Jun 1993 d | |
| Denmark | 2 Nov 1987 a | |
| Finland | 19 Nov 1991 a | |
| France | 15 Dec 1982 a | |
| Georgia | 30 Aug 1995 a | |
| Germany | 19 Nov 1976 | 3 Aug 1978 |
| Greece | 11 Oct 1988 a | |
| Hungary | 1 Sep 1978 a | |
| Italy | 2 Jul 1981 a | |
| Kazakhstan | 17 Jul 1995 a | |
| Latvia | 12 Jun 1997 a | |
| Lithuania | 27 Aug 1993 a | |
| Luxembourg | 16 Jun 1976 | 20 Nov 1981 |
| Moldova | 25 May 2006 a | |
| Montenegro | 23 Oct 2006 d | |
| Netherlands | 12 Dec 1979 a | |
| Norway | 14 Sep 1992 a | |
| Poland | 31 Dec 1976 | 9 Nov 1984 |
| Portugal | 8 Jan 1991 a | |
| Romania | 2 Jul 1985 a | |
| Russian Federation | 14 Dec 1982 a | |
| Serbia | 12 Mar 2001 d | |
| Slovakia | 28 May 1993 d | |
| Slovenia | 6 Jul 1992 d | |
| Sweden | 27 Oct 1992 a | |
| Switzerland | 30 Jan 1976 | 5 Aug 1988 |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 20 Dec 1999 d | |
| Turkey | 16 Oct 1992 a | |
| Ukraine | 29 Dec 1982 a | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 22 Dec 1976 |
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The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic does not consider itself bound by article 13 of the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries of 15 November 1975 and declares that, before any dispute between Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation or application of the European Agreement may be referred to arbitration, in each particular case the consent of all the parties to the dispute must be obtained, and that only persons nominated by unanimous agreement of the parties to the dispute may act as arbitrators.
The Hungarian People's Republic declares that, in view of article 15 of the Agreement, it does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 13, under which any dispute which relates to the interpretation or application of the Agreement and which the parties in dispute are unable to settle by negotiations or by other means of settlement shall be referred to compulsory arbitration.
Reservation:
The Socialist Republic of Romania does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 13 of the Agreement, which states that any disputes between the Contracting Parties which relates to the interpretation or application of this Agreement and which the Parties are unable to settle by negotiation or other means of settlement shall be referred for a solution to arbitration at the request of any of the Contracting Parties concerned.
The Socialist Republic of Romania considers that such disputes may be referred for a solution to arbitration only with the agreement of all the Parties to the dispute.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics does not consider itself bound by article 13 of the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries of 15 November 1975 and declares, that, before any dispute between Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation or application of the European Agreement may be referred to arbitration, in each particular case the consent of all the parties to the dispute must be obtained, and that only persons nominated by unanimous agreement of the parties to the dispute may act as arbitrators.
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic does not consider itself bound by article 13 of the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries of 15 November 1975 and states, that, for the submission to arbitration of any dispute among the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the European Agreement, the agreement of all the Parties in dispute shall be required in each individual case, and the arbitrators shall only be persons appointed by general agreement between the Parties in dispute.
2 August 2006
"In accordance with its article 10, the name and the address of the administration responsible to which proposed amendments to the annexes to this Agreement are to be communicated in conformity with articles 8 and 9 of this Agreement, is the following:
Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunication Address: Sheshi Skenderbej, No. 5, Tirane, Albania
Tel/Fax: + 355 4 225 196, + 355 4 232 389"
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1. Amendments to the Convention were adopted as follows:
| Object of the proposal: | Proposed by: | Date of circulation: | Entry into force: |
| Annex I | German Democratic Republic | 1 March 1984 | 4 January 1985 |
| Annex I | Germany, Federal Republic of and Poland | 11 December 1985 | 12 September 1986 |
| Annex I | France | 14 September 1988 | 15 June 1989 |
| Annexes II and III | Various Parties | 23 September 1988 | 24 June 1989 |
| Annex I | Germany, Federal Republic of | 19 April 1989 | 20 January 1990 |
| Annex I | Czechoslovakia* | 24 April 1990 | 25 January 1991 |
| Annex I | Italy | 26 April 1990 | 27 January 1991 |
| Annex I | Denmark and Germany, Federal Republic of | 27 April 1990 | 28 January 1991 |
| Annex I | Yugoslavia (former)** | 8 August 1990 | 8 May 1991 |
| Annex I | Denmark | 18 March 1991 | 18 December 1991 |
| Annex I | France | 20 March 1991 | 20 December 1991 |
| Annex II | Belgium, Romania and Switzerland | 22 May 1992 | 1 June 1993 |
| Annex I | Germany | 11 April 1994 | 25 January 1995 |
| Annex I | Norway | 11 April 1994 | 25 January 1995 |
| Annex I | Netherlands | 19 April 1994 | 27 January 1995 |
| Annex II | France, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation and Switzerland | 19 April 1994 | 27 January 1995 |
| Annexes I and II | Various Parties | 14 March 1995 | 10 January 1996 |
| Annex I | Various Parties | 8 January 1996 | 25 October 1996 |
| Annexes I and II | Various Parties | 28 February 1997 | 15 January 1998 |
| Annex I *** | Various Parties | 2 June 1999 | 27 April 2000 |
| Annex I | Various Parties | 19 January 2000 | 20 October 2000 |
| Annex I | Various Parties | 22 January 2001 | 4 December 2001 |
| Annex I | Various Parties | 28 November 2001 | 29 August 2002 |
| Annex I | Various Parties | 4 April 2005 | 6 January 2006 |
| Annex II**** | Various Parties | 4 April 2005 | 7 January 2006 |
| Annex I | Various Parties | 23 February 2006 | 23 November 2006 |
| Article 9***** | Various Parties | 16 October 2007 | |
| Annex I | Various Parties | 10 April 2007 | 15 January 2008 |
| Annex II | Various Parties | 10 April 2007 | 15 January 2008 |
| * See note 3. | |||
| * See note 2. | |||
| *** By 2 December 1999, that is on the expiry of six months following the date on which the proposed amendments were communciated by the depositary, an objection had been received by the Government of Kazakhstan concerning the amendments to E roads 40, 123, 016 and 012. No other objections had been recieved. Consequently, the proposed amendments relating to the other E roads have been accepted. | |||
| ****On 30 September 2005, the Secretary-General received from the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands an objection pursuant to article 9 (4) of the Agreement to the proposal of amendments to Annex II of the Agreement, transmitted by on 4 April 2005. No other objection had been received by the Secretary-General. | |||
| *****The Depositary Notification was first circulated on 10 April 2007, but, due to necessary corrections to be made, was reissued and circulated on 16 October 2007. | |||
2. The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Agreement on 19 December 1980. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
3. Czechoslovakia had acceded to the Agreement on 26 November 1986, with the following reservation:
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic declares that within the meaning of article 15 of the Agreement, it does not consider itself bound by the provision of article 13 of the Agreement.
See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
4. The German Democratic Republic had acceded to the Agreement on 14 April 1981, with a reservation. For the text of the reservation, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1302, p. 168. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
5. See note 1 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
6. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
8. In a notification received on 6 May 1994, the Government of Bulgaria notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw the reservation made upon signature and confirmed upon ratification with respect to article 13. For the text of the reservation, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1302, p. 169.
9. On 16 October 1997, the Government of Poland notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw its reservation with regard to article 13 of the Agreement made upon notification. For the text of the reservation see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 880, p. 401.