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| Entry into force: | 1 November 1963, in accordance with article 1 (5). |
| Registration: | 1 November 1963, No. 4789. |
| Status: | ,Parties: 37. |
| Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 480, p. 376; vol. 557, p. 274 (procès-verbal of rectification of the authentic text); doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS.505/Add.2/Rev.1 (Revised text incorporating amendments series 01); vol. 1401, p. 254 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS.505/Add.2/Rev.1/Amend.1 (amendments series 02); vol. 1607, p. 350 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/254 (supplement 1 to amendments series 02); vol. 1764, p. 269 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/367 (supplement 2 to amendments series 02); depositary notification C.N.245.1995.TREATIES-64 of 15 September 1995 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/446 (supplement 3 to amendments series 02); vol. 2000, p. 489 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/536 (supplement 4 to amendments series 02); C.N.441.1997.TREATIES-110 of 5 December 1997 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/584 (supplement 5 to amendments series 02); C.N.127.2001.TREATIES-1 of 13 March 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/744 (procès-verbal concerning certain modifications); C.N.105.2002.TREATIES-1 of 11 February 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/817 (supplement 6 to amendments series 02) and C.N.905.2002.TREATIES-2 of 29 August 2002 (adoption); C.N.11.2003.TREATIES-1 of 16 January 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/886 (supplement 7 to amendments series 02) and C.N.581.2003.TREATIES-2 of 17 July 2003 (adoption); C.N.103.2004.TREATIES-1 of 12 February 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/955 (supplement 8 to the 02 series) and C.N.817.2004.TREATIES-3 of 13 August 2004 (adoption); C.N.153.2004.TREATIES-2 of 4 March 2004 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/954 (procès-verbal concerning certain modifications); C.N.454.2004.TREATIES-2 of 13 May 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/993 (supplement 9 to the 02 series) and C.N.1157.2004.TREATIES-3 of 15 November 2004 (adoption); C.N.596.2006.TREATIES-1 of 2 August 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2006/49 (supplement 10 to the 02 series) and C.N.66.2007.TREATIES-1 of 5 February 2007 (adoption).1 |
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| Participant | Application of regulation, Succession (d) |
| Austria | 1 Mar 1972 |
| Belarus | 3 May 1995 |
| Belgium | 22 Jul 1969 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina3 | 28 Sep 1998 |
| Croatia3 | 17 Mar 1994 |
| Czech Republic4 | 2 Jun 1993 |
| Denmark | 21 Oct 1976 |
| Estonia | 26 May 1999 |
| European Community5 | 23 Jan 1998 |
| Finland | 19 Jul 1976 |
| France6 | 1 Nov 1963 |
| Germany7 | 29 Nov 1965 |
| Greece | 4 Oct 1995 |
| Hungary | 10 Mar 1965 |
| Italy | 22 Apr 1964 |
| Japan8 | 25 Sep 1998 |
| Latvia | 19 Nov 1998 |
| Lithuania | 28 Jan 2002 |
| Luxembourg | 5 Aug 1987 |
| Montenegro9 | 23 Oct 2006 d |
| Netherlands10 | 10 Jan 1966 |
| New Zealand11 | 18 Jan 2002 |
| Norway | 23 Dec 1987 |
| Poland | 2 Jun 1983 |
| Romania | 23 Dec 1976 |
| Russian Federation | 19 Dec 1986 |
| Serbia3 | 12 Mar 2001 |
| Slovakia4 | 28 May 1993 |
| Slovenia3 | 3 Nov 1992 |
| South Africa | 18 Apr 2001 |
| Spain | 28 Dec 1965 |
| Sweden | 1 Jul 1966 |
| Switzerland | 4 Dec 1995 |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia3 | 1 Apr 1998 |
| Turkey | 8 May 2000 |
| Ukraine | 9 Aug 2002 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland6 | 1 Nov 1963 |
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1. For additional references to the texts of the annexed regulations and their amendments, see doc. TRANS/WP.29/343 as up-dated annually.
2. For technical reasons and in order to align this chapter with all others in the publication, the date indicated is no longer the date of effect of the regulation for the Contracting Party, but the date of receipt of the notification of application by the Secretary-General.
3. The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 3 as from 26 May 1969. 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.
4. Czechoslovakia applied Regulation No. 3 as from 16 February 1964. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
5. In a letter dated 29 July 1998, the European Community informed the Secretary-General of the following:
"The accession of the EC has the effect that the [...] regulations adhered to are not (in cases where a Member State already applied a regulation: no longer) applied by Member States by virtue of their status as Contracting Parties to the Agreement but exclusively in their capacity as Member States of the Contracting Party European Community. Thus, the 14 Member States already Contracting Parties themselves, now apply all [these] regulations by virtue of the EC'saccession."
... By the EC accession, Ireland has not become a Contracting Party. Only the EC has become a Contracting Party. Ireland being a Member State of this Contracting Party applies the [...] regulations [adhered to by the EC] by virtue of the EC's accession.
It will be recalled that, as at 29 July 1999, States Members of the EC are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
6. Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).
7. The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 3 as from 3 January 1976.
With regard to the above, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany in a communication received on 14 January 1991, informed the Secretary-General, inter alia, of the following:
- [Regulation No. 3 which has] been applied by both the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic shall continue to apply...
The notification further states that it ". . . does not constitute a general statement of position by the Federal Republic of Germany on the question of state succession in relation to treaties."
See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
8. In its instrument of accession the Government of Japan stated, inter alia, that it was bound by Regulation No. 3 (Revision 2).
9. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
10. For the Kingdom in Europe.
11. See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.