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16.16. Regulation No. 16. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of: I. Safety-belts, restraint systems, child restraint systems and isofix child restraint systems for occupants of power-driven vehicles II. Vehicles equipped with safety-belts, restraint systems, child restraint systems and isofix child restraint systems

1 December 1970

 

Entry into force: 1 December 1970, in accordance with article 1 (5).
Registration: 1 December 1970, No. 4789.
Status: ,Parties: 35.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 756, p. 232; vol. 820, p. 420 (amendments series 01)1; vol. 893, p. 330 (amendments series 02 only) and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.15/Rev.1 (revised text incorporating amendments series 01 and 02); vol. 1153, p. 435 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.15/Rev.2 (revised text incorporating amendments series 03), and Corr.1 (rectification to paragraphs 7.7.1.1 of the English and French texts); vol. 1413, p. 363 and doc. TRANS/SCI/WP29/132, Corr.1 and 2 (amendments series 04); vol. 1506, p. 268 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/198 (supplement l to amendments series 04); depositary notification C.N.43.1988. TREATIES-15 of 8 April 1988 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); vol. 1527, p. 279 and doc TRANS/SC1/WP29/221 (supplement 2 to amendments series 04); vol. 1548, p. 367 and doc. TRANS/ SC1/WP29/240 (supplement 3 to amendments series 04); C.N.221.1990.TREATIES-33 of 9 No vember 1990 (modifications); vol. 1691, p. 384 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/285 (supplement 4 to amendments series 04); vol. 1730, p. 385 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/348 (supplement 5 to amendments series 04); C.N.196.1993.TREATIES-15 of 26 August 1993 (procès-verbal concerning certain modifications); C.N.215.1993.TREATIES-19 of 29 August 1993 (procès-verbal concerning certain modifications); vol. 1891, p. 182 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP.29/429 (supplement 6 to amendments series 04); C.N.217.1996.TREATIES-40 of 22 July 1996 (modifications); vol. 2000, p. 490 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/556 (supplement 7 to amendments series 04); C.N.260.1998.TREATIES-65 of 4 August 1998 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/616 (supplement 8 to amendments series 04); C.N.836.1999.TREATIES-1 of 23 September 1999 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/644 (supplement 9 to amendments series 04); C.N.422.2000.TREATIES-1 of 27 June 2000 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/711 (supplement 10 to amendments series 04); C.N.108.2001.TREATIES-1 of 8 March 2001 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/746 (supplement 11 to amendments series 04) and C.N.773.2001.TREATIES-2 (Reissued) of 15 October 2001 (adoption)2; C.N.789.2001.TREATIES-1 of 20 August 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/797 (supplement 12 to amendments series 04) and C.N.47.2002.TREATIES-1 of 4 March 2002 (adoption); C.N.771.2002.TREATIES-1 of 31 July 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/867 (supplement 13 to the 04 series of amendments) and C.N.74.2003.TREATIES-2 of 3 February 2003 (adoption); C.N.15.2003.TREATIES-1 of 16 January 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/889 (supplement 14 to the 04 series) and C.N.669.2003.TREATIES-2 of 17 July 2003 (adoption); C.N.864.2003.TREATIES-1 of 26 August 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/932 (supplement 15 to amendments series 04) and C.N.245.2004.TREATIES-2 of 12 March 2004 (adoption); C.N.107.2004.TREATIES-1 of 12 February 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/964 (supplement 16 to the 04 series) and C.N.821.2004.TREATIES-2 of 13 August 2004 (adoption); C.N.164.2004.TREATIES-2 of 4 March 2004 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/963 (procès-verbal concerning certain modifications); C.N.1034.2004.TREATIES-1 of 4 October 2004 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/1020 (procès-verbal concerning certain modifications); C.N.1279.2004.TREATIES-1 of 17 December 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2004/61 (modifications); C.N.553.2005.TREATIES-1 of 15 July 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2005/35 (modifications); C.N.561.2005.TREATIES-1 of 18 July 2005 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/2005/34 (supplement 17 to the 04 series) and C.N.42.TREATIES-1 of 19 January 2006 (adoption):  C.N.1269.2005.TREATIES-2 of 21 December 2005 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2005/85 (modifications): C.N.1277.2005.TREATIES-15 of 21 December 2005 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2005/80 and Corr 1 (modifications); C.N.579.2006.TREATIES-1 of 1 August 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2006/32 (modifications); C.N.580.2006.TREATIES-2 of 1 August 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2006/33 (modifications); C.N.1165.2006.TREATIES-1 of 18 December 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/113 (spplement 18 to amendments series 04) and C.N.683.2007.TREATIES-1 of 5 July 2007 (adoption); C.N.780.2007.TREATIES-1 of 3 August 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/24 + Amend.1 (supplement 19 to amendments series 04); C.N.781.2007.TREATIES-2 of 3 August 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/25 (05 series).3 
 

 

PARTICIPANTS


Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 164

Participant  Application of regulation, Succession (d) 
Austria  24 Sep 1980 
Belarus  3 May 1995 
Belgium5  1 Dec 1970 
Bosnia and Herzegovina6  28 Sep 1998 
Croatia6  17 Mar 1994 
Czech Republic7  2 Jun 1993 
Denmark  21 Oct 1976 
Estonia  24 Oct 1997 
European Community8  23 Jan 1998 
Finland  19 Jul 1976 
France9  1 Dec 1970 
Germany10  15 Mar 1973 
Greece  4 Oct 1995 
Hungary  15 Sep 1988 
Italy  16 Apr 1976 
Latvia  19 Nov 1998 
Lithuania  28 Jan 2002 
Luxembourg  2 Mar 1984 
Montenegro11  23 Oct 2006 d 
Netherlands8  1 Dec 1970 
New Zealand12  18 Jan 2002 
Norway  23 Dec 1987 
Poland  7 Apr 1992 
Romania  2 Jul 1979 
Russian Federation  19 Dec 1986 
Serbia6  12 Mar 2001 
Slovakia7  28 May 1993 
Slovenia6  3 Nov 1992 
Spain  7 Mar 1973 
Sweden  13 Aug 1980 
Switzerland  3 May 1982 
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia6  1 Apr 1998 
Turkey  24 Dec 1998 
Ukraine  9 Aug 2002 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  1 Feb 1980 
 

 

NOTES


1. Amendments to Regulation No. 16 proposed by the Government of Belgium, France and the Netherlands were circulated by the Secretary-General among the Contracting Parties to the Agreement on 18 February 1972. the proposed amendments having thus been communicated jointly by all Governments applying Regulation No. 16, it was not necessary to wait for the expiration of the three-month period provided for by article 12 (1) of the Agreement for the possible formlation of objections, and the amendments consequently entered into force on 18 April 1972, i.e., within a period of two months from their circulation in accordance with the other provisions of article 12 of the Agreement.


2. The amendments were adopted and are binding upon all Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 16 as from 8 September 2001, except for Yugoslavia. Pursuant to article 12 (3) of the Agreement, the amendments will enter into force for Yugoslavia two months after the period of six months following the date of the notification by the Secretary-General of the proposed amendment, i.e. 8 November 2001.


3. For additional references to the texts of the annexed regulations and their amendments, see doc. TRANS/WP.29/343 as up-dated annually.


4. 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.


5. Date of entry into force of Regulation No. 16 as indicated by the Contracting State in its notification of application:

Participant:  Date entry into force: 
Belgium  1 Dec 1970 


6. The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 16 as from 28 June 1976. 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.


7. Czechoslovakia applied Regulation 16 as from 14 April 1972. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


8. 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's accession."

... 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.


9. Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).


10. The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 16 as from 28 June 1981.

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 of the following:

- [Regulation No. 16 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.


11. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


12. See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.