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16.18. Regulation No. 18. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to their protection against unauthorized use

1 March 1971

 

Entry into force: 1 March 1971, in accordance with article 1 (5).
Registration: 1 March 1971, No. 4789.
Status: ,Parties: 32.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 768, p. 300 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.1/ Add.17/Rev.1 (revised text incorporating amendments series 01); depositary notification C.N.40.1986.TREATIES-10 of 2 May 1986 (procès-verbal of rectification of the English and French texts); vol. 1989, p. 528 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/522 (amendments series 02); C.N.1283.2004.TREATIES-1 of 23 December 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2000/18 and its Add.1 and Corr.1 (English only) (amendments series 03) and C.N.477.2005.TREATIES-1 of 21 June 2005 (adoption); C.N.564.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 May 2007 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2007/9 (Supplement 1 to amendments series 03).1 
 

 

PARTICIPANTS


Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 182

Participant  Application of regulation, Succession (d) 
Belarus  3 May 1995 
Belgium3  1 Mar 1971 
Bosnia and Herzegovina4  28 Sep 1998 
Croatia4  17 Mar 1994 
Czech Republic5  2 Jun 1993 
Denmark  21 Oct 1976 
Estonia  26 May 1999 
European Community6  23 Jan 1998 
Finland  15 Dec 1977 
France3  1 Mar 1971 
Germany7  26 Jan 1973 
Greece  4 Oct 1995 
Hungary  19 Aug 1976 
Italy  19 Jul 1975 
Latvia  19 Nov 1998 
Lithuania  28 Jan 2002 
Luxembourg  2 Aug 1983 
Montenegro8  23 Oct 2006 d 
Netherlands9  1 Mar 1971 
Norway  23 Dec 1987 
Poland  2 Oct 2001 
Romania  23 Dec 1976 
Russian Federation  19 Dec 1986 
Serbia4  12 Mar 2001 
Slovakia5  28 May 1993 
Slovenia4  3 Nov 1992 
Spain  28 May 1971 
Sweden  17 Jun 1974 
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia4  1 Apr 1998 
Turkey  8 May 2000 
Ukraine  9 Aug 2002 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  2 Feb 1972 
 

 

NOTES


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


4. The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 18 as from 6 November 1984. 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.


5. Czechoslovakia applied Regulation No. 18 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.


6. 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.


7. The German Democratic Republic applied Regulations No. 18 as from 26 September 1977.

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 18 which had] 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. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


9. Date of entry into force of Regulation No. 18 as indicated by the Contracting State in its notification of application:

Participant:  Date entry into force: 
Netherlands  1 Mar 1971