| Entry into force: | 15 April 1982, in accordance with article 1 (5). |
| Registration: | 15 April 1982, No. 4789. |
| Status: | ,Parties: 32. |
| Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1273, p. 294 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/ TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.48; depositary notification C.N.27.1983.TREATIES-3 of 2 March 1983 (procès-verbal of rectification of English and French texts); vol. 1565, p. 396 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/242 (amendments series 01); C.N.203.1992.TREATIES-22 of 30 July 1992 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/340 (amendments series 02); C.N.232.1992.TREATIES-32 of 11 September 1992 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); vol. 1893, p. 381 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); vol. 1921, p. 348 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/473 (supplement 1 to amendments series 02); vol. 1933, p. 389 et doc. TRANS/WP.29/483 (supplement 2 to amendments series 02); C.N.426.1997.TREATIES-96 of 21 November 1997 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); C.N.271.1999.TREATIES-1 of 12 April 1999 (modifications); C.N.272.1999.TREATIES-2 of 12 April 1999 (modifications); C.N.630.2001.TREATIES-1 of 28 June 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/752 (amendments series 03) and C.N.1458.2001.TREATIES-2 of 28 December 2001 (acceptance); C.N.774.2002.TREATIES-1 of 31 July 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/871 (04 series of amendments) and C.N.77.2003.TREATIES-1 of 3 February 2003 (adoption); C.N.607.2006.TREATIES-1 of 2 August 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2006/37 (supplement 1 to amendments series 04) and C.N.79.2007.TREATIES-1 of 5 February 2007 (adoption); C.N.1186.2006.TREATIES-2 of 12 December 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/124 + Amend. 1; ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/125 (supplement 2 to amendments series 04) and C.N.708.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 July 2007 (adoption); C.N.784.2007.TREATIES-1 of 3 August 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/26 + Corr.1 + Amend.1 (05 series).1 |
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| Participant | Application of regulation, Succession (d) |
| Belarus | 3 May 1995 |
| Belgium | 17 Aug 1982 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina3 | 28 Sep 1998 |
| Bulgaria | 22 Nov 1999 |
| Croatia3 | 17 Mar 1994 |
| Czech Republic4,5 | 2 Jun 1993 |
| Estonia | 29 Oct 1998 |
| European Community6 | 23 Jan 1998 |
| Finland | 23 Mar 1989 |
| France5 | 14 Jan 1982 |
| Germany7 | 16 Oct 1985 |
| Greece | 4 Oct 1995 |
| Hungary | 26 Jan 1984 |
| Italy | 21 Jan 1985 |
| Latvia | 19 Nov 1998 |
| Lithuania | 28 Jan 2002 |
| Luxembourg | 2 Mar 1984 |
| Montenegro8 | 23 Oct 2006 d |
| Netherlands | 29 Aug 1983 |
| Norway | 6 Jan 1999 |
| Poland | 14 Sep 1992 |
| Romania | 5 Dec 1983 |
| Russian Federation | 19 Dec 1986 |
| Serbia3 | 12 Mar 2001 |
| Slovakia4,5 | 28 May 1993 |
| Slovenia3 | 3 Nov 1992 |
| Spain | 4 Dec 1996 |
| Switzerland | 4 Dec 1995 |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia3 | 1 Apr 1998 |
| Turkey | 14 Jul 2003 |
| Ukraine | 9 Aug 2002 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7 May 1987 |
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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. 49 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.
4. Czechoslovakia applied Regulation No. 49 as from 15 April 1982. 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. Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).
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 Regulation No 49 as from 6 May 1984.
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. 49 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.