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16.55. Regulation No. 55. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of mechanical coupling components of combinations of vehicles

1 March 1983

 

Entry into force: 1 March 1983, in accordance with article 1 (5).
Registration: 1 March 1983, No. 4789.
Status: ,Parties: 28.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1301, p. 275 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/ TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.54; vol. 1753, p. 287 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/317 (supplement 1 to the original): C.N.176.2001.TREATIES-1 of 16 March 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/739 (amendments series 01) and C.N.933.2001.TREATIES-2 (Reissued) of 16 October 2001 (adoption); C.N.602.2002.TREATIES-1 of 13 June 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/850 (modifications)1,2 
 

 

PARTICIPANTS


Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 553

Participant  Application of regulation, Succession (d) 
Belarus  3 May 1995 
Belgium  6 May 1983 
Bosnia and Herzegovina4  28 Sep 1998 
Bulgaria  22 Nov 1999 
Croatia4  17 Mar 1994 
Czech Republic5  2 Jun 1993 
Estonia  26 May 1999 
European Community  21 Dec 2006 
Finland  11 Feb 1991 
Greece  21 Aug 1996 
Hungary  15 Sep 1988 
Italy6  1 Mar 1983 
Latvia  5 Jul 2002 
Lithuania  28 Jan 2002 
Luxembourg  27 Sep 1996 
Montenegro7  23 Oct 2006 d 
Netherlands6  1 Mar 1983 
Poland  7 Apr 1992 
Romania  5 Dec 1983 
Russian Federation8  6 Jan 1988 
Serbia4  12 Mar 2001 
Slovakia5  28 May 1993 
Slovenia4  3 Nov 1992 
Switzerland  4 Dec 1995 
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  26 Feb 1990 
 

 

NOTES


1. The amendments were adopted and are binding upon all Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 55 as from 16 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. 16 November 2001.


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


3. 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.


4. The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 55 as from 29 November 1989. 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. 55 as from 3 November 1985. 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. 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. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


8. Date of entry into force of Regulation No. 55 as indicated by the contracting State in its notification of application:

Participant:  Date entry into force: 
Russian Federation  1 Jan 1988