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The Contracting Parties,
Having decided to amend the Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions of Approval and Reciprocal Recognition of Approval for Motor Vehicle Equipment and Parts, done at Geneva on 20 March 1958 1 , and
Wishing to define uniform technical requirements for certain wheeled vehicles, certain equipment and certain parts to be used in their country,
Wishing to have these prescriptions adopted in their country, whenever possible, and
Wishing to facilitate the use in their countries of vehicles, equipment and parts approved in accordance with these requirements by the competent authorities of another Contracting Party,
Agreed to the following:
1 RO 1973 1468; FF 197 2 II 305
(1) The Contracting Parties shall establish, through a Administrative Committee composed of all Contracting Parties in accordance with the rules of procedure reproduced in Appendix 1, and on the basis of the provisions of the Articles and The following paragraphs, regulations concerning wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which may be fitted or used on a wheeled vehicle. Where appropriate, the technical requirements shall contain variations and, to the extent possible, shall be performance-oriented and shall provide for test methods. Conditions concerning the granting of type approval and their mutual recognition shall be laid down for the use of the Contracting Parties which have decided to apply regulations by the type approval system.
For the purposes of this Agreement,
The term "wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts" covers all wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts whose characteristics are related to road safety, environmental protection and energy saving;
The term "type approval in relation to a regulation" means the administrative procedure by which the competent authorities of a Contracting Party declare, after having carried out the required checks, that a vehicle, equipment or Part submitted by its manufacturer is in conformity with the specifications of the regulation under consideration. The manufacturer then certifies that each vehicle, equipment or part that it places on the market has been manufactured in the same way as the approved product.
One can imagine for the application of the regulations many alternative administrative procedures to type approval. The only alternative procedure known and applied in certain Member States of the Economic Commission for Europe is the self-certification by which the manufacturer certifies, without prior administrative control, that Each product which it puts on the market is in accordance with the relevant regulation; the competent administrative authorities may verify, by random sampling on the market, that the self-certified products are in conformity with the relevant regulation.
The Administrative Committee shall be composed of all Contracting Parties, in accordance with the rules of procedure set out in Appendix 1. After the establishment of a regulation in accordance with the procedure set out in Appendix 1, the Administrative Committee shall communicate the text to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, hereinafter referred to as " the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General shall then, as soon as possible, notify the Contracting Parties of this Regulation.
The Regulation shall be deemed adopted unless, during the period of six months following the date of notification by the Secretary-General, more than one third of the Contracting Parties at the date of the notification have informed the Secretary-General of their disagreement With the regulation.
The regulations specify:
The Regulation may, where appropriate, mention references to laboratories accredited by the competent authorities, where the approval tests for the types of equipment and parts of wheeled vehicles submitted for approval must be carried out.
3. After the adoption of a regulation, the Secretary-General shall, as soon as possible, notify all the Contracting Parties and indicate, which ones have objected and for which this Regulation will not enter into force.
4. The Regulation adopted shall enter into force in respect of all Contracting Parties which have not given notice of their disagreement, on the date or dates specified therein, as a regulation annexed to this Agreement.
5. At the time of the deposit of its instrument of accession, any new Contracting Party may declare that it is not bound by certain regulations annexed to this Agreement or not bound by any of them. If, at that time, the procedure provided for by s. 2, 3, and 4 of this Article shall be in progress for a draft regulation or regulation adopted, the Secretary-General shall communicate this draft to the new Contracting Party and the draft shall not enter into force as a regulation in respect of that new Party. Contracting Party only under the conditions set out in par. 4 of this article. The Secretary-General shall communicate to all Contracting Parties the date of this entry into force. It shall also communicate to them all the declarations of the Contracting Parties concerning the non-application of certain regulations made pursuant to this paragraph.
(6) Any Contracting Party applying a Regulation may, at any time, with one year's notice, notify the Secretary-General that its administration ceases to apply this Regulation. Such notification shall be communicated by the Secretary-General to the other Contracting Parties.
Once approved, approvals remain in effect until they are withdrawn.
If a Contracting Party ceases to issue approvals under a Regulation, it shall have the following obligations:
Maintain suitable conditions for the control of the manufacture of products for which it has previously granted type approvals;
Take the necessary measures set out in s. 4 when notified that there is non-compliance by a Contracting Party that continues to apply the Regulations;
Continue to notify the competent authorities of other Contracting Parties of the withdrawal of approvals as indicated in Article 5;
Continue to grant extensions for existing approvals.
(7) Any Contracting Party which does not apply a Regulation may at any time notify the Secretary-General that it intends to apply it, and the Regulation shall then enter into force in its consideration of the sixtieth day following that notification. The Secretary-General shall notify all Contracting Parties of any entry into force of a Regulation in respect of a new Contracting Party intervening in accordance with this paragraph.
8. In the remainder of this Agreement, "Contracting Parties applying a Regulation" shall be known as Contracting Parties in respect of which this Regulation is in force.
Each Contracting Party which, in the application of regulations, mainly uses the type approval system, grants the type approval marks and the approval marks described in any regulation in respect of the types of Wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts covered by this Regulation, provided that it has the required technical competence and is satisfied with the provisions to ensure conformity of production to the approved type, such as Each Contracting Party applying a Regulation by the system Of type approval shall refuse the type approval and approval marks provided for in this Regulation if the above conditions are not met.
Wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts for which type approvals have been issued by a Contracting Party in accordance with Art. 2 of this Agreement and manufactured in the territory either of a Contracting Party applying the Regulation in question or of another country designated by the Contracting Party which has approved the types of wheeled vehicles, equipment or In accordance with the law of all Contracting Parties applying the said Regulation.
If the competent authorities of a Contracting Party applying a Regulation by the type approval system discover that certain wheeled vehicles, equipment or parts bearing the approval marks issued under this Regulation by One of the Contracting Parties shall not conform to the type approved, they shall notify the competent authorities of the Contracting Party which has granted the approval. This Contracting Party shall then take the necessary measures to restore the conformity of manufacture to approved types and shall notify the other Contracting Parties which apply the Regulation by the type approval system of the measures Measures which may extend, if necessary, up to the withdrawal of approval. Where the safety of road traffic or the environment is at risk of compromise, the Contracting Party which has issued the approval, having been informed of the non-compliance with the type (s) approved, shall notify all other Parties Contracting the situation. The latter may prohibit the sale and use in their territory of the wheeled vehicles, equipment or parts in question.
The competent authorities of any Contracting Party applying a Regulation by the type approval system shall send each month to the competent authorities of the other Contracting Parties a list of the approvals of the wheeled vehicles, of the Equipment or parts which it has refused to grant or withdrawn during the month under consideration; in addition, when they have received an application from the competent authority of another Contracting Party applying a regulation in accordance with the system Of type approval, they shall immediately send to this competent authority a A copy of all relevant information documents on which they based their decision to grant, refuse to grant or withdraw approval for a wheeled vehicle, equipment or part under the said Regulations.
1. Member States of the Economic Commission for Europe, States admitted to the Commission in an advisory capacity in accordance with subs. 8 of the mandate of the Commission and the regional economic integration organisations established by the Member States of the Economic Commission for Europe, to which their Member States have transferred competence in the fields covered by the Agreement, in particular in order to make binding decisions for such States, may become Contracting Parties to this Agreement.
For the calculation of the number of votes for the purposes of Article 1, para. 2, and art. 12, para. 2, regional economic integration organisations shall have a number of votes equal to the number of their member states which are members of the Economic Commission for Europe.
2. States Members of the United Nations who may participate in certain work of the Economic Commission for Europe in accordance with s. 11 of the terms of reference of this Commission and the regional economic integration organisations to which these States, which are member States, have transferred powers in the fields covered by this Agreement, in particular to take Decisions binding upon them may become Contracting Parties to this Agreement.
For the calculation of the number of votes for the purposes of Article 1, para. 2, and art. 12, para. 2, regional economic integration organizations shall have a number of votes equal to the number of their member States that are Members of the United Nations.
(3) The accession to the amended Agreement of new Contracting Parties which are not Parties to the 1958 Agreement shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument with the Secretary-General after the entry into force of the amended Agreement.
The amended Agreement shall be deemed to enter into force nine months after the date of its transmission by the Secretary-General to all Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement.
(2) The amended Agreement shall be deemed not to have entered into force if any objection of the Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement is expressed within six months after the date on which the Secretary-General transmitted them to them.
3. For any new Contracting Party acceding to it, the amended Agreement shall enter into force on the sixtieth day following the deposit of the instrument of accession.
(1) Any Contracting Party may denounce this Agreement by notification addressed to the Secretary-General.
(2) Denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the date on which the Secretary-General has received notification of it.
Any new Contracting Party under s. 6 of this Agreement may, upon accession or at any time thereafter, declare by notification addressed to the Secretary-General that this Agreement is applicable to all or part of the territories it represents at international level. The Agreement shall then be applicable to the territory or territories referred to in the notification from the sixtieth day after receipt of such notification by the Secretary-General.
2. Any new Contracting Party under s. 6 of this Agreement which has made, in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, a declaration having the effect of making this Agreement applicable to a territory which it represents on the international level may, in accordance with Art. 8, denounce the Agreement in respect of that territory.
1. Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall, as far as possible, be settled by negotiation between the Parties in dispute.
(2) Any dispute that has not been settled by negotiation shall be referred to arbitration if any of the Contracting Parties in dispute so requests and is accordingly referred to one or more arbitrators chosen by mutual agreement Parties in dispute. If, within three months of the date of the request for arbitration, the disputing Parties are unable to agree on the choice of an arbitrator or arbitrators, any of those Parties may request the Secretary-General to appoint a single arbitrator To which the dispute shall be referred for decision.
(3) The award of the arbitrator or arbitrators designated in accordance with s. 2 of this Article is compulsory for the Contracting Parties in dispute.
(1) Each new Contracting Party may, at the time of its accession to this Agreement, declare that it does not consider itself bound by s. 10 of the Agreement. The other Contracting Parties are not bound by s. 10 to any Contracting Party which has made such a reservation.
(2) Any Contracting Party which has made a reservation in accordance with par. 1 of this article may at any time raise this reservation by notification addressed to the Secretary-General.
3. No other reservation to this Agreement or the annexed Regulations shall be permitted, but any Contracting Party shall have, in accordance with Article 1, the possibility to declare that it does not intend to apply certain of those Regulations Or that it does not intend to apply any of them.
The procedure for amending the regulations annexed to this Agreement shall be governed by the following provisions:
Amendments to the regulations shall be adopted by the Administrative Committee in accordance with the provisions of s. 2 of Article 1 and the procedure set out in Appendix 1. An amendment may, where appropriate, permit the maintenance of existing requirements as alternatives. The Contracting Parties shall specify which variants shall apply. Contracting Parties applying the variant (s) under a Regulation are not required to accept approvals under a previous variant (s) of the same Regulation. Contracting Parties applying only the most recent amendments are not required to accept approvals by virtue of previous amendments or unamended regulations. All Contracting Parties applying a Regulation are obliged to accept approvals granted in accordance with the most recent amendment even if they apply only one of the previous amendments to that regulation. After having been arrested, any amendment to the Rules of Procedure shall be addressed to the Secretary-General by the Administrative Committee. The Secretary-General shall notify the Contracting Parties applying the Regulation as soon as possible.
(2) An amendment to a regulation shall be deemed to have been adopted if, within six months from the date of notification by the Secretary-General, more than one third of the Contracting Parties applying the Regulation at the date of notification shall not have Notified the Secretary-General of their disagreement with the amendment. If at the end of that period more than one third of the Contracting Parties applying the Regulation have not notified the Secretary-General of their disagreement, the Secretary-General shall declare as soon as possible that the amendment shall be adopted and binding on the Parties Contracting Parties applying the Regulation which have not challenged the amendment. If a regulation is the subject of an amendment and if at least one fifth of the Contracting Parties applying the non-amended version subsequently declare that they wish to continue to apply it, that unamended version shall be considered As a variant of the amended version and is formally incorporated as such in the Regulation with effect from the date of adoption of the amendment or its entry into force. In this case, the obligations of the Contracting Parties applying the Regulation are the same as those set out in par. 1.
3. In the event that a country has become a Party to this Agreement between the notification of the amendment to a regulation addressed to the Secretary-General and the entry into force of the amendment, the regulation in question could not enter into force in respect of that Contracting Party that two months after it has formally accepted the amendment or that a period of six months has elapsed since the Secretary-General's communication of the proposed amendment.
The amendment procedure to the text of the Agreement and its Appendices shall be governed by the following provisions:
Any Contracting Party may propose one or more amendments to this Agreement and its Appendices. The text of any draft amendment to the Agreement and its Appendices shall be addressed to the Secretary-General, who shall communicate it to all Contracting Parties and shall bring it to the attention of the other States referred to in subs. 1 of the art. 6.
2. Any draft amendments which have been submitted in accordance with subs. 1 of this Article shall be deemed to have been accepted if no Contracting Party shall object within six months of the date on which the Secretary-General transmitted the draft amendment.
The Secretary-General shall, as soon as possible, notify all Contracting Parties of a notification of whether an objection has been raised against the draft amendment. If such an objection has been made, the amendment shall be deemed not to have been accepted and shall have no effect. In the absence of any objections, the amendment shall enter into force for all Contracting Parties three months after the expiry of the six-month period provided for in para. 2 of this article.
In addition to the notifications provided for in Articles 1, 12 and 13 of this Agreement, the Secretary-General shall notify the Contracting Parties of:
1. If, on the date of entry into force of the above provisions, the procedures provided for in s. 3 and 4 of Article 1 of the Unamended Agreement are in progress for the adoption of a new Regulation, the new Regulation will enter into force in accordance with the provisions of s. 5 of that article.
2. If, on the date of entry into force of the above provisions, the procedures provided for in par. 1 of the art. 12 of the Unamended Agreement shall be in progress for the adoption of an amendment to a Regulation, the amendment shall enter into force in accordance with the provisions of that Article.
3. If all Parties to the Agreement agree, any regulation adopted under the Unamended Agreement may be considered as a regulation adopted in accordance with the above provisions.
In witness whereof, The undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Agreement.
Done at Geneva, on March 20, mil nine hundred and fifty-eight, in a single copy, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic.
(Suivent signatures)
The Administrative Committee shall be composed of all Parties to the amended Agreement.
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe provides secretariat services to the Committee.
The Committee shall elect each year, at its first session, a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene the Committee under the auspices of the Economic Commission for Europe whenever there is a need to establish a new regulation or to amend a regulation.
Projects for the adoption of new regulations are put to the vote. Each country, Party to the Agreement, shall have one vote. The quorum for making decisions shall be at least half of the Contracting Parties. For the calculation of the quorum, regional economic integration organisations, as Contracting Parties to the Agreement, have as many votes as they have Member States. The representative of a regional economic integration organization may express the votes of the sovereign states that are members of it. In order to be adopted, a new draft regulation shall require two-thirds of the votes of the members present and voting.
Projects to amend regulations shall be put to the vote. Each country, Party to the Agreement, applying the Regulation shall have one vote. The quorum for making decisions shall be at least half of the Contracting Parties applying the Regulation. For the calculation of the quorum, regional economic integration organizations as Contracting Parties to the Agreement shall have as many votes as they shall have member States. The representative of a regional economic integration organization may express the votes of those of its sovereign member states applying the regulation in question. To be adopted, any draft amendment to the Rules of Procedure shall require two-thirds of the votes of the members present and voting.
| States Parties |
Ratification Accession (A) Statement of Succession (S) Signature without reservation of ratification (If) |
Entry into force |
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| South Africa * |
18 April |
2001 A |
17 June |
2001 |
| Albania |
September 6 |
2011 A |
5 November |
2011 |
| Germany * |
29 November |
1965 |
28 January |
1966 |
| Australia * |
25 February |
2000 A |
April 25 |
2000 |
| Austria * |
12 March |
1971 A |
11 May |
1971 |
| Azerbaijan |
15 April |
2002 A |
14 June |
2002 |
| Belarus |
3 May |
1995 A |
July 2 |
1995 |
| Belgium * |
7 July |
1959 A |
September 5 |
1959 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
12 January |
1994 S |
6 March |
1992 |
| Bulgaria * |
22 November |
1999 A |
21 January |
2000 |
| Korea (South) * |
1 Er November |
2004 A |
31 December |
2004 |
| Croatia |
March 17 |
1994 S |
8 October |
1991 |
| Denmark * |
21 October |
1976 A |
20 December |
1976 |
| Egypt |
5 December |
2012 A |
3 February |
2013 |
| Spain * |
August 11 |
1961 A |
10 October |
1961 |
| Estonia * |
2 March |
1995 A |
1 Er May |
1995 |
| Finland |
19 July |
1976 A |
September 17 |
1976 |
| France |
26 June |
1958 Si |
20 June |
1959 |
| Greece |
6 October |
1992 A |
5 December |
1992 |
| Hungary * |
3 May |
1960 |
July 2 |
1960 |
| Italy * |
25 February |
1963 |
April 26 |
1963 |
| Japan * |
September 25 |
1998 A |
24 November |
1998 |
| Kazakhstan |
9 November |
2010 A |
8 January |
2011 |
| Latvia * |
19 November |
1998 A |
January 18 |
1999 |
| Lithuania |
28 January |
2002 A |
March 29 |
2002 |
| Luxembourg |
13 October |
1971 A |
12 December |
1971 |
| Macedonia |
1 Er April |
1998 S |
17 November |
1991 |
| Malaysia * |
3 February |
2006 A |
April 4 |
2006 |
| Montenegro |
23 October |
2006 S |
3 June |
2006 |
| Norway |
3 February |
1975 A |
April 4 |
1975 |
| New Zealand * |
27 November |
2001 A |
26 January |
2002 |
| Netherlands |
30 June |
1960 |
29 August |
1960 |
| Poland * |
12 January |
1979 A |
13 March |
1979 |
| Portugal |
29 January |
1980 A |
March 29 |
1980 |
| Czech Republic |
2 June |
1993 S |
1 Er January |
1993 |
| Romania * |
December 23 |
1976 A |
21 February |
1977 |
| United Kingdom |
15 January |
1963 A |
March 16 |
1963 |
| Russia * |
19 December |
1986 A |
17 February |
1987 |
| Serbia |
12 March |
2001 S |
April 27 |
1992 |
| Slovakia |
28 May |
1993 S |
1 Er January |
1993 |
| Slovenia |
3 November |
1992 S |
25 June |
1991 |
| Sweden |
April 21 |
1959 A |
20 June |
1959 |
| Switzerland |
29 June |
1973 A |
August 28 |
1973 |
| Thailand * |
2 March |
2006 A |
1 Er May |
2006 |
| Tunisia |
2 November |
2007 A |
1 Er January |
2008 |
| Turkey * |
29 December |
1995 A |
February 27 |
1996 |
| Ukraine * |
1 Er May |
2000 A |
30 June |
2000 |
| European Union * |
23 January |
1998 A |
24 March |
1998 |
| * |
Reservations and declarations. Reservations and declarations are not published in the RO. Texts in English and French may be obtained from the Directorate of International Public Law (DDIP), International Treaty Section, 3003 Berne, or be consulted in English at the United Nations Internet site: www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/wp29fdocstts.html |
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Implemented by Switzerland on 2 July 1982
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Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of front fog lamps for motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps for motor vehicles emitting an asymmetrical passing beam and/or a driving beam with incandescent halogen lamps (H4 lamps)
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Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of protective helmets for drivers and passengers of motorcycles and mopeds
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Uniform provisions concerning the approval of head restraints incorporated or not in vehicle seats
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of pre-signalling triangles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of audible alarms and automobiles with regard to their sound-signalling
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the protection of occupants of a commercial vehicle cabin
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers
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Uniform provisions concerning the approval of automotive headlamps consisting of halogen optical units ("beam beam" unit) (SBH optical block) emitting an asymmetrical passing beam and/or a driving beam
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the behaviour of the vehicle structure hit in the event of a collision by the rear
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the behaviour of the vehicle structure in the event of a head-on collision
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of filament lamps for use in the approved lamps of motor vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of rear fog lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of child restraint systems on board motor vehicles ("child restraint systems")
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of compression-ignition engines (APC) and vehicles equipped with APC engines for the emission of pollutants by the engine
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of front position lamps, rear position lamps, stop lamps, direction indicators and rear registration plate lighting devices for mopeds, motorcycles And similar vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles having at least four wheels, as regards noise
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Uniform provisions concerning the approval of pneumatic tyres for commercial vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 4 October 1988
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of mechanical coupling parts of vehicle assemblies
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps for mopeds and similar vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps for motorcycles and vehicles assimilated thereto
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Uniform provisions concerning approval:
I. Rear anti-inking protection devices;
Vehicles with respect to the mountain of a rear anti-encasment protection device of a type approved;
III. Vehicles with respect to their protection against reverse encasment.
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of special warning lamps for motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles of high capacity for the transport of persons with regard to the mechanical resistance of their superstructure
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of rear identification plates for slow vehicles (by construction) and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of rear identification plates for heavy and long vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps for motorcycles emitting an asymmetrical passing beam and a driving beam with halogen lamps (HS1 lamps)
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of commercial vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers with regard to their lateral protection
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of mopeds emitting a passing beam and a driving beam
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of parking lamps for motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to steering equipment
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of seats of coaches and of such vehicles with regard to the resistance of seats and their anchorages
Implemented by Switzerland on February 12, 2011
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of mopeds for mopeds equipped with halogen filament lamps (lamps HS2)
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the emission of pollutants according to the engine's fuel requirements
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles equipped with an internal combustion engine with regard to the measurement of fuel consumption
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of internal combustion engines for the propulsion of motor vehicles of categories M and N with regard to the measurement of net power
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of daytime traffic lights for motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on February 12, 2011
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of retro-reflective tyres for two-wheeled vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of side-marker lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps of motor vehicles equipped with gas-discharge light sources
Implemented by Switzerland on February 12, 2011
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of gas-discharge light sources for approved headlamps of motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on February 12, 2011
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of electrically-battled electric vehicles with regard to specific requirements for construction, functional safety and hydrogen clearances
Implemented by Switzerland on 23 August 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of passenger cars equipped with an internal combustion engine with regard to the measurement of carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption and vehicles of categories M1 And N1 equipped with an electric traction network for the measurement of electrical energy consumption and self-sufficiency
Implemented by Switzerland on 1 Er January 1997
Uniform provisions concerning approval:
I. of a short coupling device (DAC);
II. Vehicles for the installation of a homologous type of DAC.
Implemented by Switzerland on 13 December 1996
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of replacement catalysts for motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 23 February 1997
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of retro-reflective markings for heavy and long vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 15 January 1998
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles for the transport of dangerous goods with regard to their specific construction characteristics
Implemented by Switzerland on 7 May 1998
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of tyres for agricultural vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 7 May 1998
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of two-stage vehicles for the carriage of passengers with regard to their general construction characteristics
Implemented by Switzerland on 18 June 1998
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of the manufacture of retreaded pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 23 June 1998
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of the manufacture of retreaded pneumatic tyres for commercial vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 23 June 1998
Uniform provisions concerning approval:
I. Special organs for the power of the compressed natural gas engine (CNG) on vehicles;
II. Vehicles fitted with special organs of a type approved for the supply of the compressed natural gas engine (CNG) with regard to the installation of these organs.
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Uniform provisions concerning the approval of tank-vehicles of categories N and O with regard to turning stability
Implemented by Switzerland on 28 December 2000
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps for motor vehicles emitting an asymmetrical passing beam or a driving beam or both and equipped with filament lamps
Implemented by Switzerland on 21 September 2001
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps for motor vehicles emitting a symmetrical passing beam or a driving beam or both and equipped with filament lamps
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I. of an airbag module for air cushion systems (s) of second rise;
II. A second-board steering wheel equipped with an airbag module of an approved type;
III. A second-rise airbag system other than a system mounted on a steering wheel.
Implemented by Switzerland on 1 Er February 2003
Uniform provisions concerning approval:
I. special dystems to adapt to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) for motor vehicles allowing them to use this fuel in their propulsion system;
II. Special systems for adapting to CNG (compressed natural gas) for motor vehicles enabling them to use this fuel in their propulsion system.
Implemented by Switzerland on 30 October 2003
Uniform technical requirements concerning the protection of motor vehicles against unauthorized use
Implemented by Switzerland on 6 April 2005
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of tyres with regard to rolling noise and wet grip
Implemented by Switzerland on 6 April 2005
Uniform provisions concerning the fire behaviour of materials used in the interior design of certain categories of motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 6 April 2005
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of angle lamps for motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 6 April 2005
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of internal combustion engines for agricultural and forestry tractors and non-road mobile machinery with regard to net power, net torque and specific consumption
Implemented by Switzerland on 6 April 2005
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the location and means of identification of manual controls, witnesses and indicators
Implemented by Switzerland on 18 January 2006
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles of categories M, N and O with regard to their heating system
Implemented by Switzerland on 18 January 2006
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of adaptive front lighting systems (AFS) for motor vehicles
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 2007
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of wheels for passenger cars and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on 2 February 2007
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the driver
Implemented by Switzerland on 9 November 2007
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of compartmentalisation systems for the protection of passengers against the movement of luggage and not belonging to the original equipment of the vehicle
Implemented by Switzerland on 9 November 2007
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to pedestrian safety
Implemented by Switzerland on November 17, 2012
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of light emitting diode light sources (LED) for use in the registered lamps of motor vehicles and their trailers
Implemented by Switzerland on November 17, 2012
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of child restraint systems used on board motor vehicles (ECRS)
Implemented by Switzerland on July 9, 2013
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to the line crossing warning system (LDWS)
Implemented by Switzerland on July 9, 2013
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to advanced braking systems (AEBS)
Implemented by Switzerland on July 9, 2013
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of anti-pollution control devices (DAM) for heavy duty vehicles, agricultural and forestry tractors and non-road mobile devices with compression-ignition engines
Implemented by Switzerland on June 17, 2014
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles with regard to their suitability for reuse, recycling and recovery
Implemented by Switzerland on June 17, 2014
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles and their components with regard to the safety requirements of vehicles powered by hydrogen
Implemented by Switzerland on 15 June 2015
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to their behaviour during side-impact tests against a pole
Implemented by Switzerland on 15 June 2015
1 The text and the scope of the following Rs are not published in the RO. The text can be obtained from the Federal Roads Office, 3003 Berne, or from the United Nations Internet site at www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs.html. The scope of application can be found at the United Nations Internet site: www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/wp29fdocstts.htm (see RO 2005 3765 , 2011 891, 2014 2611, 2015 2435).
2 The text and scope of the following regulations are not published in the RO. The text can be obtained from the Federal Office of Roads, 3003 Berne, or accessed at the United Nations Internet site: www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs.html The field of application can be found at the website address United Nations: www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/wp29fdocstts.html
