Declarations and Reservations

CHAPTER XI

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

Road Traffic11aProtocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)Geneva, 5 July 1978Entry into force28 December 1980, in accordance with article 4(1).Registration28 December 1980, No. 19487StatusSignatories6Parties41TextUnited Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 1208, p. 427.The Protocol was adopted by the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe at its thirty-eighth (special) session held at Geneva on 5 July 1978. The Protocol is open for signature at Geneva from 1 September 1978 to 31 August 1979.

ParticipantSignatureRatification, Accession(a)Albania12 Jan 2007 aArmenia 9 Jun 2006 aAustria19 Feb 1981 aBelarus29 Jul 2008 aBelgium 6 Jun 1983 aCyprus 2 Jul 2003 aCzech Republic29 Jun 2006 aDenmark23 Aug 1979 20 May 1980 Estonia17 Dec 1993 aFinland17 Aug 1979 15 May 1980 France14 Apr 1982 aGeorgia 4 Aug 1999 aGermany<superscript>1,2</superscript> 1 Nov 1978 29 Sep 1980 Greece16 May 1985 aHungary18 Jun 1990 aIran (Islamic Republic of)17 Sep 1998 aIreland31 Jan 1991 aItaly17 Sep 1982 aJordan13 Nov 2008 aKyrgyzstan 2 Apr 1998 aLatvia14 Jan 1994 aLebanon22 Mar 2006 aLithuania17 Mar 1993 aLuxembourg30 Mar 1979 1 Aug 1980 Malta21 Dec 2007 aNetherlands<superscript>3</superscript>28 Jan 1986 aNorway31 Aug 1984 aPoland23 Nov 2010 aPortugal22 Aug 1989 aRepublic of Moldova31 May 2007 aRomania28 Aug 1979 4 May 1981 Slovakia20 Feb 2008 aSpain11 Oct 1982 aSweden30 Apr 1985 aSwitzerland10 Oct 1983 aThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia20 Jun 1997 aTunisia24 Jan 1994 aTurkey 2 Aug 1995 aTurkmenistan18 Sep 1996 aUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>4</superscript>25 Sep 1978 5 Oct 1979 Uzbekistan27 Nov 1996 a

Declarations and Reservations(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were madeupon ratification or accession.)FranceThe Government of the French Republic, referring to article 9 of the Protocol, declares that it does not consider itself bound by article 8, which provides for the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.RomaniaReservation made upon signature and confirmed upon ratification: The Socialist Republic of Romania declares, pursuant to article 9 of the Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), done at Geneva on 19 May 1956, that it does not consider itself bound by article 8 of the Protocol, under which any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation or application of the Protocol which the Parties are unable to settle by negotiation or other means may, at the request of any one of the Contracting Parties concerned, be referred to the International Court of Justice.The Socialist Republic of Romania considers that such disputes may be referred to the International Court of Justice only with the consent of all parties to the dispute in each individual case.Declarations made upon signature and confirmed upon ratification: The Socialist Republic of Romania further declares that the provisions of article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Protocol are not in keeping with the principle that multilateral international treaties must be open for participation by all States for which the aim and purpose of such treaties are of concern.The Socialist Republic of Romania likewise declares that the maintenance of the dependent status of certain territories, to which reference is made in article 7 of the Protocol, is not in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations concerning the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, including the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations unanimously adopted in 1970 by the General Assembly in its resolution 2625 (XXV), which solemnly proclaims the duty of States to promote realization of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples in order to bring a speedy end to colonialism.SwitzerlandDeclaration: With reference to new paragraphs 7 and 9 of article 23 of the CMR, which have been added in accordance with article 2 of the Protocol, the Swiss Federal Council declares that Switzerland calculates the value of its national currency in terms of the Special Drawing Right (SDR) in the following manner:Each day, the Swiss National Bank (BNS) communicates to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the average rate for the United States Dollar on the Zurich currency market. The exchange value of an SDR in Swiss Francs is obtained using that exchange rate for the dollar and the exchange rate of the SDR against the Dollar, as calculated by IMF. On the basis of those values, BNS calculates an average rate for the SDR, which it publishes in its monthly bulletin.TurkeyReservation: "The Republic of Turkey does not consider itself bound by article 8 of the Additional Protocol, under which any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation or application of the Convention which is not settled by negotiation or other means may, at the request of any of the Contracting Parties concerned, be referred to the International Court of Justice."Territorial Application

ParticipantDate of receipt of the notificationTerritories

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland19 Apr 1982Isle of Man 9 Oct 1986Bailiwick of Guernsey1See note 1 under “Germany” regarding Berlin (West) in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.2See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.3For the Kingdom in Europe.4In respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.