CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Road Traffic161Regulation No. 1. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicle headlamps emitting an asymmetrical passing beam and/or a driving beam and equipped with filament lamps of category R2 and/or HS18 August 19608 August 1960, in accordance with article 1(5).8 August 1960, No. 4789Parties38United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 372, p. 370; vol. 462, p. 354 (amendments proposed by France); vol. 552, p. 370 (consolidated text of Regulations Nos. 1 and 2, incorporating all amendments, including those proposed by the Netherlands); doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.1/Rev.1/Amend.1 and vol. 1106, p. 344 (amendments series 02, Regulation No. 2 only); doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.1/Rev.1/Amend.2 (supplement 1 to amendments series 02, Regulation No. 2 only); doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.l/Rev.2 (revised text incorporating amendments series 01 to Regulation No. l and amendments series 03 to Regulation No. 2) and vol. 1421, p. 278 (amendments series 03 to Regulation No. 2 only); depositary notification C.N.27.1988.TREATIES-10 of 18 March 1988 (procès-verbal concerning modifications to Regulations Nos. 1 and 2, as revised); vol. 1565, p. 366 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/237 (supplement 1 to amendments series 01, Regulation No. 1 only); vol. 1693, p. 92 and docs. TRANS/SC1/WP29/305 and 306 (supplement 2 to amendments series 01, Regulation No. 1 only); vol. 1696, p. 162 and doc. TRANS/ SC1/WP29/332 (supplement 3 to amendments series 01, Regulation No. 1 only); vol. 1764, p. 267 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/366 (supplement 4 to amendments series 01, Regulation No. 1 only); vol.1832, p. 254 (procès-verbal of rectification concerning modifications); C.N.350.1994.TREATIES-49 of 16 January 1995 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/410 (supplement 5 to amendments series 01); vol. 1884, p. 453 (rectifications); C.N.211.1995.TREATIES-40 of 7 August 1995 (procès-verbal concerning modifications - Regulation No. 1 only); C.N.182.1996.TREATIES-31 of 26 June 1996 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/489 (supplement 6 to amendments series 01 - Regulation No. 1 only); vol. 1999, p. 461 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/535 (supplement 7 to series 01 - Regulation No. 1 only); C.N.105.2001.TREATIES-2 of 8 March 2001 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/763 (amendments series 02 - Regulation No. 1 only) and C.N.741.2001. 17 September 2001 (adoption).<superscript>1</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 1<superscript>2</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Albania 6 Sep 2011 Austria 1 Mar 1972 Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium<superscript>3</superscript> 8 Aug 1960 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>4</superscript>28 Sep 1998 dCroatia<superscript>4</superscript>17 Mar 1994 dCzech Republic<superscript>5</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dDemocratic Republic of the Congo19 Jun 2001 Denmark21 Oct 1976 Egypt 5 May 2012 European Union<superscript>6</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland19 Jul 1976 France<superscript>3</superscript> 8 Aug 1960 Germany<superscript>7</superscript> 2 Mar 1966 Greece 4 Oct 1995 Hungary10 Mar 1965 Italy26 Jul 1963 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg 5 Aug 1987 Montenegro<superscript>8</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands<superscript>9</superscript> 8 Jan 1962 New Zealand<superscript>10</superscript>18 Jan 2002 Norway23 Dec 1987 Poland 2 Jun 1983 Romania23 Dec 1976 Russian Federation19 Dec 1986 Serbia12 Mar 2001 dSlovakia<superscript>5</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia<superscript>4</superscript> 3 Nov 1992 dSouth Africa18 Apr 2001 Spain11 Aug 1961 Sweden<superscript>3</superscript> 8 Aug 1960 Switzerland 4 Dec 1995 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia<superscript>4</superscript> 1 Apr 1998 dTurkey16 Jan 2001 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland30 Jun 1963
1For additional references to the texts of the annexed regulations and their amendments, see doc. TRANS/WP.29/343 as updated annually.2For 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.3Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).4The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 1 as from 14 February 1962. 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.5Czechoslovakia applied regulation No. 1 as from 8 May 1961. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.6In 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.7The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 1 as from 3 January 1976: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, <i>inter alia </i>, of the following:- [Regulation No. 1 which has] 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.8See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.9For the Kingdom in Europe.10See note 1 under New Zealand in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.