CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Road Traffic1610Regulation No. 10. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to electromagnetic compatibilityGeneva, 1 April 19691 April 1969, in accordance with article 1(5).1 April 1969, No. 4789Parties35United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 667, p. 316, and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Add.9/Rev.1 (revised text incorporating amendments series 01); vol. 1989, p. 528 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/521 (amendments series 02); depositary notification C.N.257.1998.TREATIES-62 of 4 August 1998 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/613 (supplement 1 to amendments series 02); C.N. 264.1998 TREATIES-59 of 17 July 1998 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); C.N.1232.1999.TREATIES-1 of 21 January 2000 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/693 (modifications); C.N.104.2004.TREATIES-1 of 12 February 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/960 (supplement 2 to the 02 series) and C.N.819.2004.TREATIES-2 of 13 August 2004 (adoption); C.N.1178.2007.TREATIES-1 of 11 January 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/60 + amendments referred to in para.44 of the report of the session (series 03) and C.N.481.2008.TREATIES-01 of 14 July 2008 (adoption); C.N.283.2010.1 of 16 June 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/10 and 2010/57 (modifications); C.N.298.2010.TREATIES-2 of 9 June 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/11 (supplement 1 to 03) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.715.2010.TREATIES-2 (adoption); C.N.194.2011.TREATIES-1 of 28 April 2011 (proposal of amendments) and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/8, as amended by paragraph 53 of the report -- ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1089 --, (04 series) and C.N.723.2011.TREATIES-4 of 3 November 2011 (adoption); C.N.678.2011.TREATIES-3 of 5 January 2012 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/83 (modifications); C.N.793.2011.TREATIES-5 of 26 January 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.438.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.10 of 3 August 2012 (adoption of amendments); C.N.11.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.10 of 15 January 2013 (proposal of amendments).<superscript>1</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 10<superscript>2</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Albania 6 Sep 2011 Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium 7 Jan 1976 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>3</superscript>28 Sep 1998 dCroatia<superscript>3</superscript>17 Mar 1994 dCzech Republic<superscript>4</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dDenmark23 Jan 1978 Estonia26 May 1999 European Union<superscript>5</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland20 Jun 1977 France<superscript>6</superscript> 1 Apr 1969 Germany<superscript>7</superscript>25 Mar 1970 Greece 4 Oct 1995 Hungary19 Aug 1976 Italy28 Oct 1975 Japan16 Jun 2011 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg 2 Aug 1983 Montenegro<superscript>8</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands23 Nov 1973 Norway23 Dec 1987 Poland14 Sep 1992 Romania23 Dec 1976 Russian Federation19 Dec 1986 Serbia<superscript>3</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSlovakia<superscript>4</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia<superscript>3</superscript> 3 Nov 1992 dSpain22 Dec 1970 Sweden 7 Jul 1971 Switzerland16 Dec 2010 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia<superscript>3</superscript> 1 Apr 1998 dTurkey16 Jan 2001 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>6</superscript> 1 Apr 1969
1For additional references to the texts of the annexed regulations and their amendments, see doc. TRANS/WP.29/343 as up-dated 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.3The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 10 as from 22 February 1973. 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.4Czechoslovakia applied Regulation No. 10 as from 15 July 1969. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.5In 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.6Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).7The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 10 as from 26 September 1977.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. 10 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.