CHAPTER XI

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Road Traffic16118Regulation No. 118. Uniform technical prescriptions concerning the burning behaviour and/or the capability to repel fuel or lubricant of materials used in the construction of certain categories of motor vehiclesGeneva, 6 April 2005Entry into force6 April 2005, in accordance with article 1(4).Registration6 April 2005, No. 4789StatusParties: See XI-B-16.1TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol. 2312, p. 317; Depositary notification C.N.1088.2004.TREATIES-3 of 6 october 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/1033; C.N.325.2010.TREATIES-1 of 9 June 2010 et doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/42 and Corr.1 (01 series) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.744.2010.TREATIES-2 of 10 December 2010 (adoption); C.N.863.2011.TREATIES-1 of 26 January 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.407.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.118 of 3 August 2012 (adoption of amendments).

ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Austria 6 Apr 2005 Azerbaijan 6 Apr 2005 Belarus 6 Apr 2005 Belgium 6 Apr 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 Apr 2005 Bulgaria 6 Apr 2005 Croatia 6 Apr 2005 Czech Republic 6 Apr 2005 Denmark 6 Apr 2005 Estonia 6 Apr 2005 European Union 6 Apr 2005 Finland 6 Apr 2005 France 6 Apr 2005 Germany 6 Apr 2005 Greece 6 Apr 2005 Hungary 6 Apr 2005 Italy 6 Apr 2005 Latvia 6 Apr 2005 Lithuania 6 Apr 2005 Luxembourg 6 Apr 2005 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>2</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands 6 Apr 2005 New Zealand 6 Apr 2005 Norway 6 Apr 2005 Poland 6 Apr 2005 Portugal 6 Apr 2005 Romania 6 Apr 2005 Russian Federation 6 Apr 2005 Serbia 6 Apr 2005 Slovakia 6 Apr 2005 Slovenia 6 Apr 2005 South Africa 6 Apr 2005 Spain 6 Apr 2005 Sweden 6 Apr 2005 Switzerland 6 Apr 2005 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 6 Apr 2005 Turkey 6 Apr 2005 Ukraine 6 Apr 2005 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6 Apr 2005 1The Regulation enters into force for all Contracting Parties to the Agreement which did not notify their disagreement thereto, in accordance with 1 (4). The date listed under " <b> <i>Application of regulation </i> </b>" reflects the date of the entry into force of the Regulation for those States parties to the Agreement, at the time of the entry into force of the Regulation, which did not notify their disagreement thereto, in accordance with article 1(4) of the Agreement. States parties to the Agreement not applying the Regulation may, at any time, notify the Secretary-General that they intend to apply it, and the Regulation will then enter into force for such States on the sixtieth day after such notification, in accordance with article 1(7) of the Agreement. For these States, the date listed under " <i> <b>Application of regulation </b> </i>" is the date of deposit of the notification. States that become parties to the Agreement subsequent to the entry into force of the Regulation, which do not notify their disagreement thereto, apply the Regulation as from the date of entry into force of the Agreement for such States. In these cases, the date listed under " <i> <b>Application of regulation </b> </i>" reflects the date of deposit of the instrument of accession to the Agreement. Following is the list of Contracting Parties that notified their objection to draft Regulation No. 118, pursuant to article 1 (4); or declared the non-application of Regulation No. 118, pursuant to article 1(5): 2Participant:Date of the notification : Australia23 Feb 2005 Japan29 Mar 2005 Republic of Korea4 Apr 2005 Thailand2 Mar 2006 2See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.