Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 36<superscript>2</superscript>

CHAPTER XI

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

Road Traffic1636Regulation No. 36. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of large passenger vehicles with regard to their general construction1 March 1976Entry into force1 March 1976, in accordance with article 1(5).Registration1 March 1976, No. 4789StatusParties25TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 997, p. 429 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/-505/Rev.1/Add.35; depositary notification C.N.228.1981.TREATIES-32 of 8 September 1981 and doc.TRANS/ SC1/WP29/49/Rev.1 (amendments series 01); vol. 1436, p. 243 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/138 and Add.1 (amendments series 02); vol. 1698, p. 419 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/289 (amendments series 03); vol. 1884, p. 453 (rectifications); C.N.205.1995.TREATIES-34 of 4 August 1995 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); vol. 2016, p. 22 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/576 (supplement 1 to amendments series 03); vol. 2030, p. 28 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/603 (supplement 2 to amendments series 03); C.N.270.1999.TREATIES-1 of 12 April 1999 (modifications); C.N.656.1999.TREATIES-1 du 20 July 1999 (modifications); C.N.1192.1999.TREATIES-1 of 6 January 2000 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/696 (supplement 3 to amendments series 03) and C.N.478.2000.TREATIES-4 of 7 July 2000 (adoption); C.N.437.2000.TREATIES-3 of 28 June 2000 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/718 (supplement 4 to amendments series 03); C.N.795.2001.TREATIES-1 of 21 August 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/810 (supplement 5 to amendments series 03) and C.N.191.2002.TREATIES-2 of 4 March 2002 (adoption); C.N.816.2001.TREATIES-2 of 23 August 2001 (modifications); C.N.156.2002.TREATIES-1 of 20 February 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/822 (supplement 6 to amendments series 03) and C.N.906.2002.TREATIES-4 of 29 August 2002 (adoption); C.N.611.2002.TREATIES-2 of 7 June 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/844 (supplement 7 to amendments series 03) and C.N.1153.2002.TREATIES-4 of 9 December 2002 (adoption); C.N.31.2003.TREATIES-1 of 17 January 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/892 (modifications); C.N.325.2003.TREATIES-4 of 30 April 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/913 (supplement 8 to the 03 series) and C.N.960.2003.TREATIES-5 of 30 October 2003 (adoption); C.N.109.2004.TREATIES-1 of 12 February 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/968 (supplement 9 to the 03 series) and C.N.830.2004.TREATIES-3 of 13 August 2004 (C.N.456.2004.TREATIES-2 of 13 May 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/999 (supplement 10 to the 03 series) and C.N.1159.2004.TREATIES-3 of 15 November 2004 (adoption); C.N.332.2005.TREATIES-1 of 9 May 2005 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2005/16 (supplement 11 to the 03 series of amendments) and C.N.1131.2005.TREATIES-2 of 10 November 2005 (adoption); C.N.568.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 May 2007 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2007/98 + Amend.1 (Supplement 12 to amendments series 03) and C.N.1081.2007.TREATIES-2 of 12 November 2007 (adoption).<superscript>1</superscript>

Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 36<superscript>2</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium23 Jun 2000 Croatia 2 Feb 2001 Czech Republic<superscript>3</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dEstonia29 Oct 1998 Finland30 Oct 1995 France<superscript>4</superscript> 1 Mar 1976 Germany27 Feb 2003 Hungary24 Sep 1979 Latvia 5 Jul 2002 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg22 Nov 1993 Netherlands31 Mar 2000 New Zealand<superscript>5</superscript>18 Jan 2002 Poland29 Jan 2003 Romania23 Dec 1976 Russian Federation19 Dec 1986 Serbia19 Mar 2008 Slovakia<superscript>3</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia 2 Dec 1996 Spain17 Aug 1977 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia20 Jun 2002 Turkey27 Feb 2003 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>4,6</superscript> 1 Mar 1976

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.3Czechoslovakia applied Regulation No. 36 as from 10 February 1992. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.4Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).5See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.6On 4 March 1976, the Secretary-General received from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland a communication stating in part: ". . . Public Service Vehicles approved under Regulation 36 which enter the United Kingdom will continue to have to comply with certain provisions of the `Public Service Vehicle (conditions of Fitness, Equipment and Use) Regulations 1972' of the United Kingdom which regulate matters not covered by Regulation 36."