CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
B
Road Traffic1651Regulation No. 51. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles having at least four wheels with regard to their noise emissions15 July 198215 July 1982, in accordance with article 1(5).15 July 1982, No. 4789Parties33United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1284, p. 316 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/ TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.50, and Amend.1 (revised text incorporating amendments series 01) and vol. 1374, p. 434 (amendments series 01 only); vol. 1502, p. 342 and doc. TRANS/SCl/WP29/R.337 and Amend.1 (amendments); vol. 1504, p. 400 (procès-verbal of rectification concerning modifications); C.N.38.1991. TREATIES-2 of 12 April 1991 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/276 and Corr.1 (supplement 1 to amendments series 01); vol. 1863, p. 404 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/413 and Corr.1 (amendments series 02); vol. 1921, p. 348 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/464 (supplement 1 to amendments series 02); C.N.25.1997.TREATIES-16 of 26 February 1997 (modifications); C.N.424.1997.TREATIES-94 of 27 October 1997 and doc. TRANS/ WP.29/570 (supplement 3 to amendments series 01); vol. 2024, p. 36 (modifications); C.N.323.1998.TREATIES-70 of 6 August 1998 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/626 (supplement 2 to amendments series 02) and C.N.372.1999.TREATIES-1 of 17 May 1999 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/654 (supplement 3 to amendments series 02) and C.N.1089.1999.TREATIES-1 of 3 December 1999 (adoption); C.N.557.2001.TREATIES-1 of 5 June 2001 (modifications); C.N.609.2006.TREATIES-1 of 2 August 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2006/5 (supplement 4 to the amendments series 02) and C.N.92.2007.TREATIES-1 of 6 February 2007 (adoption); C.N.1200.2006.TREATIES-2 of 18 December 2006 and docs. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/31 + Amend. 1 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/31/Add.1/Rev.1 + Amend. 1 (supplement 5 to amendments series 02) and C.N.709.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 July 2007 (adoption); C.N.786.2007.TREATIES-1 of 3 August 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/33 (supplement 6 to amendments series 02) and C.N.132.2008.TREATIES-1 of 26 February 2008 (adoption); C.N.459.2010TREATIES.1 of 30 July2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/62 (supplement 7 to the 02 series of amendments) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.23.2011.TREATIES-1 of 30 January 2011 (adoption); C.N.155.2011.TREATIES-3 of 28 April 2011 (modifications); C.N.156.2011.TREATIES-4 of 28 April 2011 (modifications) and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/25; C.N.157.2011.TREATIES-2 of 28 April 2011 (modifications); C.N.667.2011.TREATIES-1 of 13 October 2011 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.189.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.51 of 14 April 2012 (adoption); C.N.255.2012.TREATIES-XI-B-16-51 of 18 May 2012 (corrections).<superscript>1</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 51<superscript>2</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium<superscript>3</superscript>15 Jul 1982 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>4</superscript>28 Sep 1998 dBulgaria22 Nov 1999 Croatia<superscript>4</superscript>17 Mar 1994 dCzech Republic<superscript>5</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dEstonia29 Oct 1998 European Union<superscript>6</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland 6 May 1988 France19 Dec 1986 Germany<superscript>7</superscript>14 Jan 1991 Greece 4 Oct 1995 Hungary26 Jan 1984 Italy 7 Mar 1983 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg 2 Mar 1984 Montenegro<superscript>8</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands22 Apr 1985 Norway25 Mar 1993 Poland14 Sep 1992 Romania 5 Dec 1983 Russian Federation19 Dec 1986 Serbia<superscript>4</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSlovakia<superscript>5</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia<superscript>4</superscript> 3 Nov 1992 dSpain<superscript>3</superscript>15 Jul 1982 Sweden 3 Jun 1997 Switzerland14 Dec 2010 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia<superscript>4</superscript> 1 Apr 1998 dTurkey 8 May 2000 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland17 Jun 1993
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. 51 as from 6 November 1984. 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. 51 as from 4 January 1983. 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. 51 as from 6 May 1984.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 of the following:- [Regulation No. 51 which had] so far been applied only by the German Democratic Republic shall be applied by the Federal Republic of Germany as from 3 October 1990, the date when the German Democratic Republic acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany...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.