CHAPTER XI

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Road Traffic1652Regulation No. 52. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of M2 and M3 small capacity vehicles with regard to their general construction1 November 1982Entry into force1 November 1982, in accordance with article 1(5).Registration1 November 1982, No. 4789StatusParties25TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1293, p. 204 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/ TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.51; vol. 1887, p. 397 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/335 (amendments series 01); vol. 2000, p. 487 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/548 (supplement 1 to amendments series 01); C.N.443.2000.TREATIES-1 of 29 June 2000 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/725 (supplement 2 to amendments series 01); C.N.797.2001.TREATIES-2 of 21 August 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/812 (supplement 3 to amendments series 01) and C.N.194.2002.TREATIES-2 of 4 March 2002 (adoption); C.N.133.2002.TREATIES-1 of 15 February 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/828 (supplement 4 to amendments series 01) and C.N.918.2002.TREATIES-3 of 30 August 2002 (adoption); C.N.615.2002.TREATIES-2 of 7 June 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/849 (supplement 5 to amendments series 01) and C.N.1156.2002.TREATIES-3 of 9 December 2002 (adoption); C.N.35.2003.TREATIES-1 of 17 January 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/898 (modifications); C.N.114.2004.TREATIES-1 of 12 February 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/977 (supplement 6 to the 01 series) and C.N.834.2004.TREATIES-3 of 13 August 2004 (adoption); C.N.460.2004.TREATIES-2 of 13 May 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/1003 (supplement 7 to the 01 series) and C.N.1162.2004.TREATIES-3 of 15 November 2004 (adoption); C.N.337.2005.TREATIES-1 of 9 May 2005 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2005/17 (supplement 8 to the 01 series of amendments) and C.N.1135.2005.TREATIES-2 of 10 November 2005 (adoption); C.N.574.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 May 2007 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2007/102 + Amend.1 (Supplement 9 to amendments series 01) and C.N.1087.2007.TREATIES-2 of 12 November 2007 (adoption).<superscript>1</superscript>

ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium 6 May 1983 Czech Republic<superscript>3</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dEstonia29 Oct 1998 Finland30 Oct 1995 France<superscript>4</superscript> 1 Nov 1982 Germany<superscript>4,5</superscript> 1 Nov 1982 Hungary20 Jan 1993 Italy 5 Jun 2001 Latvia 5 Jul 2002 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg22 Nov 1993 Netherlands31 Mar 2000 New Zealand<superscript>6</superscript>18 Jan 2002 Poland29 Jan 2003 Romania 5 Dec 1983 Russian Federation<superscript>7</superscript> 6 Jan 1988 Serbia19 Mar 2008 Slovakia<superscript>3</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia 2 Dec 1996 Spain22 Nov 1993 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia20 Jun 2002 Turkey 8 May 2000 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland20 Oct 1997 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 the Regulation No. 52 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).5Regulation No. 52 was proposed by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.6See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.7Date of entry into force of Regulation No. 52 as indicated by the contracting State in its notification of application: 2Participant:Date entry into force: Russian Federation1 Jan 1988