CHAPTER XI

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Road Traffic1656Regulation No. 56. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps for mopeds and vehicles treated as such15 June 1983Entry into force15 June 1983, in accordance with article 1(5).Registration15 June 1983, No. 4789StatusParties30TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1317, p. 286 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/ TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.55; vol. 1483, p. 278 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/161 (supplement 1 to the original); vol. 1527, p. 286 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); depositary notification C.N.95.1992.TREATIES-10 of 16 June 1992 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); C.N.250.1994.TREATIES-22 of 10 October 1994 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/403 (supplement 2 to the original); C.N.113.2001.TREATIES-1 of 12 March 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/767 (amendments series 01) and C.N.779.2001.TREATIES-2 of 21 September 2001 (adoption).<superscript>1</superscript>

ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium 8 Jun 1990 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>3</superscript>28 Sep 1998 dCroatia<superscript>3</superscript>17 Mar 1994 dCzech Republic<superscript>4</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dEuropean Union<superscript>5</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland14 Jul 1988 France20 Aug 1986 Germany<superscript>6</superscript> 6 Aug 1986 Hungary15 Sep 1988 Italy<superscript>7</superscript>15 Jun 1983 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg29 Jun 1990 Montenegro<superscript>8</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands<superscript>7</superscript>15 Jun 1983 Norway 6 Jan 1999 Romania 7 Mar 1996 Russian Federation 8 Feb 1996 Serbia<superscript>3</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSlovakia<superscript>4</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia<superscript>3</superscript> 3 Nov 1992 dSouth Africa18 Apr 2001 Spain 9 Mar 1993 Sweden 8 Aug 1983 Switzerland 4 Dec 1995 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia<superscript>3</superscript> 1 Apr 1998 dTurkey 8 May 2000 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland26 Feb 1990 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. 56 as from 31 January 1985. 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. 56 as from 18 December 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.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.6See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.7Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).8See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.