CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
B
Road Traffic1661Regulation No. 61. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of commercial vehicles with regard to their external projections forward of the cab's rear panelGeneva, 15 July 198415 July 1984, in accordance with article 1(5).15 July 1984, No. 4789Parties21United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1363, p. 242 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/ TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.60; C.N.302.2006.TREATIES-1 of 10 April 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/23 (supplement 1 to the original) and C.N.874.2006.TREATIES-2 of 25 October 2006 (adoption); C.N.31.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.61 of 15 January 2013 (proposal of amendments).<superscript>1</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 61<superscript>2</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Belarus 3 May 1995 Czech Republic<superscript>3</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dEgypt 5 Dec 2012 Estonia26 May 1999 Finland11 Feb 1991 France<superscript>4</superscript>15 Jul 1984 Germany<superscript>5</superscript>14 Jan 1991 Hungary 7 Jun 1995 Italy<superscript>4</superscript>15 Jul 1984 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg27 Sep 1996 Netherlands22 Apr 1985 Poland 2 Oct 2001 Romania 4 Feb 1985 Russian Federation19 Dec 1986 Serbia19 Mar 2008 Slovakia<superscript>3</superscript>28 May 1993 dSweden30 Oct 1984 Turkey 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.3Czechoslovakia applied Regulation No. 61 as from 3 November 1985. 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  (3).5The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 61 as from 3 April 1988.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. 61 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.