CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Road Traffic1662Regulation No. 62. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of power-driven vehicles with handlebars with regard to their protection against unauthorized use1 September 19841 September 1984, in accordance with article 1(5).1 September 1984, No. 4789Parties24United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1367, p. 244 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.61and ; and depositary notification C.N.165.1987. TREATIES-25 of 24 August 1987 and doc. TRANS/ SC1/WP29/175 (supplement 1 to the original); C.N.459.2000.TREATIES-1 of 30 June 2000 (modifications); C.N.303.2006.TREATIES-1 of 10 April 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/24 (supplement 2 to the original) and C.N.875.2006.TREATIES-2 of 25 October 2006 (adoption).<superscript>1</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 62<superscript>2</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium 8 Jun 1990 Czech Republic<superscript>3</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dEstonia26 May 1999 European Union<superscript>4</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland11 Feb 1991 France<superscript>5</superscript> 1 Sep 1984 Germany<superscript>6</superscript>14 Jan 1991 Hungary 9 Jul 1997 Italy<superscript>5</superscript> 1 Sep 1984 Japan31 Jan 2000 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg29 Jun 1990 Netherlands 3 Mar 1988 Norway23 Dec 1987 Poland 2 Oct 2001 Romania 7 Jul 1998 Russian Federation 8 Feb 1996 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. 62 as from 18 October 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.4In 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.5Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).6The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 62 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. 62 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.