CHAPTER XI

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Road Traffic1680Regulation No. 80. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of seats of large passenger vehicles and of these vehicles with regard to the strength of the seats and their anchorages23 February 1989Entry into force23 February 1989, in accordance with article 1(5).Registration23 February 1989, No. 4789StatusParties25TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1524, p. 291 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/ TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.79; vol. 2002, p. 344 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/562 (amendments series 01); and depositary notification C.N.305.1998-TREATIES-71 of 6 August 1998 (supplement 1 to the amendments series 01); C.N.446.2000.TREATIES-1 of 29 June 2000 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/729 (supplement 2 to the amendments series 01); C.N.1203.2006.TREATIES-2 of 18 December 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/120 (supplement 3 to amendments series 01) and C.N.713.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 July 2007 (adoption); C.N.18.2009.TREATIES-1 of 15 January 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/110 (modifications); C.N.461.2010.TREATIES-1 of 30 July 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/61 (02 series of amendments) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.27.2011.TREATIES-1 of 30 janvier 2011 (adoption); C.N.849.2011.TREATIES-2 of 26 January 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.425.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.80 of 3 August 2012 (adoption of amendments).<superscript>1</superscript>

ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Belarus 3 May 1995 Czech Republic10 Apr 1996 Estonia29 Oct 1998 European Union<superscript>3</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland18 Feb 1994 France<superscript>4</superscript>23 Feb 1989 Germany<superscript>5</superscript>22 Dec 1989 Hungary 7 Nov 1990 Japan 2 Aug 2006 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg22 Nov 1993 Netherlands<superscript>6</superscript>28 Nov 1988 Norway25 Mar 1993 Poland 2 Oct 2001 Romania26 Jul 1994 Russian Federation 8 Feb 1996 Serbia19 Mar 2008 Slovakia15 Nov 1996 Spain26 Jan 1994 Sweden23 Jul 1990 Switzerland14 Dec 2010 Turkey27 Feb 2003 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>4</superscript>23 Feb 1989 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.3In 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.4Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).5See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.6Date of entry into force of Regulation No. 80 as indicated by the contracting State in its notification of application: 2Participant:Date entry into force: Netherlands23 Feb 1989