CHAPTER XI

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

B

Road Traffic1693Regulation No. 93. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of: I. Front underrun protective devices (FUPDs) II. Vehicles with regard to the installation of an FUPD of an approved type III. Vehicles with regard to their front underrun protection (FUP)27 February 1994Entry into force27 February 1994, in accordance with article 1(5).Registration27 February 1994, No. 4789StatusParties25TextUnited Nations, <i> Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1768, p. 379 and doc. TRANS/ SC1/WP29/377.<superscript>1</superscript>

ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Belarus 3 Jul 2003 Belgium 4 Sep 1997 Bulgaria22 Nov 1999 Czech Republic10 Apr 1996 Estonia26 May 1999 European Union<superscript>3</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland30 Oct 1995 France 3 Jun 1997 Germany23 Jun 1994 Hungary 9 Jul 1997 Italy30 Nov 1995 Japan 1 Feb 2007 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg27 Sep 1996 Netherlands<superscript>4</superscript>27 Feb 1994 Norway 6 Jan 1999 Poland 2 Oct 2001 Romania 7 Jul 1998 Russian Federation 1 May 1998 Slovakia15 Nov 1996 Sweden 3 Jun 1997 Turkey27 Feb 2003 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>4</superscript>27 Feb 1994 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.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).