CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Road Traffic17Agreement on Special Equipment for the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Use of such Equipment for the International Transport of some of those FoodstuffsGeneva, 15 January 1962<superscript>1</superscript>see article 8 which reads as follows : "1. This Agreement shall come into force on the ninetieth day after five of the countries referred to in article 7, paragraph 1 (i.e.Countries members of the Economic Commission for Europe and countries admitted to the Commission in a consultative capacity under paragraph 8 of the Commission 's terms of reference), have signed it without reservation as to ratification or have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession. 2. With respect to any country which ratifies or accedes to this Agreement after five countries have signed it without reservation as to ratification or have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession, the Agreement shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the said country has deposited its instrument of ratification or accesion.".Signatories6Parties4Doc. E/ECE/456 (E/ECE/TRANS/526), 1962.
ParticipantSignatureAccession(a), Succession(d), Ratification, Definitive signature(s)Belgium29 Jun 1962 Bulgaria19 Jan 1962 France13 Feb 1962 sGermany<superscript>2</superscript>10 Apr 1962 Luxembourg22 Jun 1962 Montenegro<superscript>3</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dPoland<superscript>4</superscript>19 Jun 1962 Serbia<superscript>5</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSpain 7 Jan 1964 aSwitzerland19 Jan 1962
1Although listed for reasons of convenience, this Agreement is not limited to transport by road.2See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.3See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.4With a declaration that the Polish People's Republic is not bound by paragraph 2 and 3 of article 12 of the Agreement.5The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Agreement on 25 September 1963. 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.