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STATUS AS AT : 03-07-2025 09:15:34 EDT
CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
B. Road Traffic
16. 56 United Nations Regulation No. 56. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of headlamps for mopeds and vehicles treated as such
15 June 1983
Entry into force
:
15 June 1983, in accordance with article 1(5).
Registration :
15 June 1983, No. 4789
Status :
Parties : 40
Text :
United Nations,  Treaty Series , vol. 1317, p. 286 and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/ TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.55; vol. 1483, p. 278 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/161 (supplement 1 to the original); vol. 1527, p. 286 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); depositary notification C.N.95.1992.TREATIES-10 of 16 June 1992 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); C.N.250.1994.TREATIES-22 of 10 October 1994 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/403 (supplement 2 to the original); C.N.113.2001.TREATIES-1 of 12 March 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/767 (amendments series 01) and C.N.779.2001.TREATIES-2 of 21 September 2001 (adoption).1

Note :

Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 56 2
Participant
Application of regulation, Succession(d)
Armenia
 1 Mar 2018
Australia
24 Dec 2024
Belarus
 3 May 1995
Belgium
 8 Jun 1990
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
28 Sep 1998 d
Croatia 3
17 Mar 1994 d
Czech Republic 4
 2 Jun 1993 d
Egypt
 5 Dec 2012
European Union 5
23 Jan 1998
Finland
14 Jul 1988
France
20 Aug 1986
Germany 6
 6 Aug 1986
Hungary
15 Sep 1988
Italy 7
15 Jun 1983
Latvia
19 Nov 1998
Lithuania
28 Jan 2002
Luxembourg
29 Jun 1990
Malaysia
 3 Feb 2006
Montenegro 8
23 Oct 2006 d
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 7
15 Jun 1983
Nigeria
18 Oct 2018
North Macedonia 3
 1 Apr 1998 d
Norway
 6 Jan 1999
Pakistan
24 Feb 2020
Philippines
 3 Nov 2022
Republic of Moldova
21 Sep 2016
Romania
 7 Mar 1996
Russian Federation
 8 Feb 1996
San Marino
27 Nov 2015
Serbia 3
12 Mar 2001 d
Slovakia 4
28 May 1993 d
Slovenia 3
 3 Nov 1992 d
South Africa
18 Apr 2001
Spain
 9 Mar 1993
Sweden
 8 Aug 1983
Switzerland
 4 Dec 1995
Türkiye
 8 May 2000
Uganda
23 Aug 2022
Ukraine
 9 Aug 2002
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
26 Feb 1990
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End Note
1 For 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.

3The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 56 as from 31 January 1985. 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.

4Czechoslovakia applied Regulation No. 56 as from 18 December 1983. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.

5In 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.

6See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.

7Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).

8See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

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