CHAPTER XI

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

B

Road Traffic16102United Nations Regulation No. 102. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of:I.A close-coupling device (CCD);II.Vehicles with regard to the fitting of an approved type of CCD13 December 1996Entry into force13 December 1996, in accordance with article 1(4).Registration13 December 1996, No. 4789StatusParties: See XI-B-16.1TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1952, p. 288 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/435.<superscript>2</superscript>

Participant<superscript>1</superscript>Application of regulation, Succession(d)Armenia 1 Mar 2018 Austria13 Dec 1996 Azerbaijan15 Apr 2002 Belarus13 Dec 1996 Belgium 4 Sep 1997 Bosnia and Herzegovina13 Dec 1996 Croatia13 Dec 1996 Czech Republic13 Dec 1996 Denmark13 Dec 1996 Egypt 5 Dec 2012 Estonia13 Dec 1996 European Union<superscript>4</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland25 Sep 1997 France13 Dec 1996 Germany13 Dec 1996 Greece13 Dec 1996 Hungary13 Dec 1996 Italy13 Dec 1996 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg28 Nov 1997 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>5</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the)13 Dec 1996 Nigeria18 Oct 2018 North Macedonia13 Dec 1996 Norway13 Dec 1996 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 Nov 2022 Poland13 Dec 1996 Portugal13 Dec 1996 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania13 Dec 1996 Russian Federation13 Dec 1996 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia13 Dec 1996 Slovakia13 Dec 1996 Slovenia13 Dec 1996 Spain13 Dec 1996 Sweden13 Dec 1996 Switzerland13 Dec 1996 Türkiye13 Dec 1996 Uganda23 Aug 2022 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland13 Dec 1996 1The Regulation enters into force for all Contracting Parties to the Agreement which did not notify their disagreement thereto, in accordance with 1 (4). The date listed under " <b> <i>Application of regulation </i> </b>" reflects the date of the entry into force of the Regulation for those States parties to the Agreement, at the time of the entry into force of the Regulation, which did not notify their disagreement thereto, in accordance with article 1(4) of the Agreement. States parties to the Agreement not applying the Regulation may, at any time, notify the Secretary-General that they intend to apply it, and the Regulation will then enter into force for such States on the sixtieth day after such notification, in accordance with article 1(7) of the Agreement. For these States, the date listed under " <b> <i>Application of regulation </i> </b>" is the date of deposit of the notification. States that become parties to the Agreement subsequent to the entry into force of the Regulation, which do not notify their disagreement thereto, apply the Regulation as from the date of entry into force of the Agreement for such States. In these cases, the date listed under " <b> <i>Application of regulation </i> </b>" reflects the date of deposit of the instrument of accession to the Agreement. Following is the list of Contracting Parties that notified their objection to draft Regulation No. 102, pursuant to article 1 (4); or declared the non-application of Regulation No. 102, pursuant to article 1(5): 2Participant:Date of the notification: Japan*25 Sep 1998 Bulgaria**22 Nov 1999 Australia***25 Feb 2000 Ukraine****1 May 2000 South Africa*****18 Apr 2001 New Zealand******27 Nov 2001 Thailand2 Mar 2006 *See declaration made by Japan upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI.B.16. **In a note accompanying the instrument of accession, the Government of Bulgaria notified its intention to apply certain Regulations annexed to thegreement. By notifying the application of certain Regulations, the Government of Bulgaria implicitly notified the non-application of those Regulations not specified, in accordance with article 1(5) of the Agreement. See declaration made by Bulgaria upon accession to the Agreement in XI.B.16. ***See declaration made by Australia upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI.B.16. ****See declaration made by Ukraine upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI.B.16. *****See declaration made by South Africa upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI.B.16. ******In a communication received on 18 January 2002, the Government of New Zealand, in connection with its accession to the Agreement, clarified its intention to apply certain Regulations annexed to the Agreement. By notifying the application of certain Regulations, the Government of New Zealand implicitly notified the non-application of those Regulations not specified, in accordance with article 1(5) of the Agreement. See declaration made by New Zealand upon accession to the Agreement in XI.B.16.2 For additional references to the texts of the annexed regulations and their amendments, see doc. <a href="http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/wp29fdocstts.html" target = "_ blank">TRANS/WP.29/343</a> as updated annually.3Proposed by the Administrative Committee.4See declaration made by the European Community upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI.B.16.In 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.5See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.