CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Road Traffic16104United Nations Regulation No. 104. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of retro-reflective markings for vehicles of category M, N and O15 January 199815 January 1998, in accordance with article 1(4).15 January 1998, No. 4789Parties: See XI-B-16.1United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 2000, p. 488 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/564; and C.N.638.1999.TREATIES-2 of 13 July 1999 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/674 (supplement 1); C.N.621.2002.TREATIES-1 of 10 June 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/856 (supplement 2 to the original) and C.N.1162.2002.TREATIES-2 of 12 December 2002 (adoption); C.N.625.2006.TREATIES-1 of 2 August 2006 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/66+Amend.1 (supplement 3 to the original) and C.N.172.2007.TREATIES-1 of 7 February 2007 (adoption); C.N.1210.2006.TREATIES-2 of 18 December 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/95 + Corr.1 (F only) (supplement 4 to the original) and C.N.719.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 July 2007 (adoption); C.N.1169.2007.TREATIES-1 of 18 January 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/75 (modifications); C.N.1228.2007.TREATIES-2 of 11 January 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/76 (supplement 5 to the original) and C.N.501.2008.TREATIES-2 of 14 July 2008 (adoption); C.N.255.2008.TREATIES-2 of 9 April 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/33 (modifications); C.N.227.2009.TREATIES-1 of 24 Avril 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/31 (Supplement 6 to the original) and C.N.773.2009.TREATIES-2 of 27 October 2009 (adoption); C.N.291.2010.TREATIES-1 of 16 June 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/31 (modifications); C.N.857.2011.TREATIES-1 of 26 January 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.413.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.104 of 3 August 2012 (adoption of amendments); C.N.777.2014.TREATIES-IX.B.16.104 of 15 December 2014 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.350.2015.TREATIES-IX.B.16.104 of 19 June 2015 (adoption); C.N.200.2017.TREATIES-XI.B.16.104 of 10 April 2017 (proposal of amendments) and CN.668.2017.TREATIES-XI.B.16.104 of 20 October 2017 (adoption); C.N.554.2019.TREATIES-XI.B.16.104 of 31 October 2019 (Amendments).<superscript>2</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 104<superscript>3</superscript>Participant<superscript>1</superscript>Application of regulation, Succession(d)Armenia 1 Mar 2018 Austria15 Jan 1998 Azerbaijan15 Apr 2002 Belarus15 Jan 1998 Belgium15 Jan 1998 Bosnia and Herzegovina15 Jan 1998 Croatia15 Jan 1998 Czech Republic15 Jan 1998 Denmark15 Jan 1998 Egypt 5 Dec 2012 Estonia15 Jan 1998 European Union<superscript>4</superscript>29 Aug 2001 Finland15 Jan 1998 France15 Jan 1998 Germany15 Jan 1998 Greece15 Jan 1998 Hungary15 Jan 1998 Italy15 Jan 1998 Japan 2 Aug 2004 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg15 Jan 1998 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>5</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the)15 Jan 1998 Nigeria18 Oct 2018 North Macedonia15 Jan 1998 Norway15 Jan 1998 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 Nov 2022 Poland15 Jan 1998 Portugal15 Jan 1998 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania15 Jan 1998 Russian Federation15 Jan 1998 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia15 Jan 1998 Slovakia15 Jan 1998 Slovenia15 Jan 1998 South Africa18 Apr 2001 Spain15 Jan 1998 Sweden15 Jan 1998 Switzerland15 Jan 1998 Türkiye15 Jan 1998 Uganda23 Aug 2022 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland15 Jan 1998
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 " <i>Application of regulation </i>" 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. 104, pursuant to article 1 (4); or declared the non-application of Regulation No. 104, pursuant to article 1(5): 2Participant:Date of the notification: European Community*23 Jan 1998 Japan**25 Sep 1998 Bulgaria***22 Nov 1999 Australia****25 Feb 2000 Ukraine*****1 May 2000 New Zealand******27 Nov 2001 Thailand2 Mar 2006
*The European Community implicitly notified its non-application of Regulation 104 upon accession by virtue of its declaration restricting its application to those Regulations in force at the date of accession, i.e. 23 January 199egulation 104 was not in force at that time, but had been circulated as a draft Regulation, pursuant to article 1 (5) of the Agreement. In a communication dated 16 April 1999, the European Community subsequently confirmed its intention to reserve its position with regard to the entry into force of the Regulation for the European Community. See declaration made by the European Community upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI.B.16. **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 the Agreement. 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. ******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 chapter 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.16.5See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.