CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
B
Road Traffic16106United Nations Regulation No. 106. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of pneumatic tyres for agricultural vehicles and their trailersGeneva, 7 May 19987 May 1998, in accordance with article 1(4).7 May 1998, No. 4789Parties: See XI-B-16.1United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 2016, p. 11; C.N.640.1999.TREATIES-2 of 13 July 1999 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/676 (supplement 1 to the original); C.N.780.2002.TREATIES-1 of 31 July 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/878 (supplement 2 to the original); C.N.787.2002.TREATIES-1 of 1 August 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/879 (modification) and C.N.111.2003.TREATIES-1 of 3 February 2003 (adoption); C.N.466.2004.TREATIES-1 of 13 May 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/1010 (supplement 3 to the original) and C.N.1167.2004.TREATIES-2 of 15 November 2004 (adoption); C.N.447.2004.TREATIES-1 of 13 May 2004 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/1011 (procès-verbal concerning certain modifications); C.N.626.2006.TREATIES-1 of 2 August 2006 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/46 (supplement 4 to the original) and C.N.175.2007.TREATIES-1 of 7 February 2007 (adoption); C.N.577.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 May 2007 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2007/6 (Supplement 5 to the original) and C.N.1090.2007.TREATIES-2 of 12 November 2007 (adoption); C.N.563.2008.TREATIES-1 of 7 August 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/65 (modifications); C.N.607.2008.TREATIES-1 of 26 August 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/66 (supplement 6 to the original) and C.N.60.2009.TREATIES-1 of 27 February 2009 (adoption); C.N.228.2009.TREATIES-2 of 24 Avril 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/9 (Supplement 7 to the original) and C.N.774.2009.TREATIES-4 of 27 October 2009 (adoption); C.N.557.2009.TREATIES-3 of 17 September 2009 (Supplement 8 to the original); C.N.173.2010.TREATIES-2 of 18 March 2010 (adoption); C.N.397.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 27 July 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.113.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 30 January 2013 (adoption); C.N.241.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 3 May 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.955.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 21 November 2013 (adoption of amendments); C.N.779.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 15 December 2014 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.356.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 19 June 2015 (adoption); C.N.207.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 8 April 2015 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.578.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 2 November 2015 (adoption); C.N.668.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 18 December 2015 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.483.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 8 July 2016 (adoption); C.N.548.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 9 August 2016 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.92.2017.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 17 February 2017 (adoption); C.N.474.2017.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 10 August 2017 (proposal of amendments) and CN.83.2018.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 20 February 2018 (adoption); CN.624.2018.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 9 January 2019 (amendments); C.N.555.2019.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 31 October 2019 (Amendments); C.N.486.2020.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 27 October 2020 (Amendments); C.N.332.2021.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 29 October 2021 (Amendments); C.N.489.2022.TREATIES-XI.B.16.106 of 3 February 2023 (amendments).<superscript>2</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No 106<superscript>3</superscript>Participant<superscript>1</superscript>Application of regulation, Succession(d)Armenia 1 Mar 2018 Austria 7 May 1998 Azerbaijan15 Apr 2002 Belarus 7 May 1998 Belgium 7 May 1998 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 May 1998 Croatia 7 May 1998 Czech Republic 7 May 1998 Denmark 7 May 1998 Egypt 5 Dec 2012 Estonia 7 May 1998 European Union29 Aug 2001 Finland 7 May 1998 France 7 May 1998 Germany 7 May 1998 Greece 7 May 1998 Hungary 7 May 1998 Italy 7 May 1998 Latvia 5 Jul 2002 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg 7 May 1998 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>4</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the) 7 May 1998 North Macedonia 7 May 1998 Norway 7 May 1998 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 May 2023 Poland 7 May 1998 Portugal 7 May 1998 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania 7 May 1998 Russian Federation 7 May 1998 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia 7 May 1998 Slovakia 7 May 1998 Slovenia 7 May 1998 Spain 7 May 1998 Sweden 7 May 1998 Switzerland 7 May 1998 Türkiye 7 May 1998 Uganda20 Mar 2023 Ukraine21 Jan 2010 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7 May 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 " <i> <b>Application of regulation </b> </i>" 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. 106, pursuant to article 1 (4); or declared the non-application of Regulation No. 106, pursuant to article 1(5): 2Participant:Date of the notification: European Community*23 Jan 1998 Japan**25 Sep 1998 Latvia***19 Nov 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
*The European Community implicitly notified its non-application of Regulation 106 upon accession by virtue of its declaration restricting its applicatio those Regulations in force at the date of accession, i.e. 23 January 1998. Regulation 106 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. ***See declaration made by Latvia 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. *******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 theAgreement. 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.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 note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.