CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Road Traffic16116United Nations Regulation No. 116. Uniform provisions concerning the protection of motor vehicles against unauthorized useGeneva, 6 April 20056 April 2005, in accordance with article 1(4).6 April 2005, No. 4789Parties: See XI-B-16.1United Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol. 2312, p. 316; Depositary notification C.N.1086.2004.TREATIES-1 of 6 october 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/1031); C.N.312.2006.TREATIES-1 of 10 April 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/27 (supplement 1 to the original) and C.N.910.2006.TREATIES-2 of 27 October 2006 (adoption); C.N.313.2008.TREATIES-1 of 15 April 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/44 (supplement 2 to the original) and C.N.818.2008.TREATIES-2 of 30 October 2008 (adoption); C.N.830.2010.TREATIES-1 of 23 December 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/115 (supplement 3) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.338.2011.TREATIES-1 of 23 June 2011 (adoption of amendments); C.N.65.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.116 of 15 January 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.497.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.116 of 24 July 2013 (adoption); C.N.671.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.116 of 18 December 2015 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.487.2016.TREATIES-IX.B.16.116 of 8 July 2016 (adoption); C.N.562.2019.TREATIES-XI.B.16.116 of 31 October 2019 (Amendments); C.N.227.2020.TREATIES-XI.B.16.116 of 19 June 2020 (Amendments); C.N.338.2021.TREATIES-XI.B.16.116 of 29 October 2021 (Amendments); C.N.231.2022.TREATIES.XI.B.16.116 of 25 July 2022 (Amendments); C.N.352.2022.TREATIES-XI.B.16.116 of 19 October 2022 (Amendments); C.N.420.2023.TREATIES-XI.B.16.116 of 6 October 2023 (amendments).<superscript>2</superscript>
ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Armenia 1 Mar 2018 Austria 6 Apr 2005 Azerbaijan 6 Apr 2005 Belarus 6 Apr 2005 Belgium 6 Apr 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 Apr 2005 Bulgaria 6 Apr 2005 Croatia 6 Apr 2005 Czech Republic 6 Apr 2005 Denmark 6 Apr 2005 Egypt 5 Dec 2012 Estonia 6 Apr 2005 European Union 6 Apr 2005 Finland 6 Apr 2005 France 6 Apr 2005 Germany 6 Apr 2005 Greece 6 Apr 2005 Hungary 6 Apr 2005 Italy 6 Apr 2005 Japan 6 Apr 2005 Latvia 6 Apr 2005 Lithuania 6 Apr 2005 Luxembourg 6 Apr 2005 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>3</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the) 6 Apr 2005 New Zealand 6 Apr 2005 Nigeria18 Oct 2018 North Macedonia 6 Apr 2005 Norway 6 Apr 2005 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 Nov 2022 Poland 6 Apr 2005 Portugal 6 Apr 2005 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania 6 Apr 2005 Russian Federation 6 Apr 2005 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia 6 Apr 2005 Slovakia 6 Apr 2005 Slovenia 6 Apr 2005 South Africa 6 Apr 2005 Spain 6 Apr 2005 Sweden 6 Apr 2005 Switzerland 6 Apr 2005 Türkiye 6 Apr 2005 Uganda20 Mar 2023 Ukraine 6 Apr 2005 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6 Apr 2005
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 " <i> <b>Application of regulation </b> </i>" 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> <b>Application of regulation </b> </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. 116, pursuant to article 1 (4); or declared the non-application of Regulation No. 116, pursuant to article 1(5): 2Participant:Date of the notification: Australia23 Feb 2005 Republic of Korea4 Apr 2005 Thailand2 Mar 2006
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.3See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.