CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Road Traffic16117United Nations Regulation No. 117. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of tyres with regard to rolling sound emissions and/or to adhesion on wet surfaces and/or to rolling resistanceGeneva, 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. 317; Depositary notifications C.N.1087.2004.TREATIES-2 of 6 october 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/1032); C.N.557.2005.TREATIES-1 of 15 July 2005 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2005/45 (modifications); C.N.583.2006.TREATIES-1 of 1 August 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2006/47 (modifications); C.N.630.2006.TREATIES-1 of 1 August 2006 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/2006/48 (amendments series 01) and C.N.182.2007.TREATIES-1 of 7 February 2007 (adoption); C.N.554.2007.TREATIES-1 of 9 May 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/8 + Amend.1 (modifications); C.N.564.2008.TREATIES-1 of 7 August 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/68 (modifications); C.N.260.2009.TREATIES-1 of 30 April 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/2 (modifications); C.N.453.2010.TREATIES-1 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/63 + ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1985, paragraph 45 (02 series of amendments) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.29.2011.TREATIES-1 of 30 January 2011 (adoption); C.N.805.2010.TREATIES-2 of 23 December 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/146 (modifications); C.N.804.2010.TREATIES-9 of 23 December 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/118 (modifications); C.N.774.2011.TREATIES-3 of 5 January 2012 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/75 (modifications); C.N.772.2011.TREATIES-2 of 5 January 2012 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/76 (modifications); C.N.250.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 18 May 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.659.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 26 November 2012 (adoption); C.N.77.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 15 January 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.498.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 24 July 2013 (adoption); C.N.242.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 3 May 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.956.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 21 November 2013 (adoption of amendments); C.N.524.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 13 August 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.76.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 19 February 2014 (adoption); C.N.1016.2013.TREATIES-IX.B.16.117 of 10 December 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.403.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 17 June 2014 (adoption); C.N.191.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 9 April 2014 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.694.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 15 October 2014 (adoption); C.N.196.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 9 April 2014 (corrections); C.N.197.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 9 April 2014 (corrections); C.N.215.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 8 April 2015 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.563.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 2 November 2015 (adoption); C.N.408.2015.TREATIES-XI-B-16-117 of 20 July 2015 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.34.2016.TREATIES-XI-B-16-117 of 3 February 2016 (adoption); C.N.551.2016.TREATIES-XI-B-16-117 of 9 August 2016 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.95.2017.TREATIES-XI-B-16-117 of 17 February 2017 (adoption); C.N.21.2020.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 14 January 2020 (Amendments); C.N.492.2020.TREATIES-XI.B.16.110 of 27 October 2020 (Amendments); C.N.36.2021.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 27 January 2021 (Amendments); C.N.337.2021.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 29 October 2021 (Amendments); C.N.353.2022.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 19 October 2022 (Amendments); C.N.491.2022.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 3 February 2023 (amendments); C.N.421.2023.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 6 October 2023 (amendments); C.N.422.2023.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 6 October 2023 (amendments); C.N.423.2023.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 6 October 2023 (amendments); C.N.28.2024.TREATIES-XI.B.16.117 of 15 January 2024 (amendments).[^e]
ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Andorra11 Apr 2023 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 1 Oct 2015 Latvia 6 Apr 2005 Lithuania 6 Apr 2005 Luxembourg 6 Apr 2005 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>2</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 May 2023 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. 117, pursuant to article 1 (4); or declared the non-application of Regulation No. 117, pursuant to article 1(5): 2Participant:Date of the notification : Australia25 Feb 2005 Japan29 Mar 2005 Republic of Korea4 Apr 2005 Thailand2 Mar 2006
2See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.