CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
B
Road Traffic1613HUnited Nations Regulation No. 13-H. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of passenger cars with regard to braking11 May 199811 May 1998, in accordance with article 1(4).11 May 1998, No. 4789Parties: See XI-B-16.1United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 2016, p. 15; C.N.419.2000.TREATIES-1 of 27 June 2000 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/709 (supplement 1 to the original); C.N.897.2000.TREATIES-1 of 27 September 2000 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/736 (modifications); C.N.788.2001.TREATIES-1 of 20 August 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/795 (supplement 2 to the original) and C.N.207.2002.TREATIES-1 of 6 March 2002 (adoption); C.N.784.2002.TREATIES-1 of 1 August 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/864 (modification); C.N.364.2003.TREATIES-1 of 8 May 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/912 (modification); C.N.440.2004.TREATIES-1 of 13 May 2004 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/997 (procès-verbal concerning certain modifications); C.N.1064.2004.TREATIES-1 of 4 October 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/1019 (supplement 3 to the original) and C.N.254.2005.TREATIES-1 of 8 April 2005 (adoption); C.N.1163.2006.TREATIES-1 of 11 December 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/141 (supplement 4 to the original) and C.N.681.2007.TREATIES-2 of 5 July 2007 (adoption); C.N.563.2007.TREATIES-1 of 10 May 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/3 + Corr.1 (supplement 5 to the original) and C.N.1078.2007.TREATIES-2 of 12 November 2007 (adoption); C.N.284.2008.TREATIES-1 of 15 April 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/3 + amendment referred to in para. 33 of the report of the session (supplement 6 to the original) and C.N.787.2008.TREATIES-2 of 28 October 2008 (adoption); C.N.32.2009.TREATIES-1 of 22 January 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/81 + Corr.1 (supplement 7 to the original) and C.N.432.2009.TREATIES-3 of 22 July 2009 (adoption); C.N.203.2009.TREATIES-2 of 24 April 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/6 (supplement 8 to the original) and C.N.757.2009.TREATIES-5 of 27 October 2009 (adoption); C.N.549.2009.TREATIES-4 of 17 September 2009 (supplement 9 to the original); C.N.565.2009.TREATIES-5 of 17 September 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/62 (modifications); C.N.566.2009.TREATIES-5 of 17 September 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/63 (modifications); C.N.166.2010.TREATIES-1 of 18 March 2010 (adoption); C.N.300.2010.TREATIES-2 of 9 June 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/4 and Corr.1 (supplement 10 to 00) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.717.2010.TREATIES-4 (adoption); C.N.455.2010.TREATIES-3 of 30 July 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/65 (supplement 11) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.17.2011.TREATIES-1 (adoption); C.N.214.2011.TREATIES-2 of 28 April 2011 (proposal of amendments) and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/5 (Supplement 12) and C.N.717.2011.TREATIES-4 of 2 November 2011 (adoption); C.N.662.2011.TREATIES-3 of 13 October 2011 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.192.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 14 April 2012 (adoption); C.N.789.2011.TREATIES-5 of 5 January 2012 (modifications); C.N.2.2012.TREATIES-1 of 27 January 2012 (corrections); C.N.257.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 18 May 2012 (corrections); C.N.391.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 27 July 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.123.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 30 January 2013 (adoption); C.N.506.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 13 August 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.67.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 19 February 2014 (adoption); C.N.761.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 15 December 2014 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.335.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13-H of 19 June 2015 (adoption); C.N.521.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13-H of 9 August 2016 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.72.2017.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13-H of 17 February 2017 (adoption); C.N.498.2018.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 29 October 2018 (Amendments); C.N.609.2018.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 9 January 2019 (Amendments); C.N.309.2021.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 29 October 2021 (Amendments); C.N.3.2022.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 14 January 2022 (Amendments); C.N.466.2022.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 3 February 2023 (amendments); C.N.399.2023.TREATIES-XI.B.16.13H of 6 October 2023 (amendments).<superscript>2</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 13HParticipant<superscript>1</superscript>Application of regulation, Succession(d)Austria11 May 1998 Azerbaijan15 Apr 2002 Belarus11 May 1998 Belgium11 May 1998 Bosnia and Herzegovina11 May 1998 Bulgaria22 Nov 1999 Croatia11 May 1998 Czech Republic11 May 1998 Denmark11 May 1998 Egypt 5 Dec 2012 Estonia11 May 1998 European Union<superscript>1</superscript>15 May 2001 Finland11 May 1998 France11 May 1998 Germany11 May 1998 Greece11 May 1998 Hungary11 May 1998 Italy11 May 1998 Japan25 Sep 1998 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg11 May 1998 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>3</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the)11 May 1998 North Macedonia11 May 1998 Norway11 May 1998 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 May 2023 Poland11 May 1998 Portugal11 May 1998 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania11 May 1998 Russian Federation11 May 1998 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia11 May 1998 Slovakia11 May 1998 Slovenia11 May 1998 South Africa18 Apr 2001 Spain11 May 1998 Sweden11 May 1998 Switzerland11 May 1998 Türkiye11 May 1998 Uganda20 Mar 2023 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland11 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 " <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. 13H, pursuant to article 1 (4); or declared the non-application of Regulation No. 13H, pursuant to article 1(5): 2Participant:Date of the notification: European Community*23 Jan 1998 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 No. 13H upon accession by virtue of its declaration restricting its application to those Regulations in force at the date of accession, i.e. 23 January 1998. Regulation No. 13H was not in force at thatme, 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 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.16.2For additional references to the texts of the annexed regulations and their amendments, see doc. TRANS/WP.29/343 as up-dated annually.3See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.