CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
B
Road Traffic162United Nations Regulation No. 2. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of incandescent electric lamps for headlamps emitting an asymmetrical passing beam or a driving beam or both8 August 19608 August 1960, in accordance with article 1(5).8 August 1960, No. 4789Parties39United Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol. 372, p. 384; See “TEXT” under Regulation No. 1.<superscript>1</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 2<superscript>2</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Armenia 1 Mar 2018 Austria 1 Mar 1972 Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium<superscript>3</superscript> 8 Aug 1960 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>4</superscript>28 Sep 1998 dCroatia<superscript>4</superscript>17 Mar 1994 dCzech Republic<superscript>5</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dDenmark21 Oct 1976 Egypt 5 Dec 2012 Finland19 Jul 1976 France<superscript>3</superscript> 8 Aug 1960 Germany<superscript>6</superscript> 2 Mar 1966 Greece 4 Oct 1995 Hungary 8 Aug 1960 Italy26 Jul 1963 Kyrgyzstan 1 Sep 2023 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg 5 Aug 1987 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>7</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>8</superscript> 8 Jan 1962 New Zealand<superscript>9</superscript>18 Jan 2002 Nigeria18 Oct 2018 Norway23 Dec 1987 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 Nov 2022 Poland 2 Jun 1983 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania23 Dec 1976 Russian Federation19 Dec 1986 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia<superscript>4</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSlovakia<superscript>5</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia<superscript>4</superscript> 3 Nov 1992 dSpain11 Aug 1961 Sweden<superscript>3</superscript> 8 Aug 1960 Uganda23 Aug 2022 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland30 Jun 1963
1For 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.2For technical reasons and in order to align this chapter with all others in the publication, the date indicated is no longer the date of effect of the regulation for the Contracting Party, but the date of receipt of the notification of application by the Secretary-General.3Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).4The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 2 as from 14 February 1962. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina”, “Croatia”, “former Yugoslavia”, “Slovenia”, “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and “Yugoslavia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.5Czechoslovakia applied regulation No. 2 as from 8 May 1961. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.6The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 2 as from 3 January 1976:With regard to the above, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany in a communication received on 14 January 1991, informed the Secretary-General, <i>inter alia </i>, of the following:- [Regulation No. 2 which has] been applied by both the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic shall continue to apply...The notification further states that it “. . . does not constitute a general statement of position by the Federal Republic of Germany on the question of state succession in relation to treaties.”....See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.7See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.8For the Kingdom in Europe.9See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.