Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 37<superscript>3</superscript>

CHAPTER XI<superscript>1</superscript>

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Road Traffic1637United Nations Regulation No. 37. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of filament light sources for use in approved lamps of power-driven vehicles and of their trailersGeneva, 1 February 1978Entry into force1 February 1978, in accordance with article 1(5).Registration1 February 1978, No. 4789StatusParties47TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1073, p. 337; vol. 1254, p. 464 (amendments series 01) vol. 1484, p. 399 (amendments series 02) and doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.36 and Corr.1 and 2 (French only) and Rev.1 (revised text incorporating amendments series 02 and 03); vol. 1358, p. 312 (amendments series 03); doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS.505/Rev.1/Add.36/Rev.1/Corr.1 (English only); depositary notification C.N.41.1986.TREATIES-11 of 7 April 1986 (procès-verbal of rectification of English and French texts); vol. 1438, p. 418 and doc. TRANS/SCI/WP29/151 (supplement 1 to amendments series 03); C.N.81.1987.TREATIES-14 of 27 May 1987 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/176 (supplement 2 to amendments series 03); C.N.230.1987. TREATIES-44 of 30 October 1987 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/185 (supplement 3 to amendments series 03); vol. 1541, p. 378 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/213 (supplement 4 to amendments series 3); vol. 1543, p. 278 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/220 (supplement 5 to amendments series 03); vol. 1585, p. 412 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/258 and Corr.1 (supplement 6 to amendments series 03); vol. 1607, p. 381 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/274 (supplement 7 to amendments series 03); vol. 1688, p. 539 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/297 (supplement 8 to amendments series 03); vol. 1699, p. 219 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/324 (supplement 9 to amendments series 03); C.N.195.1993.TREATIES-14 of 23 August 1993 (procès-verbal of rectification concerning certain modifications); vol. 1860, p. 422 and doc. TRANS/SC1/WP29/400 (supplement 10 to amendments series 03); C.N.344.1994.TREATIES-46 of 16 January 1995 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/412 (supplement 11 to amendments series 03); vol. 1911, p. 341 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/460 (supplement 12 to amendments series 03); vol. 1963, p. 417 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/498 (supplement 13 to amendments series 03); vol. 1989, p. 529 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/523 (supplement 14 to amendments series 03); vol. 2016, p. 19 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/586 (supplement 15 to3); vol. 2024, p. 35 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); C.N.302.1998.TREATIES-69 of 6 August 1998 (procès-verbal concerning modifications); C.N.322.1998.TREATIES-93 and doc.TRANS/WP/29/622 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.677.1999.TREATIES-1 of 26 July 1999 (adoption); C.N.369.1999.TREATIES-1 of 17 May 1999 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/649 (supplement 17 to amendments series 03) and C.N.1088.1999.TREATIES-1 of 3 December 1999 (adoption); C.N.635.1999.TREATIES-3 of 13 July 1999 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/670 (supplement 18 to amendments series 03) and C.N.20.2000.TREATIES-1 of 19 January 2000 (adoption); C.N.438.2000.TREATIES-1 of 28 June 2000 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/719 (supplement 19 to amendments series 03) and C.N.1480.2000.TREATIES-2 of 15 January 2001 (adoption); C.N.110.2001.TREATIES-1 of 9 March 2001 and doc.TRANS/WP.29/748 (supplement 20 to amendments series 03) and C.N.775.2001.TREATIES-3 of 17 September 2001 (adoption); C.N.536.2001.TREATIES-2 of 4 June 2001 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/778 (supplement 21 to amendments series 03) and C.N.1417.2001.TREATIES-3 of 10 December 2001 (adoption); C.N.612.2002.TREATIES-1 of 7 June 2002 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/845 (supplement 22 to amendments series 03) and C.N.1154.2002.TREATIES-2 of 9 December 2002 (adoption); C.N.32.2003.TREATIES-1 of 17 January 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/893 (modifications); C.N.867.2003.TREATIES-1 of 26 August 2003 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/935 (supplement 23 to amendments series 03) and C.N.248.2004.TREATIES-1 of 12 March 2004 (adoption); C.N.458.2004.TREATIES-1 of 13 May 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/1000 (supplement 24 to the 03 series) and C.N.1160.2004.TREATIES-2 of 15 November 2004 (adoption); C.N.1286.2004.TREATIES-1 of 23 December 2004 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2004/50 and its Corr.1 (supplement 25 to amendments series 03) and C.N.484.2005.TREATIES-1 of 23 June 2005 (adoption); C.N.1333.2005.TREATIES-1 of 4 January 2006 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/2005/66 (supplement 26 to amendments series 03) and C.N.525.2006.TREATIES-2 of 10 July 2006 (adoption); C.N.296.2006.TREATIES-1 of 10 April 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/12 (supplement 27 to amendments series 03) and C.N.867.2006.TREATIES-2 of 25 October 2006 (adoption); C.N.1173.2006.December 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/82 + Corr. 1 (F only) (supplement 28 to amendments series 03) and C.N.691.2007.TREATIES-1 of 6 July 2007 (adoption); C.N.1144.2006.TREATIES-1 of 13 December 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/81 (modifications); C.N.777.2007.TREATIES-1 of 2 August 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/52 (modifications); C.N.778.2007.TREATIES-2 of 2 August 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/51 (modifications); C.N.782.2007.TREATIES-1 of 3 August 2007 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/54 + Amend.1 (supplement 29 to amendments series 03) and C.N.135.2008.TREATIES-1 of 26 February 2008 (adoption); C.N.1214.2007.TREATIES-2 of 11 January 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2007/64 + Amend.1 + amendments referred to in para. 46 of the report of the session (supplement 30 to amendments series 03) and C.N.487.2008.TREATIES-3 of 14 July 2008 (adoption); C.N.291.2008.TREATIES-2 of 15 April 2008 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/17 (supplement 31 to amendments series 03) and C.N.795.2008.TREATIES-4 of 28 October 2008 (adoption); C.N.31.2009.TREATIES-1 of 22 January 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2008/84 (supplement 32 to amendments series 03) and C.N.439.2009.TREATIES-3 of 22 July 2009 (adoption); C.N.206.2009.TREATIES-2 of 24 April 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/18 and Corr.1 (supplement 33 to amendments series 03) and C.N.760.2009.TREATIES-4 of 27 October 2009 (adoption); C.N.559.2009.TREATIES-4 of 17 September 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/78 (modifications); C.N.561.2009.TREATIES-5 of 17 September 2009 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/79 (modifications); C.N.81.2010.TREATIES-1 of 19 February 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/87 (Supplement 34 to amendments series 03) and C.N.502.2010.TR-4 of 19 August 2010 (Adoption); C.N.123.2010.TREATIES-2 of 3 March 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/86 (modifications); C.N.288.2010.TREATIES-2 of 16 June 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/16 (modifications); C.N.301.2010.TREATIES-1 of 9 June 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/17 (supplement 35 to 03) (proposal of amendments) and C.N.722.2010.TREATIES-5 of 10 December 2010 (adoption); C.N.794.2010.TREATIES-6 of 23 December 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/103 (modifications); C.N.795.2010.TREATIES-7 of 23 December 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/104 (modifications); C.N.818.2010.TREATIES-8 of 23 December 2010 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/96 (Supplement 36 to the 03 series of amendments) (proposals of amendments) and C.N.353.2011.TREATIES-5 of 23 June 2011 (adoption of amendments); C.N.150.2011.TREATIES-1 of 28 April 2011 (modifications) and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/22 (Corrigendum 2 to Supplement 34 to the 03 series of amendments); C.N.151.2011.TREATIES-2 of 28 April 2011 (modifications) and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/23 (Corrigendum 2 to Supplement 35 to the 03 series of amendments); C.N.152.2011.TREATIES-3 of 28 April 2011 (modifications) and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/24 (Corrigendum 2 to Supplement 36 to the 03 series of amendments); C.N.212.2011.TREATIES-4 of 28 April 2011 (proposal of amendments) and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/10 (Supplement 37 to the 03 series of amendments) and C.N.719.2011.TREATIES-6 of 2 November 2011 (adoption); C.N.843.2011.TREATIES-7 of 26 January 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.431.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 3 August 2012 (adoption of amendments); C.N.251.2012.TREATIES-XI-B-16-37 of 18 May 2012 (corrections); C.N.228.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 18 May 2012 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.658.2012.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 26 November 2012 (adoption); C.N.21.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 15 January 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.459.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 24 July 2013 (adoption); C.N.230.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 3 May 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.940.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 21 November 2013 (adoption); C.N.985.2013.TREATIES-IX.B.16.37 of 10 December 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.383.2014.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 17 June 2014 (adoption); C.N.765.2014.TREATIES-IX.B.16.37 of 15 December 2014 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.340.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 19 June 2015 (adoption); C.N.226.2015.TREATIES-IX.B.16.37 of 8 April 2015 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.575.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 2 November 2015 (adoption); C.N.923.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 22 December 2016 (proposal of amendments) and CN.356.2017.TREATIES-XI-B-16-37 of 10 July 2017 (adoption); C.N.500.2018.TREATIES-XI-B-16-37 of 29 October 2018(Amendments); C.N.261.2019.TREATIES-XI.B.16.37 of 14 June 2019 (Amendments); C.N.201.2022.TREATIES-XI-B-16-37 of 25 July 2022 (Amendments).<superscript>2</superscript>

Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 37<superscript>3</superscript>ParticipantApplication of regulation, Succession(d)Armenia 1 Mar 2018 Australia 1 Jun 2010 Austria 9 Nov 1981 Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium 7 Aug 1978 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>1</superscript>28 Sep 1998 dCroatia<superscript>1</superscript>17 Mar 1994 dCzech Republic<superscript>4</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dDenmark23 Jan 1978 Egypt 5 Dec 2012 Estonia26 May 1999 European Union<superscript>5</superscript>23 Jan 1998 Finland 1 Feb 1978 France 4 May 1978 Germany<superscript>6,7</superscript> 1 Feb 1978 Greece 4 Oct 1995 Hungary24 Sep 1979 Italy16 Jun 1978 Japan22 May 2015 Latvia19 Nov 1998 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg 2 Aug 1985 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>8</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>6</superscript> 1 Feb 1978 New Zealand<superscript>9</superscript>18 Jan 2002 Nigeria18 Oct 2018 North Macedonia<superscript>1</superscript> 1 Apr 1998 dNorway23 Dec 1987 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 Nov 2022 Poland 2 Jun 1983 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania 2 Jul 1979 Russian Federation19 Dec 1986 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia<superscript>1</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSlovakia<superscript>4</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia<superscript>1</superscript> 3 Nov 1992 dSouth Africa18 Apr 2001 Spain27 Nov 1979 Sweden 3 Sep 1980 Switzerland 4 Dec 1995 Türkiye 8 May 2000 Uganda23 Aug 2022 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 Feb 1978

1It appears from the indications given by the former Yugoslavia that it had applied Regulation 37 <i>de facto </i> as from 15 Feburary 1982, and the Secretary-General's understanding was that none of the other Contracting Parties concerned objected thereto. 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.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.3For 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.4Czechoslovakia applied Regulation No. 37 as from 11 November 1980. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.5In a letter dated 29 July 1998, the European Community informed the Secretary-General of the following:"The accession of the EC has the effect that the [...] regulations adhered to are not (in cases where a Member State already applied a regulation: no longer) applied by Member States by virtue of their status as Contracting Parties to the Agreement but exclusively in their capacity as Member States of the Contracting Party European Community. Thus, the 14 Member States already Contracting Parties themselves, now apply all [these] regulations by virtue of the EC's accession."... By the EC accession, Ireland has not become a Contracting Party. Only the EC has become a Contracting Party. Ireland being a Member State of this Contracting Party applies the [...] regulations [adhered to by the EC] by virtue of the EC's accession.It will be recalled that, as at 29 July 1999, States Members of the EC are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.6Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).7The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 37 as from 23 June 1979.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 of the following:- [Regulation No. 37 which had] 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.”Moreover, it should be noted that Regulation No. 37 was proposed by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany...See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.8See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.9See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.