CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
B
Road Traffic1663United Nations Regulation No. 63. Uniform provisions concerning the approval of L1 category vehicles with regard to sound emission15 August 198515 August 1985, in accordance with article 1(5).15 August 1985, No. 4789Parties31United Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol. 1404, p. 365; Doc. E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.62; C.N.366.1998.TREATIES- 91 of 8 September 1998 and doc. TRANS/WP.29/629 (series 01 of amendments) and C.N.150.1999.TREATIES-1 OF 4 March 1999 (adoption); C.N.709.1999.TREATIES-1 of 6 August 1999 (modifications); C.N.556.2001.TREATIES-1 of 5 June 2001 (modifications); C.N.304.2006.TREATIES-1 of 10 April 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2006/7 (supplement 1 to series 01 of amendments) and C.N.876.2006.TREATIES-2 of 25 October 2006 (adoption); C.N.236.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 3 May 2013 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.950.2013.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 21 November 2013 (adoption of amendments); C.N.399.2015.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 20 July 2015 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.29.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 3 February 2016 (adoption); C.N.531.2016.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 9 August 2016 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.83.2017.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 17 February 2017 (adoption); C.N.182.2017.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 10 April 2017 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.652.2017.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 20 October 2017 (adoption); C.N.618.2018.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 9 January 2019 (amendments); C.N.338.2022.TREATIES-XI.B.16.63 of 19 October 2022 (Amendments).<superscript>1</superscript>
Contracting Parties applying Regulation No. 63<superscript>2</superscript>Participant<superscript>3</superscript>Application of regulation, Succession(d)Armenia 1 Mar 2018 Belarus 3 May 1995 Belgium 8 Jun 1990 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>4</superscript>28 Sep 1998 dCroatia<superscript>4</superscript>17 Mar 1994 dCzech Republic<superscript>5,6</superscript> 2 Jun 1993 dEgypt 5 Dec 2012 European Union10 Dec 2020 Finland 6 May 1988 France20 Aug 1986 Hungary15 Sep 1988 Italy<superscript>6</superscript>15 Aug 1985 Lithuania28 Jan 2002 Luxembourg29 Jun 1990 Malaysia 3 Feb 2006 Montenegro<superscript>7</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNorth Macedonia<superscript>4</superscript> 1 Apr 1998 dNorway25 Mar 1993 Pakistan24 Feb 2020 Philippines 3 Nov 2022 Poland14 Sep 1992 Republic of Moldova21 Sep 2016 Romania26 Jul 1994 Russian Federation<superscript>8</superscript> 6 Jan 1988 San Marino27 Nov 2015 Serbia<superscript>4</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSlovakia<superscript>5,6</superscript>28 May 1993 dSlovenia<superscript>4</superscript> 3 Nov 1992 dTürkiye 8 May 2000 Uganda20 Mar 2023 Ukraine 9 Aug 2002
1 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.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.3The German Democratic Republic applied Regulation No. 63 as from 3 April 1988.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. 63 which was] applied by the German Democratic Republic but not by the Federal Republic of Germany [is] not to be applied in the future...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.4The former Yugoslavia applied Regulation No. 63 as from 16 November 1987. 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. 63 as from 15 August 1985. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.6Contracting State having proposed the Regulation and date of entry into force of the Regulation for that State in accordance with article 1 (3).7See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.8Date of entry into force of Regulation No. 63 as indicated by the contracting State in its notification of application: 2Participant:Date entry into force: Russian Federation1 Jan 1988