CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Road Traffic8General Agreement on Economic Regulations for International Road transport (a) Additional Protocol (b) Protocol of SignatureGeneva, 17 March 1954[With the exception of the Additional Protocol (paragraph 3 of the Additional Protocol provides that it shall enter into force on the date of its signature and shall be considered an integral part of the General Agreement on the date of entry into force of the Agreement)], see article 10 which reads as follows: "1. The present Agreement shall come into force on the ninetieth day after five of the countries referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 8 (i.e. Countries participating in the work of the Economic Commission for Europe, and countries granted the right to do so by a resolution of the Commission) have signed it without reservation or ratification, have ratified it or have acceded to it. 2. For any country ratifying or acceding to it after that date, the present Agreement shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the said country has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession. 3. The present Agreement shall terminate if at any time the number of Contracting Parties thereto is less than five.".1Signatories11Parties4Doc. E/ECE/186 (E/ECE/TRANS/460), 22 March 1954.
ParticipantSignature, Succession to signature(d)Definitive signature(s), Ratification, Accession(a)Belgium17 Mar 1954 Denmark17 Mar 1954 France17 Mar 1954 sGreece17 Mar 1954 11 Dec 1956 Italy17 Mar 1954 18 Oct 1957 Luxembourg17 Mar 1954 Montenegro<superscript>2</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dNetherlands (Kingdom of the)17 Mar 1954 Norway17 Jan 1956 aSerbia<superscript>3</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSweden17 Mar 1954 Switzerland17 Mar 1954 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland17 Mar 1954
1Paragraph 3 of the Additional Protocol provides that it "shall enter into force on the date of its signature and shall be considered as an integral part of the General Agreement on the date of entry into force of the Agreement".2See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.3The former Yugoslavia had signed the Agreement on 17 March 1954. 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.