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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 " Application of regulation " 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 " Application of regulation " 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 " Application of regulation " 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. 108, pursuant to article 1 (4); or declared the non-application of Regulation No. 108, pursuant to article 1(5):

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Participant:	Date of the notification:
European Community*	23 Jan 1998
Japan**	25 Sep 1998
Bulgaria***	22 Nov 1999
Australia****	25 Feb 2000
Ukraine*****	1 May 2000
South Africa******	18 Apr 2001
Thailand	2 Mar 2006

*The European Community implicitly notified its non-application of Regulation 108 upon accession by virtue of its declaration restricting  its application to those Regulations in force at the date of accession, i.e. 23ry 1998. Regulation No.108 was not in force at that time, 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 Japan upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI.B.16.

***In a note accompanying the instrument of accession, the Government of Bulgaria notified its intention to apply certain Regulations annexed to the Agreement.  By notifying the application of certain Regulations, the Government of Bulgaria implicitly notified the non-application of those Regulations not specified, in accordance with article 1(5) of the Agreement. See declaration made by Bulgaria upon accession to the Agreement in 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.

******See declaration made by South Africa upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI.B.16.

2 For additional references to the texts of the annexed regulations and their amendments, see doc. TRANS/WP.29/343 as updated annually.

3Proposed by the Administrative Committee.

4See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

5In 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,  inter alia , Regulation No. 108 annexed to the Agreement.  See declaration made by New Zealand upon accession to the Agreement in chapter XI. B. 16.

6See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.