Legal instruments in the field of transport

Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections
Vienna, 13 November 1997
Entry into force:	27 January 2001, in accordance with article 5 (1).
Registration:	27 January 2001, No. 37244.
Status:	Signatories: 23, Parties: 12.
Text:	Doc. ECE/RCTE/CONF./4; depositary notification C.N.532.2001.TREATIES-2 of 4 June 2001 (Draft Rule No. 1); C.N.142.2004.TREATIES-1 of 1 March 2004 (Proposal of amendment by Finland to article 12) and C.N.892.2004.TREATIES-4 of 2 September 2004 (Acceptance); C.N.145.2004.TREATIES-2 of 4 March 2004 [Correction to article 11, paragraph (g)]; C.N.806.2006.TREATIES-1 of 4 October 2006 (Proposal of amendments by the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Agreement) and C.N.405.2007.TREATIES-2 of 17 April 2007 (Acceptance of Amendments).

Note: The Agreement was negotiated by ECE Governments in the context of the Preparatory Committee of the Regional Conference on Tranport and Environment. It was open for signature from 13 November 1997 to 30 June 1998, inclusive, in accordance with article 4 (5) of the Agreement.

Participant	Signature	Ratification, Definitive signature (s), Accession (a)
Albania		22 Dec 2004 a
Austria	13 Nov 1997
Belarus		2 Mar 2004 a
Belgium	13 Nov 1997
Bulgaria		11 Jul 2003 a
Cyprus	13 Nov 1997
Czech Republic	13 Nov 1997
Denmark	13 Nov 1997
Estonia		9 Sep 1998 a
Finland	13 Nov 1997	20 Apr 2001
France	13 Nov 1997
Georgia	13 Nov 1997
Germany	13 Nov 1997
Greece	13 Nov 1997
Hungary	13 Nov 1997	28 Nov 2000
Ireland	13 Nov 1997
Italy	13 Nov 1997
Kazakhstan		24 Mar 2011 a
Moldova		5 Dec 2007 a
Netherlands	13 Nov 1997	5 Feb 1999
Portugal	13 Nov 1997
Romania	13 Nov 1997	24 Feb 1999
Russian Federation	13 Nov 1997	13 Nov 1997 s
Slovakia	29 Jun 1998
Spain	13 Nov 1997
Sweden	13 Nov 1997
Switzerland	13 Nov 1997
Ukraine	13 Nov 1997	17 Jan 2007
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	13 Nov 1997

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