1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles

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The 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles is a United Nations treaty that establishes harmonized international standards for vehicle safety, environmental performance, and related technical regulations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
vehicle regulation framework ⓘ
administeredBy UNECE Inland Transport Committee ⓘ
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ
adoptedUnder United Nations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions ⓘ
appliesTo Contracting Parties that have acceded to the Agreement ⓘ
basedOn principle of harmonized technical regulations ⓘ
category road transport regulation ⓘ
contains UN Regulations for vehicles and vehicle equipment ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1968 ⓘ
establishes mutual recognition of type approvals among Contracting Parties ⓘ
system of type approval for vehicles and equipment ⓘ
feature reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of UN Regulations ⓘ
geographicalScope global ⓘ
initiallyOpenTo UNECE member States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
laterOpenTo all United Nations member States ⓘ
legalForm multilateral agreement ⓘ
objective improvement of road safety ⓘ
reduction of environmental impact of road vehicles ⓘ
purpose establishment of uniform environmental performance standards for vehicles ⓘ
establishment of uniform vehicle safety standards ⓘ
facilitation of international trade in motor vehicles and parts ⓘ
harmonization of technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles ⓘ
regulates braking performance of vehicles ⓘ
crashworthiness of vehicles ⓘ
installation of safety belts and restraint systems ⓘ
occupant protection in vehicles ⓘ
tyre performance and marking ⓘ
vehicle emissions of pollutants ⓘ
vehicle environmental performance requirements ⓘ
vehicle lighting and light-signalling devices ⓘ
vehicle noise emissions ⓘ
vehicle safety requirements ⓘ
relatedTo 1998 Agreement on Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) ⓘ
scope vehicle equipment ⓘ
vehicle parts ⓘ
wheeled vehicles ⓘ
shortName 1958 Agreement ⓘ
UN 1958 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement
subjectMatter technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts ⓘ
updatedBy various amendments adopted by Contracting Parties ⓘ
yearAdopted 1958 ⓘ

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World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations → legalBasis → 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
United Nations Regulations under the 1958 Agreement → basedOn → Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts (1958 Agreement) ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
United Nations Regulations under the 1958 Agreement → shortName → UN/ECE 1958 Agreement Regulations ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
United Nations Regulations under the 1958 Agreement → contains → UN Regulation No. 16 on safety-belts ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
United Nations Regulations under the 1958 Agreement → contains → UN Regulation No. 95 on lateral collision protection ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
United Nations Regulations under the 1958 Agreement → contains → UN Regulation No. 117 on tyre rolling sound emissions and adhesion ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles → alsoKnownAs → Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
1997 Agreement on Periodical Technical Inspections → relatedTo → 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
1958 Agreement → hasOfficialName → Agreement concerning the Adoption of Harmonized Technical United Nations Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these United Nations Regulations ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
1958 Agreement → alsoKnownAs → UN Vehicle Regulations 1958 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
UN Regulation No. 13 → adoptedUnder → 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
subject linked to: UN Regulation No. 13 on braking
UN Regulation No. 48 → basedOn → 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
UN Regulation No. 152 → partOf → 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Harmonized Technical United Nations Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles
Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling → usesFramework → 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
1998 Global Agreement → relatedTo → 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement → relatedInstrument → 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ