1958 Agreement

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The 1958 Agreement is a United Nations framework that establishes harmonized technical regulations and mutual recognition of vehicle type approvals among participating countries.

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1958 Agreement canonical 5
UN 1958 Agreement 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations vehicle regulations agreement ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
legal framework for vehicle type approval ⓘ
administeredBy UNECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ
alsoKnownAs UN Vehicle Regulations 1958 Agreement ⓘ
UNECE 1958 Agreement ⓘ
appliesTo contracting parties that have acceded to the agreement ⓘ
basisFor UN Regulations used in many national vehicle type-approval systems ⓘ
dateSigned 1958-03-20 ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
field environmental protection ⓘ
international trade in motor vehicles ⓘ
road safety ⓘ
transport ⓘ
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 ⓘ
includes United Nations Regulations on anti-theft and security of vehicles ⓘ
United Nations Regulations on energy efficiency of vehicles ⓘ
United Nations Regulations on environmental performance of vehicles ⓘ
United Nations Regulations on vehicle safety ⓘ
initiallyFocusedOn UNECE member States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
laterOpenedTo all United Nations member States ⓘ
legalForm multilateral agreement ⓘ
mechanism mutual recognition of type approvals granted according to UN Regulations annexed to the agreement ⓘ
placeSigned Geneva ⓘ
purpose to enable reciprocal recognition of vehicle type approvals among contracting parties ⓘ
to establish harmonized technical regulations for vehicles, equipment and parts ⓘ
to facilitate international trade in motor vehicles and components ⓘ
to improve vehicle safety and environmental performance through common standards ⓘ
region global ⓘ
relatedBody World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations ⓘ
relatedInstrument 1997 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
1998 Agreement on Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts ⓘ
scope vehicle equipment ⓘ
vehicle parts ⓘ
wheeled vehicles ⓘ
shortName 1958 Agreement ⓘ
UN 1958 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement
subjectMatter harmonized technical regulations ⓘ
mutual recognition of approvals ⓘ
vehicle regulations ⓘ
vehicle type approval ⓘ
underAuspicesOf United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WP.29 → usesInstrument → 1958 Agreement ⓘ
1958 Agreement → shortName → UN 1958 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1958 Agreement
1997 Agreement → relatedTo → 1958 Agreement ⓘ
UNECE Regulations → governedBy → 1958 Agreement ⓘ
UN Regulation No. 51 → partOf → 1958 Agreement ⓘ