1998 Global Agreement

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The 1998 Global Agreement is an international United Nations framework that enables countries to develop and adopt harmonized global technical regulations for vehicle safety, environmental protection, and energy efficiency.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
1998 Agreement 3
1998 Agreement under the auspices of UNECE 1
1998 Global Agreement canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
framework agreement ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
administeredBy UNECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ
adoptedUnder United Nations system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Global Technical Regulations Agreement ⓘ
UNECE 1998 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: UNECE Regulations
appliesTo contracting parties that are UN member states ⓘ
basedOn consensus among contracting parties ⓘ
concerns performance requirements for vehicles and vehicle systems ⓘ
test procedures for vehicle compliance ⓘ
establishes World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations procedures for GTRs ⓘ
field environmental regulation ⓘ
road safety ⓘ
transport policy ⓘ
vehicle regulation ⓘ
focusesOn energy efficiency ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
vehicle safety ⓘ
frameworkFor adopting global technical regulations ⓘ
developing global technical regulations ⓘ
harmonization of national vehicle regulations ⓘ
fullName Agreement Concerning the Establishing of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
geographicalScope global ⓘ
goal to facilitate mutual recognition of technical requirements ⓘ
to reduce technical barriers to international trade in vehicles ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalForm binding international treaty ⓘ
mechanism establishment of Global Technical Regulations (GTRs) ⓘ
negotiatedUnder United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ
purpose to enhance energy efficiency of vehicles ⓘ
to establish global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts ⓘ
to improve vehicle safety ⓘ
to promote harmonization of vehicle technical regulations ⓘ
to protect the environment ⓘ
relatedTo 1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles ⓘ
requires participating countries to follow agreed procedures for developing GTRs ⓘ
scope vehicle equipment ⓘ
vehicle parts ⓘ
wheeled vehicles ⓘ
shortName 1998 Agreement ⓘ
Global Agreement ⓘ
subjectOf global technical regulations for vehicles ⓘ
typeOfRegulation technical regulation framework ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

WP.29 → usesInstrument → 1998 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1998 Global Agreement
1997 Agreement → relatedTo → 1998 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1998 Global Agreement
UNECE Regulations → governedBy → 1998 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1998 Global Agreement
1998 Global Agreement → shortName → Global Agreement ⓘ
linked to: 1998 Global Agreement
Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement → legalBasis → 1998 Agreement under the auspices of UNECE ⓘ
linked to: 1998 Global Agreement