Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement

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Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement are the countries and regional organizations that have formally joined the UN 1998 Agreement on Global Technical Regulations for vehicles, committing to harmonized international safety and environmental standards.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of states and regional economic integration organizations ⓘ
treaty participant collective ⓘ
administeredBy United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations ⓘ
aimsTo facilitate international trade in motor vehicles ⓘ
improve road safety worldwide ⓘ
reduce vehicle emissions globally ⓘ
basedOn 1998 Agreement on Global Technical Regulations ⓘ
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 ⓘ
canPropose new global technical regulations ⓘ
canVoteOn global technical regulations ⓘ
canWithdrawFrom 1998 Agreement under its withdrawal provisions ⓘ
coexistsWith other UN vehicle regulatory agreements under WP.29 ⓘ
commitsTo development of global technical regulations for vehicles ⓘ
enhancement of vehicle safety ⓘ
harmonization of vehicle technical regulations ⓘ
mutual cooperation in vehicle regulation development ⓘ
reduction of environmental impact from vehicles ⓘ
cooperateWith automotive industry stakeholders through WP.29 processes ⓘ
follows procedures established in the 1998 Agreement ⓘ
hasCollectiveResponsibility to maintain and update global technical regulations ⓘ
hasDecisionMaking consensus or voting within WP.29 framework ⓘ
hasEntryCondition deposit of an instrument of accession, ratification or approval ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn international public law ⓘ
hasMembershipType open to UN member States ⓘ
open to regional economic integration organizations ⓘ
hasObjective to avoid technical barriers to trade in the automotive sector ⓘ
to promote global regulatory convergence for vehicles ⓘ
hasRight to participate in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations decision-making on GTRs ⓘ
hasScope wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts ⓘ
hasStatus binding treaty participants ⓘ
includes regional economic integration organizations ⓘ
sovereign states ⓘ
isDefinedBy accession, ratification or approval of the 1998 Agreement ⓘ
isListedIn status of the 1998 Agreement maintained by the UN Treaty Section ⓘ
mustNotify accession to the UN Secretary-General ⓘ
operatesUnder World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) ⓘ
participatesIn development of UN Global Technical Regulations (GTRs) ⓘ
partOf United Nations vehicle regulations framework ⓘ
recognizedBy United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement ⓘ
Contracting Parties to the 1997 Agreement ⓘ
subjectOf UN Global Technical Regulations system ⓘ
subjectTo obligations defined in the 1998 Agreement ⓘ
usesInstrument global technical regulations ⓘ
usesLanguage official UN languages for treaty procedures ⓘ

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

Global Technical Regulations under the 1998 Agreement → usedBy → Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement ⓘ
Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement → coordinatesWith → Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement
Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement → relatedTo → Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement