Contracting Parties under 1998 Agreement

The following Contracting Parties are officially listed by the World Forum as applying this regulation. Nonetheless, this designation does not necessarily mean that a given Contracting Party either issues its own type approvals or accepts type approvals issued by other parties as there are exceptions.

Contracting Party Effective Date
Australia 07 June 2008
Azerbaijan 14 June 2002
Belarus 03 March 2015
Canada 25 August 2000
People's Republic of China 09 December 2000
Cyprus 11 June 2005
European Union 25 August 2000
Finland 07 August 2001
France 25 August 2000
Germany 25 August 2000
Hungary 21 August 2001
India 22 April 2006
Italy 30 January 2001
Kazakhstan 27 August 2011
Republic of Korea 01 January 2001
Lithuania 25 July 2006
Luxembourg 15 November 2005
Malaysia 04 April 2006
Republic of Moldova 17 March 2007
Netherlands 05 March 2002
New Zealand 26 January 2002
Norway 29 November 2004
Romania 24 June 2002
Russian Federation 25 August 2000
San Marino 26 January 2016
Slovak Republic 26 January 2002
Slovenia 08 May 2014
Republic of South Africa 17 June 2001
Spain 22 June 2002
Sweden 01 February 2003
Tajikistan 26 February 2012
Turkey 01 September 2001
Tunisia 01 January 2008
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25 August 2000
United States of America 25 August 2000
Japan 25 August 2000
Republic of Uganda 23 August 2022
Nigeria 18 October 2018