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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Belarus | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Belgium | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Bulgaria | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Croatia | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Cyprus | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Czech Republic | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Denmark | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Estonia | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Finland | 09 July 2013 | ||
| France | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Germany | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Greece | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Hungary | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Italy | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Japan | 09 February 2014 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Republic of Korea | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Latvia | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Lithuania | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Luxembourg | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Malaysia | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Montenegro | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Netherlands | 09 July 2013 | ||
| New Zealand | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Norway | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Poland | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Portugal | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Romania | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Russian Federation | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Serbia | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Slovak Republic | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Slovenia | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Republic of South Africa | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Spain | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Sweden | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Thailand | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Tunisia | 09 July 2013 | ||
| North Macedonia | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Turkey | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Ukraine | 09 July 2013 | ||
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Ireland | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Malta | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Albania | 09 July 2013 | ||
| Egypt | 09 July 2013 | ||
| San Marino | 26 January 2016 | ||
| Republic of Moldova | 20 November 2016 | ||
| Georgia | 25 May 2015 | ||
| Switzerland | 09 July 2013 | ||
| European Union | 09 July 2013 |
Via the General Safety Regulation (EC) No 661/2009, all EU member-states apply UN R129; however, the EU does not itself issue or accept type approvals. Only the member-states (i.e., at the national level) may issue or accept approvals. |
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| Nigeria | 17 December 2018 | ||
| Republic of Armenia | 30 April 2018 | ||
| Philippines | 03 November 2022 | ||
| Principality of Andorra | 10 June 2023 | ||
| Republic of Uganda | 23 August 2022 | ||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 31 October 2023 | ||
| Socialist Republic of Viet Nam | 24 September 2023 | ||
| Islamic Republic of Pakistan | 24 April 2020 |