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 | ||
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| Albania | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Australia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Austria | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Belarus | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Belgium | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Bulgaria | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Croatia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Cyprus | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Czech Republic | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Denmark | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Egypt | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Estonia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| European Union | 22 January 2017 |
The EU does not issue or accept type approvals under the 1958 Agreement. The EU applies UN R139 via the General Safety Regulation (EC) No 661/2009; however, implementation is handled by the member-state type approval authorities. |
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| Finland | 22 January 2017 | ||
| North Macedonia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| France | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Georgia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Germany | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Greece | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Hungary | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Ireland | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Italy | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Japan | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Latvia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Lithuania | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Luxembourg | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Malaysia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Malta | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Montenegro | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Netherlands | 22 January 2017 | ||
| New Zealand | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Norway | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Poland | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Portugal | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Republic of Korea | 22 January 2017 |
Korea does not issue or accept type approvals under the 1958 Agreement. |
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| Republic of Moldova | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Republic of South Africa | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Romania | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Russian Federation | 22 January 2017 | ||
| San Marino | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Serbia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Slovak Republic | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Slovenia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Spain | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Sweden | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Switzerland | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Tajikistan | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Thailand | 22 January 2017 |
Thailand does not accept foreign type approvals granted under the 1958 Agreement. |
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| Tunisia | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Turkey | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Ukraine | 22 January 2017 | ||
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 22 January 2017 | ||
| Nigeria | 17 December 2018 | ||
| Republic of Armenia | 30 April 2018 | ||
| Philippines | 03 November 2022 | ||
| 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 |