Contracting Parties under UN R138 Quiet Road Transport Vehicles

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
Albania 05 October 2016
Australia 05 October 2016
Austria 05 October 2016
Azerbaijan 05 October 2016
Belarus 05 October 2016
Belgium 05 October 2016
Bosnia and Herzegovina 05 October 2016
Bulgaria 05 October 2016
Croatia 05 October 2016
Cyprus 05 October 2016
Czech Republic 05 October 2016
Denmark 05 October 2016
Egypt 05 October 2016
Estonia 05 October 2016
European Union 05 October 2016
Finland 05 October 2016
North Macedonia 05 October 2016
France 05 October 2016
Georgia 05 October 2016
Germany 05 October 2016
Greece 05 October 2016
Hungary 05 October 2016
Ireland 05 October 2016
Italy 05 October 2016
Kazakhstan 05 October 2016
Latvia 05 October 2016
Lithuania 05 October 2016
Luxembourg 05 October 2016
Malaysia 05 October 2016
Malta 05 October 2016
Montenegro 05 October 2016
Netherlands 05 October 2016
New Zealand 05 October 2016
Norway 05 October 2016
Poland 05 October 2016
Portugal 05 October 2016
Republic of Moldova 20 November 2016
Republic of South Africa 05 October 2016
Romania 05 October 2016
Russian Federation 05 October 2016
San Marino 05 October 2016
Serbia 05 October 2016
Slovak Republic 05 October 2016
Slovenia 05 October 2016
Spain 05 October 2016
Sweden 05 October 2016
Switzerland 05 October 2016
Tunisia 05 October 2016
Turkey 05 October 2016
Ukraine 05 October 2016
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 05 October 2016
Japan 14 January 2018
Nigeria 17 December 2018
Republic of Armenia 30 April 2018
Republic of Korea 05 October 2016
Thailand 05 October 2016
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