Contracting Parties under UN R156 SW Updates

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 22 January 2021
Austria 22 January 2021
Azerbaijan 22 January 2021
Belarus 22 January 2021
Belgium 22 January 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina 22 January 2021
Bulgaria 22 January 2021
Croatia 22 January 2021
Czech Republic 22 January 2021
Denmark 22 January 2021
Estonia 22 January 2021
European Union 22 January 2021

including Cyprus, Ireland, and Malta.

Finland 22 January 2021
France 22 January 2021
Germany 22 January 2021
Greece 22 January 2021
Hungary 22 January 2021
Albania 22 January 2021
Republic of Armenia 22 January 2021
Italy 22 January 2021
Cyprus 22 January 2021
Japan 22 January 2021
Kazakhstan 22 January 2021
Latvia 22 January 2021
Lithuania 22 January 2021
Luxembourg 22 January 2021
Malaysia 22 January 2021
Montenegro 22 January 2021
Netherlands 22 January 2021
New Zealand 22 January 2021
Norway 22 January 2021
Poland 22 January 2021
Portugal 22 January 2021
Republic of Korea 22 January 2021
Republic of Moldova 22 January 2021
Romania 22 January 2021
Russian Federation 22 January 2021
Serbia 22 January 2021
Slovak Republic 22 January 2021
Slovenia 22 January 2021
Republic of South Africa 22 January 2021
Spain 22 January 2021
Sweden 22 January 2021
Switzerland 22 January 2021
Thailand 22 January 2021
Tunisia 22 January 2021
North Macedonia 22 January 2021
Turkey 22 January 2021
Ukraine 22 January 2021
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22 January 2021
Ireland 22 January 2021
Malta 22 January 2021
Egypt 22 January 2021
Georgia 22 January 2021
San Marino 22 January 2021
Islamic Republic of Pakistan 22 January 2021
Nigeria 22 January 2021
Republic of Uganda 23 August 2022
Kyrgyz Republic 31 October 2023
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 24 September 2023
Philippines 02 January 2023