Contracting Parties under UN R22 Helmets

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
Germany 07 May 1984
France 16 May 1995
Italy 03 June 1977
Netherlands 01 June 1972
Sweden 15 June 1973
Belgium 01 June 1972
Hungary 23 November 1979
Czech Republic 26 May 1995
Spain 03 December 1976
Serbia 27 April 1992
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 30 June 2000

According to para. 15.1.5. of Regulation No. 22, the United Kingdom may prohibit in its territory sale of helmets and visors not complying with the 05 series of amendments.

Austria 28 July 1987
Luxembourg 01 May 1983
Switzerland 02 July 1982
Norway 21 February 1988
Finland 13 February 1978
Denmark 20 December 1976
Romania 06 May 1996
Poland 13 November 1992
Portugal 24 March 1998
Russian Federation 17 February 1987
Greece 24 March 1998
Ireland 24 March 1998
Croatia 08 October 1991
Slovenia 15 January 1998
Slovak Republic 14 January 1997
Belarus 01 September 2003
Estonia 25 July 1999
Bosnia and Herzegovina 06 March 1992
Latvia 18 January 1999
Bulgaria 01 January 2007
Lithuania 29 March 2002
Turkey 07 July 2000
North Macedonia 17 September 1991
European Union 24 March 1998
New Zealand 19 March 2002
Cyprus 01 May 2004
Malta 01 May 2004
Malaysia 04 April 2006
Montenegro 03 June 2006
Albania 05 November 2011
Georgia 25 May 2015
Egypt 03 February 2013
Republic of Moldova 20 November 2016
San Marino 26 January 2016
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