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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| Germany | 03 October 1990 | ||
| Italy | 01 June 1980 | ||
| Australia | 31 July 2010 | ||
| Belarus | 02 July 1995 | ||
| Belgium | 16 October 1982 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 06 March 1992 | ||
| Croatia | 08 October 1991 | ||
| Czech Republic | 01 August 1980 | ||
| Finland | 05 July 1988 | ||
| Russian Federation | 17 February 1987 | ||
| Poland | 13 November 1992 | ||
| North Macedonia | 17 September 1991 | ||
| Greece | 20 October 1996 | ||
| Hungary | 26 March 1984 | ||
| Lithuania | 29 March 2002 | ||
| Ukraine | 08 October 2002 | ||
| Luxembourg | 01 May 1984 | ||
| Malaysia | 04 April 2006 | ||
| Turkey | 07 July 2000 | ||
| Netherlands | 01 May 2004 | ||
| Norway | 24 May 1993 | ||
| Montenegro | 03 June 2006 | ||
| Serbia | 27 April 1992 | ||
| Romania | 24 September 1994 | ||
| Slovak Republic | 01 January 1980 | ||
| Slovenia | 01 April 1985 | ||
| Spain | 01 June 1980 | ||
| Albania | 05 November 2011 | ||
| Japan | 01 February 2013 | ||
| European Union | 05 July 2014 | ||
| Egypt | 03 February 2013 | ||
| France | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Austria | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Ireland | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Portugal | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Estonia | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Latvia | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Bulgaria | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Cyprus | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Malta | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Sweden | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| Denmark | 05 July 2014 |
UN R41 applicable by virtue of the European Union’s adoption of the regulation. |
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| San Marino | 26 January 2016 | ||
| Georgia | 25 May 2015 | ||
| Republic of Moldova | 20 November 2016 | ||
| 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 |