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 | 15 February 1981 | ||
| France | 15 February 1981 | ||
| Italy | 13 November 1981 | ||
| Netherlands | 21 June 1985 | ||
| Sweden | 18 August 1981 | ||
| Belgium | 08 March 1981 | ||
| Hungary | 06 March 1984 | ||
| Czech Republic | 12 September 1981 | ||
| Spain | 01 November 1983 | ||
| Serbia | 27 April 1992 | ||
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15 February 1981 | ||
| Austria | 27 May 1984 | ||
| Luxembourg | 01 May 1983 | ||
| Norway | 24 May 1993 | ||
| Finland | 25 September 1981 | ||
| Denmark | 24 March 1998 | ||
| Romania | 03 February 1984 | ||
| Poland | 13 November 1992 | ||
| Portugal | 20 August 1990 | ||
| Russian Federation | 30 June 1998 | ||
| Ireland | 24 March 1998 | ||
| Croatia | 08 October 1991 | ||
| Slovenia | 22 December 1985 | ||
| Slovak Republic | 12 September 1981 | ||
| Belarus | 02 July 1995 | ||
| Estonia | 28 December 1998 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 06 March 1992 | ||
| Latvia | 18 January 1999 | ||
| Bulgaria | 21 January 2000 | ||
| Lithuania | 29 March 2002 | ||
| Turkey | 07 July 2000 | ||
| North Macedonia | 17 September 1991 | ||
| European Union | 24 March 1998 | ||
| Ukraine | 08 October 2002 | ||
| Republic of South Africa | 17 June 2001 | ||
| New Zealand | 19 March 2002 | ||
| Malta | 01 May 2004 | ||
| Malaysia | 06 April 2005 | ||
| Montenegro | 03 June 2006 | ||
| Cyprus | 01 May 2004 | ||
| Greece | 03 December 1995 | ||
| Albania | 05 November 2011 | ||
| Japan | 16 August 2014 | ||
| Georgia | 25 May 2015 | ||
| Egypt | 03 February 2013 | ||
| Australia | 24 June 2016 |
View the UN depository notification for Australia’s application of UN R43. |
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| 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 | ||
| 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 |