Convention on Road Traffic. Vienna, 8 November 1968

• Reference: XI-B-19

XI B 19. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS - ROAD TRAFFIC 1

19. CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC

Vienna, 8 November 1968

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 21 May 1977, in accordance with article 47(1).

REGISTRATION: 21 May 1977, No. 15705.

STATUS: Signatories: 37. Parties: 85.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 1042, p. 17; and depositary notification

C.N.19.1992.TREATIES-1 of 3 March 1992 (amendments); C.N.120.1993.TREATIES-2

of 6 August 1993 (acceptance of the amendments); C.N.924.2004.TREATIES-4 of

28 September 2004 (proposal of amendments) and C.N.998.2005.TREATIES-3 of

29 September 2005 (acceptance of amendments); C.N.569.2014.TREATIES-XI-B-19 of

23 September 2014 (proposal of amendments to articles 8 and 39 of the Convention) and

CN.529.2015.Reissued.06102015-Eng.TREATIES-XI-B-19 (reissued) of 6 October 2015

(acceptance of amendments to articles 8 and 39 of the Convention)1;

C.N.162.2015.TREATIES-XI-B-19 of 19 March 2015 (proposal of amendment to

paragraph 1 of Annex 2 to the Convention)2 and C.N.155.2016.TTREATIES-XI.B.19 of

8 April 2016 (Acceptance); CN.5.2021.Reissued.15012021.TREATIES-XI-B-19 of 14

January 2021 (Amendment to article 1 and new article 34 bis)3 and C.N.26.2021.

TREATIES-XI.B.19 of 21 January 2021 (Acceptance).4

Note: The Convention was prepared and opened for signature by the United Nations Conference on Road Traffic, held at

Vienna from 7 October to 8 November 1968. It was convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations pursuant to

resolutions 1129 (XLI) and 1203 (XLII)5 adopted by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations on 27 July 1966

and 26 May 1967, respectively. The Conference also prepared and opened for signature the Convention on Road Signs and

Signals (see chapter XI.B-20) and adopted the Final Act.

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Participant6

Signature

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification

Albania.........................................................

29 Jun 2000 a

Armenia .......................................................

8 Feb 2005 a

Austria .........................................................

8 Nov 1968

11 Aug 1981

Azerbaijan....................................................

3 Jul 2002 a

Bahamas.......................................................

14 May 1991 a

Bahrain.........................................................

4 May 1973 a

Belarus.........................................................

8 Nov 1968

18 Jun 1974

Belgium .......................................................

8 Nov 1968

16 Nov 1988

Bosnia and

Herzegovina7..........................................

1 Sep 1993 d

Brazil ...........................................................

8 Nov 1968

29 Oct 1980

Bulgaria .......................................................

8 Nov 1968

28 Dec 1978

Cabo Verde..................................................

12 Jun 2018 a

Central African

Republic.................................................

3 Feb 1988 a

Chile.............................................................

8 Nov 1968

Costa Rica....................................................

8 Nov 1968

Côte d'Ivoire ................................................

24 Jul 1985 a

Croatia7........................................................

23 Nov 1992 d

Cuba.............................................................

30 Sep 1977 a

Czech Republic8..........................................

2 Jun 1993 d

Participant6

Signature

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification

Democratic Republic of

the Congo...............................................

25 Jul 1977 a

Denmark9.....................................................

8 Nov 1968

3 Nov 1986

Ecuador........................................................

8 Nov 1968

Estonia .........................................................

24 Aug 1992 a

Ethiopia........................................................

25 Aug 2021 a

Finland.........................................................

16 Dec 1969

1 Apr 1985

France ..........................................................

8 Nov 1968

9 Dec 1971

Georgia ........................................................

23 Jul 1993 a

Germany10,11 ................................................

8 Nov 1968

3 Aug 1978

Ghana...........................................................

22 Aug 1969

Greece..........................................................

18 Dec 1986 a

Guyana.........................................................

31 Jan 1973 a

Holy See ......................................................

8 Nov 1968

Honduras......................................................

3 Feb 2020 a

Hungary .......................................................

8 Nov 1968

16 Mar 1976

Indonesia......................................................

8 Nov 1968

Iran (Islamic Republic

of)...........................................................

8 Nov 1968

21 May 1976

Iraq...............................................................

1 Feb 2017 a

Israel ............................................................

8 Nov 1968

11 May 1971

Italy..............................................................

8 Nov 1968

2 Oct 1996