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UNITED
NATIONS
CONFERENCE ON ROAD TRAFFIC
Vienna, 7 October - 8 November 1968
Final Act
Convention on Road Traffic
Convention on Road Signs and Signals
Conference Des Nations Unies
Sur La Circulation Routiere
Vienne, 7
Octobre - 8 Nombre 1968
Acte Final
Convention su la circulation routiere
Convention su la signalisation routiere
FINAL ACT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
Geneva, 1969
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FINAL ACT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
I Page
Final Act of the United
Nations
Conference on Road Traffic
II
Convention on Road Traffic
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Article 1
- Definitions
Article 2
- Annexes to the Convention
Article 3
- Obligations of the Contracting Parties
Article 4
- Signs and Signals
Chapter II. Rules
of the Road
Article 5
- Status of Signs and Signals
Article 6
- Instructions given by authorized Officials
Article 7
- General Rules
Article 8
- Drivers
Article 9
- Flocks and Herds
Article 10 - Position
on the Carriageway
Article 11 -
Overtaking and Movement of Traffic in Lines
Article 12 - Passing
of Oncoming Traffic
Article 13 - Speed
and Distance Between Vehicles
Article 14 - General
Requirements Governing Maneuvers
Article 15 - Special
Regulations relating to Regular Public-Transport Service Vehicles
Article 16 - Change
of Direction
Article 17 - Slowing
down
Article 18 -
Intersections and Obligations to give Way
Article 19 -
Level-crossings
Article 20 - Rules
applicable to Pedestrians
Article 21 -
Behaviour of Drivers towards Pedestrians
Article 22 - Islands
on the Carriageway
Article 23 - Standing
and Parking
Article 24 - Opening
of Doors
Article 25 -
Motorways and Similar Roads
Article 26 - Special
rules applicable to Procession and Handicapped Persons
Article 27 - Special
Rules applicable to Cyclists, Mopped Drivers and Motor Cyclists .
Article 28 - Audible
and Luminous Warnings
Article 29 - Rail-bome
Vehicles
Article 30 - Loading
of Vehicles
Article 31 -
Behaviors in Case of Accident
Article 32 -
Lighting: General Requirements
Article 33 -
Lighting: Rules ofor the Use of the Lights specified in Annex 5
Article 34 -
Exemptions
Chapter III.
Condition for the Admission of Motor Vehicles and Trailers to
International Traffic
Article 35 - Registration
Article 36 - Registration
Number
Article 37 - Distinguishing
Sign of the
State of
Registration
Article 38 -
Identification Marks
Article 39 -
Technical Requirements
Article 40 -
Transitional Provision
Chapter IV. Drivers of
Motor Vehicles
Article 41 - Validity of Driving Licensess
Article 42 - Suspension of
the Validity of Driving Licenses
Article 43 - Transitional
Provisions
Chapter V.
Conditions for the Admission of Cycles and Mopeds to International
Traffic
Article 44
Chapter VI. Final
Provisions
Article 45
Article 46
Article 47
Article 48
Article 49
Article 50
Article 51
Article 52
Article 53
Article 54
Article 55
Article 56
Annex I.
Exceptions to the Obligation to
admit Motor Vehicles and Trailers in International Traffic
Annex 2.
Registration Number of Motor
Vehicles and Trailers in International Traffic
The Governments of the
following states were represented at the conference by the
delegation:
Afghanistan
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Canada
Central African Republic
Chile
China
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Federal Republic of Germany
Finland
France
Gabon
Ghana
Greece
Holy See
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait
Liberia
Libya
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mali
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Romania
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
United States of America
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
The Governments of the
following States had observers at the Conference:
Bolivia
Colombia
Cuba
Guatemala
Nicaragua
The International Labour
Organization, the World Health Organization and the International
Atomic Energy Agency were represented at the Conference in a
consultative capacity.
The following
organizations were represented at the Conference by observers:
A - Inter-govemmental
organizations
Commission of the European Communities
Council of Europe
European Conference of Ministers
of Transport
International Institute for the
Unification of Private Law
League of Arab States
Organization for the
Collaboration of Railways
Nordic Council
B - Non-governmental
organizations
European Insurance Committee
International Association for the
Prevention of Road Accidents
International Chamber of Commerce
International Commission on
Illumination
International confederation of
Free Trade Unions
International Criminal Police
Organization
International Federation of
Christian Trade Unions
International Federation of
Senior Police Officers
International Organization for
Standardization
International Permanent Bureau of
Motor Cycle Manufacturers
International Permanent Bureau of
Motor Manufacturers
International Road Federation
International Road Transport
Union
International Union of Official
Travel Organizations
International Union of Public
Transport
International Union of Railways
League of Red Cross Societies
World Federation of Trade Unions
World Touring and Automobile
Organization
3. The conference had
before it and used as a basis for discussion a draft Convention on
Road Traffic and a draft Convention on Road Signs and Signals
prepared by the Secretary-General.
4. On the basis of its
deliberations, as recorded in the summary records of its plenary
meetings and in the summary records of the decisions of its main
committees, the Conference prepared and opened for signature a
Convention on Road Traffic and a Convention on Road Signs and
Signals.
5. In addition, the
Conference adopted by acclimation the following resolution entitled
"A tribute to the
Government and People of the Republic of Austria"
"The
United Nations
Conference on Road Traffic, at the end of its work in Vienna on 7
November 1968, wishes to express its profound gratitude to the
people and Government of Austria and to the City of Vienna for the
kind and generous hospitality granted to all delegates at the
Conference."
In witness whereof the
undersigned representatives have signed this Final Act.
Done at Vienna this
eighth day of November one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight in
a single copy in the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
languages, each text authentic. The original will be deposited with
the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, who will send certified
copies to each of the Governments invited to send representatives to
the Conference.
Afghanistan
...................................... .......................
Saadullah Yosufi
Algeria
Argentina..................................................................
Carlos Ortiz de Rozas
Australia....................................................................
John Pennezel
Austria........................................................................
Kurt Waldheim, Otto Mitterer
Belgium......................................................................
Georges Puttevils
Brazil...........................................................................
Sylvio Carlos Diniz, Borges
Bulgaria........................................................................Demir
Bortschev
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist
Republic.................. Andrei Vasilevich Zubovich
Canada..........................................................................
Gilles Sicotte
Central African Republic
Chile
.............................................................................
Miguel Serrano
China.............................................................................
Pao-nan Cheng
Costa Rica .......................................
............................Franz Jos. Haslinger
Cyprus
..........................................................................
Dnos Nicolaou Aphamis
Czechoslovakia ...................................
.........................Josef Dykast
Denmark ........................................
...............................Kristian Frosig
Dominican
Republic......................................................Theodor
Schmidt
Ecuador .........................................
................................Arseno Larco Diaz
Federal Republic of Germany.........................
.............Otto Linder
Finland..........................................
.................................Ensio Helaniemi
France
............................................................................Jean
Gabarra
Gabon
Ghana...........................................
.................................Jonathan W. Decker
Greece
.........................................................................
Odysseus N. Papadakis
Ole See
........................................................................
Gerolamo Prigione
Hungary.........................................................................
Laszlo Foldvari
India
Indonesia........................................................................Junus
Pohan
Iran ............................................
....................................Asian Afshar
Israel
.............................................................................
Ezra Kamma
Italy............................................
....................................Lionello Cozzi
Japan ...........................................
..................................Kinya Niseki
Kenya..............................................................................Shashinant
Kantihal
Kuwait............................................................................
Mohammad Saad Khadr
Liberia..........................................
..................................Tilmon Gardinir
Libya
.............................................................................
Abdullah Gihril Salah
Luxembourg......................................
............................Rene Logelin
Malaysia.........................................................................
Abdul Fatah Bin Zakaria
Mali................................................................................
Mahamar Maiga
Mexico..........................................
.................................G. Morales Garza
Monaco
Netherlands
..................................................................
Johan Kaufmann, Adriaan H. Runberg
Nigeria..........................................
................................Etim Inyang
Norway .........................................
.............................RolfNormann Torgersen
Peru............................................
................................Enrique Lafosse
Philippines.......................................
..........................Baltazar Aquino
Poland.........................................................................
Jozef.Wojciechowski
Portugal.......................................................................
Armando De Paula, Coelho, Antonio Brito da Silva
Republic of Korea .................................
.....................Tong Un Park
Romania.........................................
............................Victor Mateevici
San
Marino.................................................................
Wilhelm Muller-Femricn
Saudi
Arabia...............................................................
Abdul Munem Bas
Spain...........................................................................
Joaquin Buxo-DuIce
Sudan..........................................................................
Ali Yassin
Sweden .........................................
............................Bertil G. Homquist
Switzerland ......................................
........................Oscar Schurch
Thailand......................................................................
Manu Amatayakul
Turkey..........................................
..............................Gultekin Topcam
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic........................ Markar Makarovich, Yashnik
Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics........................Boris Tikhonovich Shumilin
United Arab
Republic................................................ Mahmoud
Younis El Ansary, YoussefEzzeldine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
..... James Richard Madge
United States of America
............................ Wlliam J. Stibravy, Charles W. Prisk,
Henry H.
Kelly
Venezuela........................................
...........................Francisco Azpurua Espinoza
Yugoslavia...................................................................Lazar
Moisov
The President of the Conference
...................... ......A. Buzzi Quattrini
The Executive Officer..............................
.................F.D. Masson
CHAPTER 4
DRIVERS OF MOTOR
VEHICLES
ARTICLE 41
Validity of driving
license
1.Contracting Parties shall recognize:
(a) Any domestic driver's license drawn up
in their national language or in one of their national
languages, or, if not drawn up in such a language,
accompanied by a certified translation;
(b) Any domestic driver's license conforming
to the provisions of Annex 6 to this Convention; and
(c) Any international driver's document
conforming to the provisions of Annex 7 to this Convention,
as valid for driving in their territories a vehicle coming
within the categories covered by domestic driver's license,
provided that the license is still valid and that it was
issued by another Contracting Party or subdivision thereof
or by an association duly answered thereto by such
other Contracting Party. The provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply to learner-driver permits.
2. Notwithstanding the
provisions of the preceding paragraph:
(a) Where the validity of
the driving license is made subject by special endorsement
to the condition that the holder shall wear certain devices
or that the vehicle shall be equipped in a certain way to
take account of the drivers disability, the license shall
not be recognized as valid unless those conditions are
observed;
(b) Contracting Parities may refuse to
recognize the validity in their territories of driving
licenses held by persons under sixteen years of age;
(c) Contracting Parties may refuse to
recognize the validity in their territories, for the driving
of motor vehicles or combinations or vehicles in categories
C, D and E referred to in Annexes 6 and 7 to this
Convention, of driving licenses held by persons under
twenty-one years of age.
3. Contracting Parties
undertake to adopt such measures as may be necessary to ensure that
the domestic and international driver's documents referred to the in
subparagraphs 1(a). (b) and (c) of this Article are not issues in
their territories without a reasonable guarantee of the drivers
aptitude and physical fitness.
4. For the purpose
of the application of paragraph 1 and sub-paragraph 2 (c) of this
Article:
(a) A motor vehicle of the category B referred to in
Annexes 6 and 7 to this Convention may be coupled to a light
trailer, it may also be coupled to a trailer whose permissible
maximum weight exceeds 750 kg (1,650 LB) but does not exceed the
unloaded with of the motor vehicle if the combined permissible
maximum weights of the vehicles so couple does not exceed 3,500 kg
(7,700 LB);
(b) A motor vehicle
of the category C or of the category D referred to in Annexes 6 and
7 to this convention may be coupled to a light trailer without the
resultant combination ceasing to belong to category C or category D.
5. An international
driver's document shall be issued only to the holder of a domestic
driver's license for the issue of which the minimum condition lad
down in the Convention has been fulfilled. It shall not be valid
after the expiry of the corresponding domestic driver's license.
Article 42
Suspension of
the validity of driver's licenses
1. Contracting Parties or
sub-divisions thereof may withdraw from a driver the right to use
his domestic or international driver's document in their territories
if he commits in their territories a breach of their regulations
rendering him liable under their legislation's to the forfeiture of
his license. In such a case the competent authority of the
Contracting Party or sub-division thereof withdrawing the right to
use the permit may:
(a) Withdrawal and retain
international driver's document until the period of the withdrawal
of use expires or until the holder leaves its territory, whichever
is the earlier;
(b) Notify the withdrawal
of the right to use international driver's document, or domestic
driver's license to the authority by or on behalf of which the
license issued;
(c) In the case of an
international driver's document, enter in the space provided for the
purpose an endorsement to the effect that the license is no longer
valid in its territories;
(d) Where it has not
applied the procedure for which provision in made in sub-paragraph
(a) of this paragraph, supplement the communication referred to tin
sub-paragraph (b) by requesting the authority which issued the
license, or on behalf of which the license was issued, to notify the
person concerned of the decision taken with regard to him.
2. Contracting Parties
shall endeavor to notify the persons concerned of the decisions
communicated to them in accordance with the procedure laid down in
paragraph 1(d) of this Article.
3. Nothing in this
Convention shall be constructed as prohibiting Contracting Parties
or sub-divisions thereof from preventing a driver holding a domestic
or international driver's document from driving if its is evident or
proved that his condition is such that he is unable to drive safely
or if the right to drive has been withdrawn from him in the State in
which he has his normal residence.
Article 43
Transitional
provisions
International driver's
document conforming to the provisions of the Convention on Road
Traffic done at Geneva on 19 September 1949 and issued within a
period of five years from the date of the entry into force of this
Convention in accordance with Article 47, paragraph 1 thereof shall
be accorded, for the purposes of Article 41 and 42 of this
Convention, the same treatment as the international driver's
documents provided for in this Convention.
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