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Final Act of the United Nations
Conference on Road Traffic
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Convention on Road Traffic
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Chapter I. General Provisions
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Article 1
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- Definitions
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Article 2
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- Annexes to the Convention
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Article 3
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- Obligations of the Contracting Parties
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Article 4
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- Signs and Signals
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Chapter II. Rules of the Road
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Article 5
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- Status of Signs and Signals
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Article 6
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- Instructions given by authorized Officials
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Article 7
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- General Rules
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Article 8
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- Drivers
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Article 9
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- Flocks and Herds
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Article 10
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- Position on the Carriageway
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Article 11
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- Overtaking and Movement of Traffic in Lines
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Article 12
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- Passing of Oncoming Traffic
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Article 13
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- Speed and Distance Between Vehicles
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Article 14
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- General Requirements Governing Maneuvers
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Article 15
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- Special Regulations relating to Regular Public-Transport Service Vehicles
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Article 16
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- Change of Direction
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Article 17
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- Slowing down
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Article 18
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- Intersections and Obligations to give Way
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Article 19
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- Level-crossings
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Article 20
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- Rules applicable to Pedestrians
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Article 21
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- Behaviour of Drivers towards Pedestrians
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Article 22
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- Islands on the Carriageway
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Article 23
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- Standing and Parking
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Article 24
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- Opening of Doors
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Article 25
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- Motorways and Similar Roads
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Article 26
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- Special rules applicable to Procession and Handicapped Persons
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Article 27
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- Special Rules applicable to Cyclists, Mopped Drivers and Motor Cyclists .
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Article 28
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- Audible and Luminous Warnings
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Article 29
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- Rail-bome Vehicles
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Article 30
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- Loading of Vehicles
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Article 31
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- Behaviors in Case of Accident
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Article 32
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- Lighting: General Requirements
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Article 33
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- Lighting: Rules ofor the Use of the Lights specified in Annex 5
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Article 34
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- Exemptions
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Chapter III. Condition for the Admission of Motor Vehicles and Trailers to International
Traffic
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Article 35
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- Registration
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Article 36
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- Registration Number
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Article 37
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- Distinguishing Sign of the
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State of Registration
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Article 38
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- Identification Marks
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Article 39
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- Technical Requirements
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Article 40
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- Transitional Provision
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Chapter IV. Drivers of Motor Vehicles
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Article 41
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- Validity of Driving Licensess
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Article 42
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- Suspension of the Validity of Driving Licenses
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Article 43
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- Transitional Provisions
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Chapter V. Conditions for the Admission of Cycles and Mopeds to International Traffic
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Article 44
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Chapter VI. Final Provisions
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Article 45
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Article 46
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Article 47
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Article 48
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Article 49
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Article 50
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Article 51
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Article 52
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Article 53
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Article 54
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Article 55
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Article 56
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Annex 1.
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Exceptions to the Obligation to admit Motor Vehicles and Trailers in International
Traffic
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Annex 2.
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Registration Number of Motor Vehicles and Trailers in International Traffic
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The Governments of the following states were represented at the conference by the
delegation:
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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
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Greece
Holy See
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait
Liberia
Libya
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mali
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
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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
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The Governments of the following States had observers at the Conference:
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Bolivia
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Colombia
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Cuba
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Guatemala
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Nicaragua
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The International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization and the International
Atomic Energy Agency were represented at the Conference in a consultative capacity.
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The following organizations were represented at the Conference by observers:
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A - Inter-govemmental organizations
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Commission of the European Communities
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Council of Europe
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European Conference of Ministers of Transport
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International Institute for the Unification of Private Law
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League of Arab States
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Organization for the Collaboration of Railways
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Nordic Council
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B - Non-governmental organizations
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European Insurance Committee
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International Association for the Prevention of Road Accidents
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International Chamber of Commerce
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International Commission on Illumination
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International confederation of Free Trade Unions
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International Criminal Police Organization
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International Federation of Christian Trade Unions
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International Federation of Senior Police Officers
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International Organization for Standardization
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International Permanent Bureau of Motor Cycle Manufacturers
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International Permanent Bureau of Motor Manufacturers
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International Road Federation
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International Road Transport Union
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International Union of Official Travel Organizations
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International Union of Public Transport
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International Union of Railways
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League of Red Cross Societies
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World Federation of Trade Unions
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World Touring and Automobile Organization
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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.
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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.
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5. In addition, the Conference adopted by acclimation the following resolution entitled
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"A tribute to the Government and People of the Republic of Austria"
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"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."
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In witness whereof the undersigned representatives have signed this Final Act.
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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.
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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
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CHAPTER 4
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DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES
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ARTICLE 41
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1 Validity of driving license
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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 license 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.
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2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph:
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(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.
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3. Contracting Parties undertake to adopt such measures as may be necessary to ensure
that the domestic and international driver's licenses 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.
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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.
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5. An international driver's license 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.
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Article 42
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Suspension of the validity of driver's licenses
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1. Contracting Parties or sub-divisions thereof may withdraw from a driver the right
to use his domestic or international driver's license 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:
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(a) Withdrawal and retain international driver's license until the period of the
withdrawal of use expires or until the holder leaves its territory, whichever is
the earlier;
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(b) Notify the withdrawal of the right to use international driver's license, or
domestic driver's license to the authority by or on behalf of which the license
issued;
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(c) In the case of an international driver's license, enter in the space provided
for the purpose an endorsement to the effect that the license is no longer valid
in its territories;
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(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.
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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.
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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 license 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.
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Article 43
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Transitional provisions
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International driver's license 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 licenses
provided for in this Convention.
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