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Protocol on Road Signs and Signals

Geneva, 19 September 1949


Entry into force:	20 December 1953, in accordance with article 58.
Registration:	20 December 1953, No. 1671.
Status:	Signatories: 14 ,Parties: 38.
Text:	United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 182, p. 229, and vol. 514, p. 254

Note: The Convention was prepared and opened for signature by the United Nations Conference on Road and Motor Transport held at Geneva from 23 August to 19 September 1949. It was convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations pursuant to resolution 147 B (VII) of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, adopted on 28 August 1948. The Conference also prepared and opened for signature the Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied and the Protocol on Road Signs and Signals and reached certain other decisions which are recorded in the Final Act of the Conference. For the text of the said Final Act, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 125, p. 3.

Participant	Signature	Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d)
Austria	19 Sep 1949	2 Nov 1955
Belgium	19 Sep 1949	23 Apr 1954
Bulgaria		13 Feb 1963 a
Cambodia		14 Mar 1956 a
Cuba		1 Oct 1952 a
Czech Republic		2 Jun 1993 d
Denmark	19 Sep 1949	1 Jul 1959
Dominican Republic		15 Aug 1957 a
Ecuador		26 Sep 1962 a
Egypt	19 Sep 1949	28 May 1957
Finland		24 Sep 1958 a
France	19 Sep 1949	18 Aug 1954
Greece		1 Jul 1952 a
Haiti		12 Feb 1958 a
Holy See		1 Oct 1956 a
Hungary		30 Jul 1962 a
India	29 Dec 1949
Israel	19 Sep 1949
Italy	19 Sep 1949	15 Dec 1952
Kyrgyzstan		22 Mar 1994 a
Lebanon	19 Sep 1949
Luxembourg	19 Sep 1949	17 Oct 1952
Monaco		25 Sep 1951 a
Montenegro		23 Oct 2006 d
Netherlands	19 Sep 1949	19 Sep 1952
Niger		5 Mar 1968 a
Norway	19 Sep 1949
Poland		29 Oct 1958 a
Portugal		15 Feb 1957 a
Romania		26 Jan 1961 a
Russian Federation		17 Aug 1959 a
Rwanda		5 Aug 1964 d
San Marino		19 Mar 1962 a
Senegal		13 Jul 1962 a
Serbia		12 Mar 2001 d
Slovakia		28 May 1993 d
Spain		13 Feb 1958 a
Sweden	19 Sep 1949	25 Feb 1952
Switzerland	19 Sep 1949
Thailand		15 Aug 1962 a
Tunisia		8 Nov 1957 a
Uganda		15 Apr 1965 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland		16 May 1969 a

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