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List of United Nations Transport Legal Instruments

 

Transport Infrastructures
1 Declaration on the Construction of Main International Traffic Arteries, of 16 September 1950
  English/French      
  Status and Contracting Parties
         
2 European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR), of 15 November 1975
  English (Consolidated text 2016) French (Consolidated text 2016) Russian (Consolidated text 2016)  
  English (Consolidated text 2008) French (Consolidated text 2008) Russian (Consolidated text 2008)  
  Status and Contracting Parties  
  Map of 'E' Roads (2007)  
     
3 European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC), of 31 May 1985
  English French Russian (forthcoming)  
  Status and Contracting Parties  
         
4 European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC), of 1 February 1991
  Status and Contracting Parties  
         
5 Protocol on Combined Transport on Inland Waterways to the European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) of 1991, of 1997
  English French Russian  
  Status and Contracting Parties  
         
6 European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN), of 19 January 1996
  English/French/Russian  
  Status and Contracting Parties  

 

Road Traffic and Road Signs and Signals
7 Convention on Road Traffic, of 19 September 1949 (including Final Act and related documents)
  English/French/Spanish      
  Status and Contracting Parties
             
8 Convention on Road Traffic, of 8 November 1968 (2006 consolidated version) (Hard copy)
  Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish
  Status and Contracting Parties
  Amendments which entered into force on 14 July 2022
  Amendments which entered into force on 19 September 2016
  Corrigendum to the Amendments which entered into force on 23 March 2016
  Amendments which entered into force on 23 March 2016
  Amendments which entered into force on 28 March 2006
  English French Russian      
  Amendment 1 only (entered into force on 3 September 1993)
  English French Russian      
  Convention on Road Traffic, of 8 November 1968 (1993 consolidated version)
  English French Russian      
  Chinese and Spanish versions of original unamended Convention
   
9 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals, of 19 September 1949
  English/French/Spanish      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
10 Convention on Road Signs and Signals, of 8 November 1968 (2006 consolidated version) (Hard copy)
  Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish
  Status and Contracting Parties
  Corrigendum to the amendments which entered into force on 28 March 2006
  English French Russian      
  Amendments which entered into force on 28 March 2006
  English French Russian      
  Convention on Road Signs and Signals, of 8 November 1968 (amended version)
  English French Russian Annex 1 Annex 2  
  Amendments which entered into force on 30 November 1995
  English French Russian      
  Chinese and Spanish versions of original unamended Convention
   
11 European Agreement supplementing the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic, of 1 May 1971 (2006 consolidated version) - (Hard copy)
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
  European Agreement supplementing the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic, of 1 May 1971
  English/French Russian      
  Amendment 1 only (entered into force on 28 August 1993)
  English/French/Russian      
  Amendment 2 only (entered into force on 27 Janvier 2001)
  English/French/Russian      
  Amendments which entered into force on 28 March 2006
  English French Russian      
   
12 European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals (1968), of 1 May 1971
  English/French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
  E/ECE/812/Amend.1
  English/French/Russian      
  Amendment which entered into force on 28 March 2006
  English French Russian      
   
13 European Agreement on the Application of Article 23 of the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic concerning the Dimensions and Weights of Vehicles Permitted to Travel on Certain Roads of the Contracting Parties, of 16 September 1950
  English/French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
14 European Agreement supplementing the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals of 16 September 1950
  English/French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
15 European Agreement on Road Markings, of 13 December 1957
  English/French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
16 Protocol on Road Markings, Additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals, of 1 March 1973
  English/French/Russian        
  Status and Contracting Parties
  Amendment which entered into force on 28 March 2006
  English French Russian      
   
17 Agreement on Minimum Requirements for the Issue and Validity of Driving Permits (APC), of 1 April 1975
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties

 

Road Vehicles
18 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Harmonized Technical United Nations Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these United Nations Regulations, of 20 March 1958
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
19 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of Such Inspections, of 13 November 1997
  English French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
20 Agreement concerning the Establishing of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and / or be used on Wheeled Vehicles, of 25 June 1998
  English/French/Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties

 

Other Legal Instruments Related to Road and Rail Transport
Road - Working Conditions
21 European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), of 1 July 1970 (Consolidated text dated 20 September 2010)
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
  Non official table of contents
  English French Russian      
  Attestation form introduced by amendment 6 to AETR
  English French Russian      
  Appendix 1B of the Annex to the AETR (Concerning Digital Tachograph)
  English French Russian      
  Amendments which entered into force on 23 April 2022 (see Annex)
  English / French / Russian
  Amendments which entered into force on 8 January 2020 (see Annex)
  English / French / Russian
  Amendments which entered into force on 5 July 2016 (see Annex)
  English / French / Russian
   
Road - Taxation
22 Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private use in International Traffic, of 18 May 1956
  English/French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
23 Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Passenger Transport, of 14 December 1956
  English/French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
24 Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport, of 14 December 1956
  English/French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
Road - Private Law
25 Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), of 19 May 1956
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
26 Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), of 5 July 1978
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
27 Additional Protocol to the CMR concerning the electronic consignment note (e-CMR)
  English
(authentic language)
French
(authentic language)
Russian
(translation)
     
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
28 Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Road (CVR), of 1 March 1973
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
29 Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Road (CVR), of 5 July 1978
  English/French/Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
Road - Economic Regulations
30 General Agreement on Economic Regulations for International Road Transport, of 17 March 1954
  English/French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
Rail
  Model Rules on Permanent Identification of Railway Rolling Stock, of 24 February 2023
  English/French/Russian
   
  Convention on the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail, of 17 November 2023
  English/French/Russian
  Status and Contracting Parties

 

Inland Water Transport
31 Convention relating to the Unification of Certain Rules concerning Collisions in Inland Navigation, of 15 March 1960
  English/French/Russian/German    
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
32 Convention on the Registration of Inland Navigation Vessels, of 25 January 1965
  English French/Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
33 Convention on the Measurement of Inland Navigation Vessels, of 15 February 1966
  English French/Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
34 Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Inland Navigation Vessels (CLN), of 1 March 1973
  English/French/Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
35 Protocol to the Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Inland Navigation Vessels (CLN), of 5 July 1978
  English/French/Russian      
  Status and Signatories
   
36 Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Inland Waterway (CVN), of 6 February 1976
  English/French/Russian/German    
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
37 Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Inland Waterways (CVN), of 5 July 1978
  English/French/Russian/German    
  Status and Signatories

 

Border Crossing Facilitation
38 Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, signed in New York on 4 June 1954
  English French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
39 Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the importation of tourist publicity documents and material, signed in New York on 4 June 1954
  English French Spanish      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
40 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles, signed in New York on 4 June 1954
  English French Russian   Arabic   Annexes (E/F only) Annex (Arabic)  
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
41 Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention), of 15 January 1959
  English and French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
42 Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention), of 14 November 1975
  English/French/Russian        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
43 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats, of 18 May 1956
  English   French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
44 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles, of 18 May 1956
  English French Russian Arabic Annexes (E/F only)  
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
45 International Convention to Facilitate the Crossing of Frontiers for Passengers and Baggage carried by Rail, of 10 January 1952
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
46 International Convention to Facilitate the Crossing of Frontiers for Goods Carried by Rail, of 10 January 1952
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
47 Customs Convention concerning Spare Parts Used for Repairing Europ Wagons, of 15 January 1958
  English French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
48 Customs Convention on Containers, of 18 May 1956
  English and French
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
49 Customs Convention on Containers, of 2 December 1972
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
50 European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets Used in International Transport, of 9 December 1960
  English French        
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
51 International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 21 October 1982
  English French Russian Spanish    
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
52 Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers Used in International Transport, 21 January 1994
   Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
58 Convention on International Customs Transit Procedures for the Carriage of Goods by Rail under Cover of SMGS Consignment Notes Geneva, 9 February 2006
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
59 Convention on the facilitation of border crossing procedures for passengers, luggage and load-luggage carried in international traffic by rail, of 22 February 2019
  English French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties

 

Transport of Dangerous Goods
53 Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), of 30 September 1957
  English (ADR 2019) | French (ADR 2019)
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
54 Protocol amending article 1 (a), article 14 (1) and article 14 (3) (b) of the Agreement of 30 September 1957 concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), of 28 October 1993
  English    French Russian      
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
55 Convention on Civil Liability for Damage caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD), of 10 October 1989
  Status and Contracting Parties
   
56 European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN), of 25 May 2000
  Text (ADN 2017)
  Status and Contracting Parties

 

Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs
57 Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage (ATP), of 1 September 1970
  Text of the Agreement
  Status and Contracting Parties