1958 Agreement

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United Nations vehicle regulations agreement international treaty legal framework for vehicle type approval

The 1958 Agreement is a United Nations framework that establishes harmonized technical regulations and mutual recognition of vehicle type approvals among participating countries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
1958 Agreement canonical	2
UN 1958 Agreement	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations vehicle regulations agreement ⓘ international treaty ⓘ legal framework for vehicle type approval ⓘ
administeredBy	UNECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UN Vehicle Regulations 1958 Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ UNECE 1958 Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	contracting parties that have acceded to the agreement ⓘ
basisFor	UN Regulations used in many national vehicle type-approval systems ⓘ
dateSigned	1958-03-20 ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
field	environmental protection ⓘ international trade in motor vehicles ⓘ road safety ⓘ transport ⓘ
hasOfficialName	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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	United Nations Regulations on anti-theft and security of vehicles NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Regulations on energy efficiency of vehicles NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Regulations on environmental performance of vehicles NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Regulations on vehicle safety NERFINISHED ⓘ
initiallyFocusedOn	UNECE member States NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ
laterOpenedTo	all United Nations member States ⓘ
legalForm	multilateral agreement ⓘ
mechanism	mutual recognition of type approvals granted according to UN Regulations annexed to the agreement ⓘ
placeSigned	Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to enable reciprocal recognition of vehicle type approvals among contracting parties ⓘ to establish harmonized technical regulations for vehicles, equipment and parts ⓘ to facilitate international trade in motor vehicles and components ⓘ to improve vehicle safety and environmental performance through common standards ⓘ
region	global ⓘ
relatedBody	World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedInstrument	1997 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles NERFINISHED ⓘ 1998 Agreement on Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	vehicle equipment ⓘ vehicle parts ⓘ wheeled vehicles ⓘ
shortName	1958 Agreement ⓘ UN 1958 Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	harmonized technical regulations ⓘ mutual recognition of approvals ⓘ vehicle regulations ⓘ vehicle type approval ⓘ
underAuspicesOf	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WP.29 → usesInstrument → 1958 Agreement ⓘ

1958 Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles → shortName → 1958 Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN 1958 Agreement