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
                                            
                Article 1 - Definitions
                            Article 2 - Annexes to the Convention
                            Article 3 - Obligations of the Contracting Parties
                            Article 4 - Signs and Signals
                
                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
                
                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
                
                Article 41 -   Validity of Driving Licensess
                            Article 42 - Suspension of the Validity of Driving Licenses
                            Article 43 - Transitional Provisions
                
                Article 44
                
                
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:
                
                    
                        Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Central African Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hungary
Indonesia
Iran
                    
                    
                        Iraq
Israel
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
                    
                    
                        Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
                    
                 
                
                 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-governmental 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 ................................................................Sadullah Yusufi
                                                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...........................................................................Shashikant Kanthal
                            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 ........................................................................Rolf Normann Torgersen
                            Peru.............................................................................Enrique Lafosse
                            Philippines....................................................................Baltazar Aquino
                            Poland..........................................................................Jozef Wojciechowski
                            Portugal.......................................................................Armando De Paula, Coelho, A. B. 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, Youssef Ezzeldine
                            United Kingdom of G.B. and Northern Ireland..............James Richard Madge
                            United States of America ............................................W.J. Stibravy, C. W. Prisk, H. H. Kelly
                            Venezuela...................................................................Francisco Azpurua Espinoza
                            Yugoslavia..................................................................Lazar Moisov
                            The President of the Conference ...............................A. Buzzi Quattrini
                            The Executive Officer..................................................F.D. Masson                
                
                
                 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 drivers license conforming to the provisions of Annex 6 to this Convention;
                            (c) Any international drivers 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 drivers 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 drivers 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.
                            
                            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 drivers 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.
                            
                            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 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
                            theref withdrawing the right to use the permit may:
                            
                            (a) Withdrawal and retain international drivers license 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 license,
                            or domestic driver's license to the authority by or on behalf of which the
                            license issued;
                            
                            (c) In the case of an international drivers license, 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 drivers 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.
                            
                            Article 43
                            Transitional provisions
                            
                            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 drivers licenses provided for in this Convention.
                            
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