Partijen en gegevens

The Government of the Netherlands [will] ratify the Agreement only when the law of the European Economic Community conforms with the provisions of the latter.

On 10 May 2019, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands notified the Secretary-General, pursuant to article 21(2)(b) of the Agreement, that although it intends to accept, for the European part of the Netherlands, the proposed amendment to Article 14 of the AETR, transmitted by C.N.561.2018.TREATIES-XI.B.21 of 16 November 2018, the conditions necessary for such acceptance were not yet fulfilled in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 5 of article 21 of the Agreement, the proposed amendment to the Agreement will be deemed accepted only if before the expiry of a period of nine months following the expiry of a period of six months as indicated in the said article (i.e., by 16 February 2020), the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has not notified an objection to the proposed amendments.

However, if the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands notifies the depositary of its acceptance by 16 February 2020, the amendment will be deemed accepted as from the date as calculated according to the provisions of article 21 (5) (b) of the Agreement.

a) The Government of Spain avails itself of the first of the options provided for in article 5, paragraph 1(b) (ii) of the Agreement whereby persons whose age is less than 21 years may be prohibited from driving in the territory vehicles of a permissible maximum weight exceeding 7.5 tons.

b) The Government of Spain enters the reservation provided for in article 21, paragraph 1, of the Agreement and accordingly does not consider itself bound by article 20, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Agreement.

c) The Government of Spain selects variant (a) of the procedures set forth in paragraph 6 of the Annex entitled ‘Individual Control Book.’

The Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and, in his capacity as depositary of the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport, in view of the extension by the United Kingdom of the application of the said Agreement to the territory of Gibraltar, and taking into account the entry into force of the amendment to its article 14, notifies him of the following declaration approved by the Council of Ministers of the Government of Spain on 22 September 2020:

This declaration is communicated for publication and dissemination in accordance with the depositary practice of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Upon acceding to the Agreement the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic declares, in accordance with its article 21, that it does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 20, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Agreement.

The Government of Czechoslovakia considers article 19 of the Agreement to be in contradiction to the generally recognized right of nations to self-determination.

The German Democratic Republic declares, in accordance with article 21, paragraph 1, of the Agreement, that it does not consider itself bound by article 20, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Agreement.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics does not consider itself bound by article 20, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), and states that, for the submission to arbitration of any dispute among the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the European Agreement (AETR), the agreement of all of the Parties in dispute shall be required in each individual case, and the arbitrators shall only be persons appointed by general agreement between the Parties in dispute.

Transport operations between member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

Transport operations between member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

The Polish Peaople’s Republic considers that the Agreement should be open for participation to all European countries without discrimination.

Transport operations between member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics considers it necessary to declare that the provisions of article 19 of the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), on the extension by States of the validity of the European Agreement (AETR) to the territories for the international relations of which they are responsible, are outdated and contradict the Declaration of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) dated 14 December 1960), which proclaimed the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

Transport operations between member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

Transport operations between member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

The Government of Malta hereby declares that within the meaning of article 19, paragraph 1, of the Agreement, it does not feel bound by the provisions of article 18, paragraphs 2 and 3 thereof.

The Government of Malta declares that transport operations between the Member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

Transport operations between member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

In accordance with the provisions of article 14 of this Agreement:

The Principality of Monaco declared that the accession to the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) does not affect the validity of the Conventions concluded with the Republic of France.

The Government of Georgia reserves its right to use measures to be applied during the tolerance period with respect to the implementation of digital tachograph by the Contracting Parties to the European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) of 1 July 1970, during the two years period after Georgia's accession to the AETR agreement.