Annex 1. Exceptions to the Obligation to Admit Motor Vehicles and Trailers to International
Traffic
1. Contracting Parties may refuse to admit to their territories in international
traffic motor vehicles, trailers or combinations of vehicles whose overall mass
or mass per axle or dimensions exceed the limits fixed by their domestic legislations
for vehicles registered in their territories. Contracting Parties in whose territories
there is international heavy vehicle traffic shall endeavour to conclude regional
agreements under which roads in the region, with the exception of minor roads, will
be open, in international traffic, to vehicles or combinations of vehicles whose
mass and dimensions do not exceed the figures specified in these agreements.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Annex, the lateral projection of the
following shall not be regarded as projection beyond the permissible maximum width:
(a) Tyres, near their point of contact with the ground and connections
of tyre-pressure indicators;
(b) Anti-skid devices mounted on the wheels;
(c) Driving mirrors so designed as to yield both forwards and
backwards under moderate pressure so that they no longer project beyond the permissible
maximum width;
(d) Side direction-indicators and marker lights, provided that
such projection does not exceed a few centimetres;
(e) Customs seals affixed to the load, and devices for the securing
and protection of such seals.
3. Contracting Parties may refuse to admit to their territories in international
traffic the following combinations of vehicles insofar as the use of such combinations
is prohibited by their domestic legislations:
(a) Motorcycles with trailers;
(b) Combinations of vehicles consisting of a motor vehicle and
several trailers;
(c) Articulated vehicles used for passenger transport.
4. Contracting Parties may refuse to admit to their territories in international
traffic the motor vehicles and trailers to which the exceptions specified in paragraph
60 of
Annex 5 to this Convention are applicable.
5. Contracting Parties may refuse to admit to their territories in international
traffic mopeds and motorcycles whose drivers and passengers, if any, are not equipped
with protective helmets.
6. Contracting Parties may make it a condition for the admission to their territories
in international traffic of any motor vehicle other than a two-wheeled moped or
a two-wheeled motorcycle without side-car, that the motor vehicle shall carry a
device referred to in paragraph 56 of
Annex 5
7. Contracting Parties may make it a condition for the admission to certain difficult
roads or to certain areas of difficult terrain in their territories in international
traffic of motor vehicles with a permissible maximum mass exceeding 3,500 kg, that
such vehicles shall comply with the special requirements laid down in their domestic
legislations concerning the admission to such roads or areas of vehicles of the
same permissible maximum mass registered by them.
8. Contracting Parties may refuse to admit to their territories in international
traffic any motor vehicle equipped with passing lamps with asymmetric beams if such
beams have not been adapted to suit the direction of traffic in their territories.
9. Contracting Parties may refuse to admit to their territories in international
traffic any motor vehicle, or any trailer coupled to a motor vehicle, which displays
a distinguishing sign other than one of those prescribed in
Article 37 of this Convention. Contracting Parties may not refuse admission
to a vehicle which has a distinguishing sign placed separately from the registration
plate in conformity with the provisions of this Convention substituting a distinguishing
sign which is incorporated into the registration plate and which is not in conformity
with the provisions of this Convention.
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