Exemptions
60. For domestic purposes, Contracting Parties may grant exemptions from the provisions
of this Annex in respect of:
(a) Motor vehicles and trailers which, by virtue of their
design, cannot exceed a speed of 30 km (19 miles) per hour on a level road of whose
speed is limited by domestic legislation to 30 km per hour;
(b) Invalid carriages, i.e. small motor vehicles specially
designed and constructed - and not merely adapted - for use by a person suffering
from some physical defect or disability and normally used by that person only;
(c) Vehicles used for experiments whose purpose is to keep
up with technical progress and improve road safety;
(d) Vehicles of a special form or type, or which are used
for particular purposes under special conditions;
(e) Vehicles adapted for use by handicapped persons.
61. Contracting Parties may also grant exemptions from the provisions of this Annex
in respect of vehicles which they register and which may enter international traffic:
(a) By authorizing the use of the colour amber for the
front position lamps of motor vehicles and trailers;
(b) As regards the position of lamps on special-purpose
vehicles whose external shape is such that the said provisions could not be observed
without the use of mounting devices which could easily be damaged or torn off;
(c) As regards trailers, carrying long loads (tree trunks,
pipes, etc.), which are not coupled to the drawing vehicle when in movement, but
merely attached to it by the load;
(d) By authorizing the emission towards the rear of white
light and towards the front of red light for the following equipment:
– Revolving of flashing lamps of priority vehicles;
– Fixed lamps for exceptional loads;
– Side lamps and reflex-reflectors;
– Professional lighted signs on the roof;
(e) By authorizing the emission of blue light towards the
front and towards the rear for revolving or flashing lamps;
(f) By authorizing on any side of a vehicle of a special
shape or kind or used for special purposes and in special conditions, alternating
red retro-reflective or fluorescent and white retroreflective strips;
(g) By authorizing the emission towards the rear of white
or coloured light reflected by figures or letters or by the background of rear registration
plates, by distinctive signs or by other distinctive marks required by domestic
legislation;
(h) By authorizing the use of the colour red for rearmost
lateral reflex-reflectors and side lamps.
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