CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC

The Contracting Parties, desiring to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety through the adoption of uniform traffic rules, have agreed upon the following provisions:

Chapter IV

DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES

ARTICLE 43

Transitional provisions

1. International driving permits conforming to the provisions of the Convention on Road Traffic done at Geneva on 19 September 1949 and issued within in 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 Articles 41 and 42 of this Convention, the same treatment as the international driving permits provided for in this Convention.

2. Domestic driving permits shall conform with the provisions of the amendment to Annex 6 within five years from the date of its entry into force. Permits issued during that period shall be mutually recognized until the expiry date inscribed therein.