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 V

CONDITIONS FOR THE ADMISSION OF CYCLES AND MOPEDS TO INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC

ARTICLE 44

1. Cycles without an engine in international traffic shall:

(a) Have an efficient brake;

(b) Be equipped with a bell capable of being heard at a sufficient distance, and carry no other audible warning device;

(c) Be equipped with a red reflecting device at the rear and with devices such that the cycle can show a white or selective-yellow light to the front and a red light to the rear.

2. In the territory of Contracting Parties which have not, in accordance with Article 54, paragraph 2, of this Convention, made a statement to the effect that they treat mopeds as motor cycles, mopeds in international traffic shall:

(a) Have two independent brakes;

(b) Be equipped with a bell or some other audible warning device capable of being heard at a sufficient distance;

(c) Be equipped with an effective exhaust silencer;

(d) Be so equipped that they can show a white or selective-yellow light to the front and a red light and a red reflex-reflector to the rear;

(e) Display the identification mark specified in Annex 4 to this Convention.

3. In the territories of Contracting Parties which have, in accordance with Article 54, paragraph 2, of this Convention, declared that they treat mopeds as motor cycles, the conditions to be fulfilled by mopeds in order to be admitted to international traffic shall be those laid down for motor cycles in Annex 5 to this Convention.