Convention on Road Traffic

ANNEXES

Annex 1

EXCEPTIONS TO THE OBLIGATION TO ADMIT MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILERS IN 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 in so far as the use of such combinations is prohibited by their domestic legislations:

(a) Motor cycles 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 motor cycles 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 motor cycle without side-car, that the motor vehicle shall carry a device referred to in paragraph 56 of Annex 5 to this Convention, to give warning of the danger constituted by the vehicle's presence when it is stationary on the carriageway.

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 that prescribed in Article 37 of this Convention.