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UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON
ROAD TRAFFIC. FINAL ACT
Vienna, 7 Oct.-8 Nov.
1968.
The Governments of the following
states were represented at the conference by the delegation:
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Afghanistan
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Byelorussian
Republic
Canada
Central African
Republic
Chile
China
Costa
Rica
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican
Republic
Ecuador
Federal Republic of Germany |
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Finland
France
Gabon
Ghana
Greece
Holy See
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait
Liberia
Libya
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mali |
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Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of
Korea
Romania
Finland
France
Gabon
Ghana
Greece
Holy See
Hungary
India
Indonesia |
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Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait
Liberia
Libya
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mali
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal |
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Romania
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Rep.
Union of Soviet Socialist Rep.
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Northern Ireland
United
States of America
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
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The Governments of the following States
had observers at the Conference:
Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua
The following organizations were represented at the
Conference by observers:
A - Inter-govemmental organizations
Commission of the European
Communities
Council of
Europe
European Conference of
Ministers of Transport
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law
League of Arab States
Organization for the Collaboration
of Railways
Nordic
Council
B - Non-governmental organizations
European Insurance Committee
International Association for the
Prevention of Road Accidents
International Chamber of Commerce
International Commission on
Illumination
International
confederation of Free Trade Unions
International Criminal Police
Organization
International
Federation of Christian Trade Unions
International Federation of Senior
Police Officers
International
Organization for Standardization
International Permanent Bureau of
Motor Cycle Manufacturers
International Permanent Bureau of Motor Manufacturers
International Road Federation
International Road Transport
Union
International Union of
Official Travel Organizations
International Union of Public Transport
International Union of Railways
League of Red Cross Societies
World Federation of Trade
Unions
World Touring and
Automobile Organization
3. On the basis of its
deliberations, as recorded in the summary records of its plenary meetings
and in the summary records of the decisions of its main committees, the
Conference prepared and opened for signature a Convention on Road Traffic
and a Convention on Road Signs and Signals.
CHAPTER
4
Article 41
Validly of International Driving Permit
(IDP)
1. Contracting Parties shall recognize an IDP as
valid for driving in their territories a vehicle coming within the
categories covered by the state-issued driver license, provided that the
state-issued driver license is still valid and that it was issued by
another Contracting Party or by an Association duly empowered thereto by
such other Contracting Party.
2. An IDP shall be issued only to the
holder of a state-issued driver license for the issue of which the minimum
conditions laid down in this Convention have been fulfilled. It shall not
be valid after the expiry of the corresponding state-issued driver
license, the number of which shall be entered in the IDP.
Article 42
Suspension of validity of International Driving Permit
(IDP)
1. Contracting Parties may withdraw from a driver
the right to use his IDP in their territories if he commits in their
territories a breach of their regulations rendering him liable under their
legislations to the forfeiter of his permit. In such a case the
withdrawing the right to use the permit may : (a) the holder resides in
the territory, (b) the categories in IDP and in the state-issued driving
license are different (c) the state-issued driver's license or IDP is
expired (d) the number of the state-issued driver license is not shown in
IDP (e) transportation of hazardous materials is not allowed in the
territories and so on.
Categories of vehicles for which the permit is valid:
(A) Motor cycles
(B) Motor vehicles, other than those in category A ,
having a permissible maximum weight not exceeding 3,500 kg and not more
than eight seats in addition to the drive seat
(C) Motor vehicles used for the carriage of goods and whose
permissible maximum weight exceeds 3,500 kg
(D) Motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and
having more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat.
(E) Combinations of vehicles of which the drawing vehicle is in
a category or categories for which the driver is licensed
(B and /or D),
but which are not themselves in that category or categories
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