Article 1
[Wijziging(en) op nader te bepalen datum(s); laatste bekendgemaakt in 1956. Zie het
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The undersigned, duly authorized, have agreed to supplement the Convention on Road Traffic and the Protocol on Road Signs and Signals, signed on 19 September, 1949, with regard to the following points:
CONVENTION ON ROAD TRAFFIC
Ad article 9
Vehicles may pass on either side of refuges, except in the case of:
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1) A refuge bearing an arrow indicating the side on which it should be passed; or of
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2) Central refuges on two-way carriageways which should be passed on the right in countries
where traffic keeps to the right or on the left in countries where traffic keeps to
the left.
Ad article 24
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1. Driving permits issued to disabled persons and including a clause to the effect that
they are valid only for vehicles specially designed to take account of the disability,
shall constitute a category of permit within the meaning of article 24, paragraph
1.
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2. This clause must include, in red ink, the word “RESTREINT” as well as the registration
number of the vehicle specially equipped to take account of the driver's disability.
Ad annex 1
Cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor will not be considered as motor vehicles provided
that they have the normal characteristics of bicycles as to their performance.
PROTOCOL ON ROAD SIGNS AND SIGNALS
Ad article 5
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(a) The symbols referred to in article 5, paragraph 1, shall be adopted for international
use.
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(b) No additional indications may be given except for the purpose of facilitating the
interpretation of the sign or for making clear its meaning.
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(c) The Contracting Parties undertake to submit to a committee, which would be set up
under the auspices of the Economic Commission for Europe or by any other body which
may replace the Economic Commission for Europe and on which they themselves shall
be represented, any new symbols which they intend to adopt, with a view to reaching
preliminary agreement prior to the communication of such symbols to the Secretary-General
of the United Nations as stipulated in paragraph 5.
Ad article 19
The limits of the roadworks shall be indicated by barriers painted in red and white
stripes and, in addition, at night, by red lamps or reflectors.
Ad article 25
The symbol referred to in article 25, paragraph 1, shall be obligatory for the sign
“OTHER DANGER”.
Ad article 26
The hollow red triangle shall not be used to indicate the different dangers referred
to in articles 12 to 25.
Ad article 33
The word “STOP” shall be obligatory in the sign “STOP AT INTERSECTION”.
Ad article 53
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1. The red light shall always be placed at the top and the green light at the bottom.
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2. In cases where a supplementary sign is envisaged to indicate more specifically the
identity of a light independently of its position, this sign should consist of an
opaque horizontal bar across the red light.
Ad article 55
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(a) The supplementary sign for the identification of routes, intended to distinguish the
main international traffic highways (so designated, in agreement with the other Contracting
States concerned, by the State through whose territory they run to indicate continuous
routes and uniform technical features) shall be rectangular in shape.
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(b) The sign, consisting of white letters on a dark green ground, shall bear the letter
E followed by the number of the highway in Arabic figures.
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(c) The sign may be affixed to other signs or combined with them.
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(d) Its dimensions shall be such that drivers of vehicles moving at high speed can easily
follow the directions.
Any dispute between any two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation
or application of this Agreement, which the Parties are unable to settle by negotiation
or by another mode of settlement, may be referred for decision, at the request of
any one of the Contracting Parties concerned, to an arbitral commission, of which
each of the Contracting Parties concerned shall designate a member and the chairman
of which shall be appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations.