Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 175 / 1960 Coll.
Decree on the European Convention on road signs
Valid
Effective from 10.08.1960
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 4 November 1960
on the European Convention on road signs
On 13 December 1957, the European Convention on road signs was negotiated in Geneva.
Czechoslovakia acceded to the Convention subject to Article 15 / 1 The Convention that it is not considered to be bound by Article 14 of the Convention.
The President of the Republic signed the instrument of accession of Czechoslovakia to the Convention with the abovementioned reservation on 23 March 1960. The Charter of Access was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 12 May 1960.
Pursuant to Article 10 of the Convention for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the Convention enters into force on 10 August 1960.
The Czech version of the Convention shall be published simultaneously.
David v. r.
European Convention on Road Marks
Contracting Parties,
guided by the desire to contribute to the safety of international road traffic by unifying road signs
agree:
1. For the purposes of this Convention:
(a) "road signs" means marks on the surface of the road or on parts of the road, such as frames, pavements and roadblocks, governing traffic;
(b) "road signs" means road signs on the road surface.
2. For the purposes of this Convention, road signs shall be divided into:
(a) longitudinal marks;
(b) transverse marks;
(c) other marks.
1. The longitudinal markings consist of continuous lines and intermittent lines.
2. Vehicles shall not cross or cross a longitudinal line. Each Contracting Party may allow exemptions from this rule where this is necessary for access to land by road.
3. A longitudinal marker consisting of an intermittent line may be passed by vehicles while maintaining road traffic rules. The intermittent lines may take different forms as appropriate.
4. The longitudinal mark formed by the parallel lines continuous and intermittent has the meaning of what would be the mark formed by the line which is closer to the vehicle at the beginning of the manoeuvre.
1. Cross marks consist of continuous lines and intermittent lines.
2. A transverse marker consisting of a transverse continuous line in the width of one or more lanes indicates a stop line, either imposed by the road sign "Stop, prefer driving on the main road," or by a light sign or sign of a transport authority or by any road rules at all.
3. Cross marks consisting of transverse intermittent lines may be used in cases specified in the recommendations to be adopted at meetings to which representatives of the Contracting Parties are invited.
Other road signs, such as arrows, parallel oblique lines or inscriptions on the road, may be used to repeat data given by vertical road signs or to provide road users with data that cannot be properly communicated using vertical road signs.
Each of the Contracting Parties may provide that road signs may consist of nails, but, with regard to road signs, in order to avoid any possibility of error, it is necessary to provide that the distance between the nails is different when the line is marked in a continuous line and the line intersected.
1. The marks on the road are yellow or white, but the white may be replaced by silver or light grey.
2. If both colours are used in the country concerned, one shall be used for the signs intended for vehicles in motion, except for the lines defining the road, and the other for the signs adjusting the stand or stop and for the lines defining the road; However, marks for pedestrians and cyclists are always the same colour.
1. The mark on the parts of the road, in particular on the edges and on the sides, may be used to improve, in particular at night, the visibility of the frames or obstacles on the road. They may also be used to indicate sections where stopping is prohibited or to provide other similar data.
2. Each Contracting Party shall use the same colour or colour combinations for each type of road signs on parts of the road.
The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to use the recommendations to be adopted at meetings attended or invited by representatives of the Contracting Parties when establishing or renewing road signs.
1. The Member States of the Economic Commission for Europe and the countries invited to the Commission with a voice of advice under paragraph 8 of the mandate of the Commission may become Contracting Parties to this Convention:
(a) by signing it;
(b) its ratification, if signed subject to ratification;
(c) access to it.
2. Countries which may participate in certain works of the European Economic Commission pursuant to paragraph 11 of the mandate of that Commission may become Contracting Parties to this Convention by means of an approach as soon as it becomes effective.
The Convention shall be open for signature by 28 February 1958 inclusive. After that date, it will be open to access.
4. Ratification or access shall be carried out by deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day following that on which the five countries referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 9 sign it without reservation of ratification or deposit the instrument of ratification or accession.
2. For each country that ratifies it or accedes to it after five countries have signed it without reservation of ratification or deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession, this Convention shall become effective on the 90th day following the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession of that country.
1. Each Party may terminate this Convention by notifying the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. The denunciation shall take effect 15 months after receipt by the Secretary-General of the notice of denunciation.
This Convention shall cease to apply if, after its entry into force, the number of Contracting Parties is less than five in any period of twelve consecutive months.
1. Any country may, upon signature of this Convention without reservation of ratification or deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession or at any later date, declare in a notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations that the Convention will apply throughout the territory or part of the territory which it represents in the international field. The Convention shall apply in the territories or territories referred to in the notification as from the 90th day following the receipt of such notification by the Secretary-General or, if the Convention has not yet entered into force on that date, from the date of entry into force.
2. Any country which makes a declaration pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article in order to ensure that this Convention is in force for certain territories which it represents in the international field may, in accordance with Article 11 of the Convention, notify it of its declaration to that territory.
1. Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention shall, as far as possible, be dealt with in a dispute between the Parties.
2. Any dispute which is not resolved by negotiation shall be subject to arbitration if either Party so requests in the dispute and shall therefore be submitted to one or more arbitrators designated by the arbitration agreement. If, within three months of the request for arbitration of a Party in a dispute, no agreement has been reached on the determination of an arbitrator or arbitrator, either Party may request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to designate one arbitrator to whom the dispute shall be submitted for decision.
3. The decisions of the arbitrator or arbitrator determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article shall be binding on the Parties in the dispute.
1. Each Contracting Party will be able to declare, when signing, ratifying or acceding to the Convention, that it does not feel bound by Article 14 of the Convention. The other Contracting Parties shall not be bound by Article 14 against any Contracting Party which makes this reservation.
2. Any Contracting Party which makes a reservation pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article may at any time withdraw that reservation by a notification sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
3. No other reservation on this Convention is possible.
1. Each Party may propose one or more Appendices to this Convention. The text of each proposed amendment shall be sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall communicate it to all Contracting Parties and inform the other countries referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 9 thereof.
2. Any proposed amendment sent pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall be deemed to have been accepted if no Party objects within a period of 6 months from the date on which the Secretary-General sent the proposed amendment. In this case, the Appendix shall become effective for all Contracting Parties three months after the expiry of the six-month period.
3. If an objection to the proposed amendment has been raised within the six-month period referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the amendment shall not be deemed to have been adopted and shall be without effect.
In addition to the notifications referred to in Article 16 of the Convention, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify to the countries referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 9, as well as to the countries which become Contracting Parties pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 9:
(a) the signatures, ratifications and accesses referred to in Article 9;
(b) the dates on which this Convention takes effect pursuant to Article 10;
(c) the statement referred to in Article 11;
(d) the repeal of this Convention pursuant to Article 12;
(e) notifications adopted pursuant to Article 13;
(f) declarations and notifications adopted pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 15;
(g) the entry into force of each Appendix or the opposition to the proposed Appendix pursuant to Article 16.
After 28 February 1958, the original of this Convention shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send the same certified copies to each country referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 9.
They have signed this Convention in evidence of the signature duly authorised to do so.
In Geneva, on the thirteenth December of the year of the hundredth and fiftieth, in a single copy in English and French, the two texts being equally authentic.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No 175 / 1960 Coll., on the European Convention on Road Marks |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 13.12.1960 |
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| Effective from | 10.08.1960 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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