European Agreement concerning the work of crews of vehicles engaged in international road transport (AETR)

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Belgium	Yes	No
Czech Republic	Yes	No
Denmark	Yes	No
Finland	Yes	No
France	Yes	No
Georgia	Yes	No
Germany	Yes	No
Ireland	Yes	No
Luxembourg	Yes	No
Malta	Yes	No
Monaco	Yes	No
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the	Yes	No
Russian Federation	Yes	No
Slovakia	Yes	No
Spain	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Yes	No

Belgium

30-12-1977

Transport operations between member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

Czech Republic

02-06-1993

Upon acceding to the Agreement the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic declares, in accordance with its article 21, that it does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 20, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Agreement.
The Government of Czechoslovakia considers article 19 of the Agreement to be in contradiction to the generally recognized right of nations to self-determination.

Denmark

30-12-1977

Finland

16-02-1999

France

09-01-1978

Georgia

19-05-2011

The Government of Georgia reserves its right to use measures to be applied during the tolerance period with respect to the implementation of digital tachograph by the Contracting Parties to the European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) of 1 July 1970, during the two years period after Georgia’s accession to the AETR agreement.

Germany

09-08-1979

Ireland

28-08-1979

Luxembourg

30-12-1977

Malta

24-09-2004

The Government of Malta hereby declares that within the meaning of article 19, paragraph 1, of the Agreement, it does not feel bound by the provisions of article 18, paragraphs 2 and 3 thereof.
The Government of Malta declares that transport operations between the Member States of the European Economic Community shall be regarded as national transport operations within the meaning of the AETR in so far as such operations do not pass in transit through the territory of a third State which is a contracting party to the AETR.

Monaco

16-06-2008

The Principality of Monaco declared that the accession to the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) does not affect the validity of the Conventions concluded with the Republic of France.

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

30-12-1977

10-05-2019

On 10 May 2019, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands notified the Secretary-General, pursuant to article 21(2)(b) of the Agreement, that although it intends to accept, for the European part of the Netherlands, the proposed amendment to Article 14 of the AETR, transmitted by C.N.561.2018.TREATIES-XI.B.21 of 16 November 2018, the conditions necessary for such acceptance were not yet fulfilled in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 5 of article 21 of the Agreement, the proposed amendment to the Agreement will be deemed accepted only if before the expiry of a period of nine months following the expiry of a period of six months as indicated in the said article (i.e., by 16 February 2020), the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has not notified an objection to the proposed amendments.
However, if the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands notifies the depositary of its acceptance by 16 February 2020, the amendment will be deemed accepted as from the date as calculated according to the provisions of article 21 (5) (b) of the Agreement.

Russian Federation

31-07-1978

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics does not consider itself bound by article 20, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), and states that, for the submission to arbitration of any dispute among the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the European Agreement (AETR), the agreement of all of the Parties in dispute shall be required in each individual case, and the arbitrators shall only be persons appointed by general agreement between the Parties in dispute.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics considers it necessary to declare that the provisions of article 19 of the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), on the extension by States of the validity of the European Agreement (AETR) to the territories for the international relations of which they are responsible, are outdated and contradict the Declaration of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) dated 14 December 1960), which proclaimed the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

Slovakia

28-05-1993

Spain

03-01-1973

(a) The Government of Spain avails itself of the first of the options provided for in article 5, paragraph 1 (b) (ii) of the Agreement whereby persons whose age is less than 21 years may be prohibited from driving in the territory vehicles of a permissible maximum weight exceeding 7.5 tons.
(b) The Government of Spain enters the reservation provided for in article 21, paragraph 1, of the Agreement and accordingly does not consider itself bound by article 20, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Agreement.
(c) The Government of Spain selects variant (a) of the procedures set forth in paragraph 6 of the annex entitled "Individual Control Book".

02-10-2020

The Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and, in his capacity as depositary of the European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport, in view of the extension by the United Kingdom of the application of the said Agreement to the territory of Gibraltar, and taking into account the entry into force of the amendment to its article 14, notifies him of the following declaration approved by the Council of Ministers of the Government of Spain on 22 September 2020:
1. Gibraltar is a Non-Self-Governing Territory whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible for and which is subject to a process of decolonization in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly.
2. The authorities of Gibraltar are local in character and exercise competences exclusively over internal affairs that originate in and are based on the powers allocated to and conferred on them by the United Kingdom, in accordance with its domestic legislation, in its capacity as the sovereign State upon which depends the said Non-Self-Governing Territory.
3. Consequently, any involvement by the Gibraltarian authorities in the implementation of this Agreement shall be understood to take place exclusively within the framework of the internal affairs of Gibraltar and shall not be considered to affect in any way the content of the two preceding paragraphs.
4. The process provided for by the Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of certain international treaties, adopted by Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December 2007 (jointly with the “Agreed Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of EU and EC instruments and related Treaties” of 19 April 2000), applies to the present Agreement.
5. The application to Gibraltar of the present Agreement, and possibly of its Protocols, cannot be interpreted as recognition of any rights or situations involving spaces not included in article 10 of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, concluded between the crowns of Spain and Great Britain.
This declaration is communicated for publication and dissemination in accordance with the depositary practice of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

United Kingdom

04-01-1978

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