Artikel 2

1. A Rule, after having been established in accordance with the procedure indicated in Appendix 1, shall be communicated by the Administrative Committee to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, hereinafter called “Secretary-General". As soon as possible thereafter the Secretary-General shall give notification of this Rule to the Contracting Parties.
The Rule will be considered as adopted unless, within a period of six months from its notification by the Secretary-General, more than one-third of the Contracting Parties at the time of notification have informed the Secretary-General of their disagreement with the Rule.
The Rule shall cover the following:
a) the categories of wheeled vehicles concerned and the frequency of its inspection;
b) the equipment and/or parts to be inspected;
c) Test methods by which any performance requirements are to be demonstrated;
d) Conditions for granting inspection certificate;
e) The date(s) on which the Rule enters into force.
The Rule may, if needed, include references to the test centres accredited by the competent authorities where the inspections of wheeled vehicles may be carried out.
2. When a Rule has been adopted the Secretary-General shall so notify as soon as possible all the Contracting Parties, specifying which Contracting Parties have objected and in respect of which the Rule shall not enter into force.
3. The adopted Rule shall enter into force on the date(s) specified therein as a Rule annexed to this Agreement for all Contracting Parties which did not notify their disagreement.
4. Any new Contracting Party may, when depositing its instrument of accession, declare that it is not bound by certain Rules then annexed to this Agreement or that it is not bound by any of them. If, at that time, the procedure laid down in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article is in progress for a draft rule, the Secretary-General shall communicate such draft rule to the new Contracting Party and the draft shall enter into force as a Rule for the new Contracting Party only on the conditions specified in paragraph 3 of this Article, the time allowed being counted from the date of the communication of the draft to that Party. The Secretary-General shall notify all the Contracting Parties of the date of such entry into force. He shall also communicate to them all declarations concerning the non-application of certain Rules that any Contracting Party may make in accordance with the terms of this paragraph.
5. Any Contracting Party applying a Rule may at any time notify the Secretary-General, subject to one year's notice, that its administration intends to cease applying it. Such notification shall be communicated by the Secretary-General to the other Contracting Parties.
6. Any Contracting Party not applying a Rule may at any time notify the Secretary-General that it intends henceforth to apply it, and the Rule will then enter into force for this Party on the sixtieth day after this notification. The Secretary-General shall notify all the Contracting Parties of every entry into force of a Rule for a new Contracting Party effected in accordance with the terms of this paragraph.
7. The Contracting Parties for which a Rule is in force shall hereinafter be referred to as “the Contracting Parties applying a Rule."
8. The Rules annexed to this Agreement as Addenda to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.