The Contracting Parties,
Desiring to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety through the adoption of uniform traffic rules,
Have agreed upon the following provisions:
For the purpose of this Convention the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
a. The “domestic legislation” of a Contracting Party means the entire body of national or local laws and regulations in force in the territory of that Contracting Party;
b. A vehicle is said to be “in international traffic” in the territory of a State if:
i. It is owned by a natural or legal person normally resident outside that State;
ii. It is not registered in that State; and
iii. It is temporarily imported into that State;
provided, however, that a Contracting Party may refuse to regard as being “in international traffic” a vehicle which has remained in its territory for more than one year without a substantial interruption, the duration of which may be fixed by that Contracting Party.
A combination of vehicles is said to be “in international traffic” if at least one of the vehicles...