Unified UAE Legislation Database

Convention on Road Traffic

Status

In force

Issuing Authority

Effective date

XX.XX.XXXX

Official Link

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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: 

 

Chapter I — GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Article 1 — Definitions 

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...