Safer and cleaner used vehicles for Africa: part of the WP.29 'How it works - How to join it ' series

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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

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UN

The Project of Safer and Cleaner Used Vehicles for Africa was established to contribute to the safer sustainable development of Africa by creating access to safer and cleaner used vehicles. This report highlights some of the key research carried out by notable organizations and it gives the basis for the reason behind the establishment of this project while creating awareness to the problem faced in the importing regions. Due to its Technical nature, this report highlights some of the key elements of the three United Nations Agreements which are the United Nations Regulations for vehicle approval (1958 Agreement), Periodic Technical Inspection (1997 Agreement) and Global Technical Regulations for vehicle certification (1998 Agreement) which may be used to facilitate the project objectives. The three UN Agreement are important technical work that may be applied in international vehicle regulations and is overseen by the World Forum for the Harmonization of vehicle Regulations (WP.29)