Regulation by country




International regulationsedit

Several countries apply UN-ECE vehicle regulations 14 and 16:

  • UN Regulation No. 14: safety-belt anchorages
  • UN Regulation No. 16:
    • Safety-belts, restraint systems, child restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems for occupants of power-driven vehicles
    • Vehicles equipped with safety-belts, safety-belt reminders, restraint systems, child restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems and i-Size child restraint systems
  • UN Regulation No. 44: restraining devices for child occupants of power-driven vehicles ("Child Restraint Systems")
  • UN Regulation No. 129: Enhanced Child Restraint Systems
international safety regulations
Country Reg 14 Reg 16 Reg 44 Reg 129
European Union Yes Yes Yes Yes
Serbia Yes Yes Yes Yes
United-Kingdom Yes Yes Yes Yes
Switzerland Yes Yes Yes Yes
Norway Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russia Yes Yes Yes Yes
Belarus Yes Yes Yes Yes
Moldavia Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bosnia Yes Yes Yes
Turkey Yes Yes Yes Yes
North Macedonia Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japan Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ukraine Yes Yes Yes Yes
South-Africa Yes Yes
 New-Zealand Yes Yes Yes
Malaysia Yes Yes Yes Yes
Albania Yes Yes Yes Yes
Egypt Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nigeria Yes Yes Yes Yes

Local regulationsedit

UNECE
  • European Union Europeen Union
  • Japan Japan
  • United Kingdom United-Kingdom
  • Russia Russia
  • Ukraine Ukraine
  • Turkey Turkey
  • Egypt Egypt
 United States USA India India Japan Japan China China South Korea South Korea Australia Australia Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Gulf
Seat belts UN R14 FMVSS 209 AIS-015 GSO 96/1988, GSO 97/1988
Child restraint system UN R44, R129 FMVSS 213 AIS-072 JIS D 040122000 GB 14166-2013 KMVSS 103-2 AS/NZS 1754:2013; AS/NZS 3629:2013 GSO 1709/2005, GSO 1710/2005

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