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Moldova joins the European Agreement on Road Traffic—05/03/07
On May 1, 2007, Moldova acceded to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Traffic. This accession brings to 32 the total number of UNECE member States that are Parties to this European Agreement.
The European Agreement, which was concluded under the auspices of the UNECE in 1971, was aimed at achieving greater uniformity in the rules governing road traffic in Europe with a view to curbing the then growing number of road accidents and victims on European roads. To this end, the European Agreement established road safety standards that were stricter than those of the Convention on Road Traffic and that some non-UNECE member States Parties to the Convention might have difficulties meeting. The European Agreement also made obligatory some provisions that were of recommendatory nature in the Convention.
The European Agreement of 1971 was amended last year notably in order to reduce the maximum admissible level of alcohol in the blood of road drivers from 0.8 to 0.5 g/l.
