The 1997 Agreement - Possible solutions and the way forward1997 Agreement Concerning Periodical Technical Inspections (Pti) of Wheeled Vehicles • March 5th, 2015
The 1997 Agreement concerning periodical technical inspections (PTI) of wheeled vehicles entered into force on 27 January 2001 following the sixth country becoming a Contracting Party. Up to now, 12 countries are contracting parties to the agreement (Russian Federation, Estonia, Netherlands, Romania, Hungary, Finland, Bulgaria, Belarus, Albania, Ukraine, Moldova and Kazakhstan) where six of them are members of the European Union. Since this date, the agreement has been amended twice and Rules 1 on PTI on environmental aspects and Rule 2 on PTI on safety related aspects have been introduced. To follow technical progress, the rules annexed to the agreement follow a continuous process of being amended.
