UNECE supports countries in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thanks to its role as a platform for governments to cooperate and engage with all stakeholders on norms, standards and conventions ...

Learn about the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for classification and labeling of chemicals at UNECE.

Regulatory framework The UNECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) is a unique worldwide regulatory forum within the institutional framework of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee. Three UN Agreements, adopted in 1958, 1997 and 1998, provide the legal framework allowing Contracting Parties (member countries) attending the WP.29 sessions to establish regulatory ...

This webpage displays: the GHS pictograms applicable to sectors other than transport of dangerous goods (i.e. pictograms with the red border) the pictograms for transport of dangerous goods (usually referred to as "labels" in transport of dangerous goods regulations) applicable to transport classes for which an equivalent GHS hazard class exists. For hazard communication elements (labels and ...

The UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management at its eighty first session (ECE/HBP/206) welcomed the International Fire Safety Standards: Common Principles: “Safe Buildings Save Lives” developed by the International Fire Safety Standards Coalition (IFSSC) to be published as UNECE standard and invited representatives of national and local governments and stakeholders ...

GRVA is the Working Party preparing draft regulations, guidance documents and interpretation documents for adoption by the parent body, WP.29. GRVA deals with safety provisions related to the dynamics of vehicles (braking, steering), Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Automated Driving Systems and well as Cyber Security provisions. The group supervises around 8 informal work groups (IWGs) and ...

These recommendations have been developed in the light of technical progress, the advent of new substances and materials, the exigencies of modern transport systems and, above all, the requirement to ensure the safety of people, property and the environment. They are addressed to governments and international organisations concerned with the regulation of the transport of dangerous goods. The ...

UN/EDIFACT (the United Nations rules for Elec­tronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport) comprise a set of internationally agreed standards, directo­ries, and guidelines for the electronic interchange of structured data, between independent computerized information systems. Recommended within the framework of the Unit­ed Nations, the rules are ap­proved and ...

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Codified information is an integral part of data exchange in international business whether this is on paper documents or electronic data exchange. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), through its UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) develops, maintains and publishes for free of charge a number of code lists used extensively in business ...