7. Prohibition of passing without stopping

(a) Notification of the proximity of a Custom-house at which a stop is compulsory shall be given by sign C,16, „PASSING WITHOUT STOPPING PROHIBITED”. Notwithstanding Article 8 of this Convention, the symbol of this sign shall include the word „Customs”, preferably in two languages; Contracting Parties using C,16 signs shall endeavour to reach a regional agreement to the effect that this word shall appear in the same language on all the signs they set up.

(b) This sign may also be used to notify drivers that passing without stopping is prohibited for other reasons; in this case the word „Customs” shall be replaced by another very brief inscription indicating the reason for the stop.

8. End of prohibition or restriction

(a) The point at which all prohibitions notified by prohibitory signs for moving vehicles cease to apply shall be indicated by sign C,17a „END OF ALL LOCAL PROHIBITIONS IMPOSED ON MOVING VEHICLES”. This sign shall be circular and have a white or yellow ground; it shall have no border or only a black rim, and shall bear a diagonal band, sloping downward from right to left, which may be black or dark grey or consist of black or grey parallel lines.

(b) The point at which a particular prohibition or restriction notified to moving vehicles by a prohibitory or restrictive sign ceases to apply shall be indicated by sign C,17b „END OF SPEED LIMIT” or sign C,17c „END OF PROHIBITION OF OVERTAKING”, OR SIGN C,17d „END OF PROHIBITION OF OVERTAKING FOR GOODS VEHICLES”. These signs shall be similar to sign C,17a, but shall show, in addition, in light grey the symbol of the prohibition or, restriction which has ceased.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6, paragraph 1 of this Convention, the signs referred to in this paragraph 8 may be placed on the reverse side of the prohibitory or restrictive sign intended for traffic coming in the opposite direction.

9. Prohibition or restriction of standing and parking

(a)

(i) Places where parking is prohibited shall be indicated by sign C,18, „PARKING PROHIBITED”; places where standing and parking are prohibited shall be indicated by sign C,19, „STANDING AND PARKING PROHIBITED”.

(ii) Sign C,18 may be replaced by a circular sign with a red border and a red transverse bar, bearing the letter or ideogram used in the State concerned to denote „Parking”, in black on a white or yellow ground.

(iii) The scope of the prohibition may be restricted by inscriptions on an additional plate below the sign specifying, as the case may be,

The days of the week or month or the times of day during which the prohibition applies;

The time in excess of which parking is prohibited by sign C,18 or standing and parking is prohibited by sign C,19;

The exceptions granted for certain classes of road user.

(iv) The time in excess of which parking or standing is prohibited may also be inscribed on the lower part of the red circle of the sign instead of appearing on an additional plate.

(b)

(i) Where parking is authorized on opposite sides of the road alternately, signs C,20a and C,20b, „ALTERNATE PARKING”, shall be used instead of sign C,18;

(ii) The prohibition of parking shall apply to the sign C,20a side on odd number dates and to the sign C,20b side on even number dates; the time at which the side changes shall be prescribed by domestic legislation and need not necessarily be midnight. Domestic legislation may also prescribe an alternation other than a daily alternation for parking; the numerals I and II shall in that case be replaced on the signs by the period of alternation, e.g., 1-15 and 16-31 for an alternation on the first and sixteenth day of each month.

(iii) Sign C,18 may be used by States which do not adopt sign C,19; C,20a and C,20b, supplemented by additional inscriptions, as provided in article 8, paragraph 4 of this Convention.

(c)

(i) Except in special cases, the signs shall be so placed that their disc is perpendicular to the axis of the road, or at a slight angle to the plane perpendicular to that axis.

(ii) All the prohibitions and restrictions of parking shall apply only on the side of the carriageway on which the signs are placed.

(iii) Except as may be otherwise indicated:

On an additional panel H,2 of section H of this annex and showing the distance over which the prohibition applies; or

In conformity with subparagraph (c) (v) of this paragraph, the prohibitions shall apply from a point level with the sign to the next point of entry of a road.

(iv) An additional panel H,3a or H,4a depicted in section H of this annex may be placed below the sign at the point where the prohibition begins. An additional panel H,3b or H,4b depicted in section H of this annex may be placed below signs repeating the prohibition. A further prohibition sign supplemented by an additional panel H,3c or H,4c depicted in section H of this annex may be placed at the point where the prohibition ceases to apply. Panels H,3 shall be placed parallel to the axis of the road, and panels H,4 perpendicular to that axis. The distances, if any, shown by panels H,3 shall be those over which the prohibition applies in the direction of the arrow.

(v) If the prohibition ceases to apply before the next point of entry of a road, the sign bearing the additional end-of-prohibition panel described in subparagraph (c) (iv) above shall be set up. However, where the prohibition applies only over a short distance, it shall be permissible to set up only one sign:

Showing in the red circle the distance on which it applies, or

Bearing an additional panel H,3.

(vi) Where parking-meters are installed, their presence shall signify that parking is subject to payment and is limited to the period for which the meter operates.

(vii) In zones in which the duration of parking is limited but parking is not subject to payment, this limitation instead of being indicated by sign C,18 supplemented by additional panels, may be notified by a blue band at a height of approximately 2 m on lampposts, trees, etc., bordering the carriageway, or by lines on the kerb.

Section D

MANDATORY SIGNS

I. General characteristics and symbols

1. Mandatory signs shall be circular, except signs D,10 described in subsection II, paragraph 10 of this section which shall be rectangular; their diameter shall be not less than 0.60 m outside built-up areas and not less than 0.40 m in built-up areas. However, signs having a diameter of not less than 0.30 m may be used in conjunction with traffic light signals or on bollards on traffic islands.

2. Unless provided otherwise, the signs shall be blue and the symbols shall be white or of a light colour, or, alternatively, the signs shall be white with a red rim and the symbols shall be black.

II. Descriptions

1. Direction to be followed

The direction in which vehicles are obliged to proceed, or the only directions in which they are permitted to proceed, shall be indicated by model D,1a of sign D,1, „DIRECTION TO BE FOLLOWED” on which the arrow or arrows shall point in the appropriate direction or directions. However, instead of using sign D,1a, sign D,1b may to be used notwithstanding the provisions of subsection I of this section. Sign D,1b shall to be black with a white rim and a white symbol:

2. Pass this side

Sign D,2 „PASS THIS SIDE”, placed, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6, paragraph 1 of this Convention, on an island or before an obstacle on the carriageway, shall mean that vehicles must pass on the side of the island or obstacle indicated by the arrow.

3. Compulsory roundabout

Sign D,3 „COMPULSORY ROUNDABOUT”, shall notify drivers that they must comply with the rules concerning roundabouts.

4. Compulsory cycle track

Sign D,4 „COMPULSORY CYCLE TRACK” shall notify cyclists that the track at the entrance to which it is placed is reserved for them, and shall notify the drivers of other vehicles that they are not entitled to use that track. Cyclists shall be required to use the track if the track is running along a carriageway, footpath or track for riders on horseback and leading into the same direction. However, drivers of mopeds shall also be required, in the same conditions, to use the cycle track if domestic legislation so provides or if notification of this requirement is given by an additional panel bearing an inscription or the symbol of sign C,3d.

5. Compulsory footpath

Sign D,5 „COMPULSORY FOOTPATH” shall notify pedestrians that the path at the entrance to which it is placed is reserved for them, and shall notify other road users that they are not entitled to use that path. Pedestrians shall be required to use the path if the path is running along a carriageway, cycle track or track for riders on horseback and leading into the same direction.

6. Compulsory track for riders on horseback

Sign D,6 „COMPULSORY TRACK FOR RIDERS ON HORSEBACK” shall notify riders on horseback that the track at the entrance of which it is placed is reserved for them and shall notify other road users that they are not entitled to use that track. Riders on horseback shall be required to use the track if the track is running along a carriageway, cycle track or footpath and leading into the same direction.

7. Compulsory minimum speed

Sign D,7 „COMPULSORY MINIMUM SPEED”, shall mean that vehicles using the road at the entrance to which it is placed shall travel at not less than the speed specified, the figure shown on the sign shall express this speed in the unit of measurement most commonly used to express the speed of vehicles in the country concerned. After the figure specifying the speed may to be added, for instance, „Km” (Kilometres) or „m” (Miles).

8. End of compulsory minimum speed

Sign D,8 „END OF COMPULSORY MINIMUM SPEED”, shall mean that the compulsory minimum speed imposed by sign D,7 is no longer in effect. Sign D,8 shall to be identical to sign D,7, except that it shall be crossed by an oblique red bar running from the upper right edge to the lower left edge.

9. Snow chains compulsory

Sign D,9, „SNOW CHAINS COMPULSORY” shall mean that vehicles travelling on the road at the entrance to which it is placed shall have snow chains fitted to not less than two of their driving wheels.

10. Compulsory direction for vehicles carrying dangerous goods

Sign D,10a; D,10b and D,10c shall indicate the direction in which vehicles carrying dangerous goods shall proceed.

11. Remarks concerning the combination of signs D,4; D,5 and D,6

(a) Notification that a path or track is reserved to two categories of road users and prohibited to other users shall be indicated by a mandatory sign bearing the two symbols for the categories of users entitled to use the path or track at the entrance to which it is placed.

(b) When the symbols are placed side by side on the sign and separated by a vertical line through the centre of the sign, each symbol shall be understood to mean that the relevant category must use the side of the path or track reserved for that category and shall notify other road users that they are not entitled to use that side. The two sides of the path or track shall be clearly separated, by physical means or road markings.

(c) When the symbols are placed one above the other, the sign shall notify the relevant categories of users that they may jointly use the path or track. The order in which the symbols are placed shall be optional. Where necessary the precautions to be taken by both categories of users shall be laid down in domestic legislation.

Sign D,11a and D,11b are examples of the combination of signs D,4 and D,5.

Section E

SPECIAL REGULATION SIGNS

I. General characteristics and symbols

Special regulation signs are usually square or rectangular with a blue ground and a light coloured symbol or inscription, or with a light coloured ground and a dark coloured symbol or inscription.

II. Descriptions

1. Signs indicating a regulation or danger warning applying to one or more traffic lanes

Signs such as those given below shall mean that a regulation or danger warning applies only to one or more lanes, defined by longitudinal lane markings, on a multi-lane carriageway for traffic moving in the same direction. They may also indicate lanes allocated to oncoming traffic. The sign relating to the regulation or danger warning shall be shown on each of the arrows concerned:

(i) E,1a „COMPULSORY MINIMUM SPEED APPLYING TO DIFFERENT LANES”.

(ii) E,1b „COMPULSORY MINIMUM SPEED APPLYING TO ONE LANE”. This sign may be used as way of creating a „slow lane”.

(iii) E,1c „SPEED LIMITS APPLYING TO DIFFERENT LANES”. Borders of the circles shall be red and letters black.

2. Signs indicating lanes reserved for buses

Signs such as E,2a and E,2b are examples of signs showing the position of the lane reserved for buses in accordance with Article 26 bis, paragraph 2.

3. „ONE-WAY” sign

(a) Two different „ONE-WAY” signs may be set up where it is necessary to indicate a road or carriageway which is one-way:

(i) Sign E,3a placed approximately perpendicular to the axis of the carriageway; its panel shall be square.

(ii) Sign E,3b placed approximately parallel to the axis of the carriageway; its panel shall be an elongated rectangle the long side of which is horizontal. The words „one way” may be inscribed on the arrow of sign E,3b in the national language or one of the national languages of the country concerned.

(b) Signs E,3a and E,3b may be set up irrespective of whether prohibitory or mandatory signs are set up at the entrance to the road in question.

4. Preselection sign

Example of sign for preselection at intersections on roads with several lanes: E,4.

5. Signs notifying an entry to or an exit from a motorway

(a) Sign E,5a, „MOTORWAY”, shall be placed at the point where the special rules to be observed on a motorway begin to apply.

(b) Sign E,5b, „END OF MOTORWAY”, shall be placed at the point where those rules cease to apply.

(c) Sign E,5b may also be used and repeated to give warning of the ending of a motorway; the distance between each sign set up for this purpose and the end of the motorway shall be inscribed on the lower part of the sign.

(d) These signs shall have blue or green ground.

6. Signs notifying an entry to or exit from a road on which the traffic rules are the same as on a motorway

(a) Sign E,6a, „ROAD FOR MOTOR VEHICLES”, shall be placed at the point where special traffic rules begin to apply on roads other than motorways which are reserved for motor vehicle traffic and do not serve properties bordering on the road. An additional panel may be placed under sign E,6a to show that, by way of exception, the access of motor vehicles to properties bordering on the road is permitted.

(b) Sign E,6b, „END OF ROAD FOR MOTOR VEHICLES”, may also be used and repeated to give warning of the ending of the road; the distance between each sign set up for this purpose and the end of the road shall be inscribed on the lower part of the sign.

(c) These signs shall have blue or green ground.

7. Signs indicating the beginning and the end of a built-up area

(a) The sign to indicate the beginning of a built-up area shall bear the name of the built-up area or the symbol showing the silhouette of a built-up area or the two combined. Signs E,7a; E,7b; E,7c and E,7d are examples of signs showing the beginning of a built-up area.