A. Parties To The 1949 Road Traffic Convention and The 1943 Inter-American Automotive Traffic Convention
A. Parties To The 1949 Road Traffic Convention and The 1943 Inter-American Automotive Traffic Convention
A. Parties To The 1949 Road Traffic Convention and The 1943 Inter-American Automotive Traffic Convention
Albania
Chile*
Algeria
Colombia*
Argentina*+
Congo
Australia
Congo, Democratic
Rep.
Austria
Bahamas, The
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Botswana
Brazil*
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
Central African Repub.
Costa Rica*
Cte D'Ivoire (Ivory
Coast)
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic*+
Ecuador*+
Egypt
El Salvador*
Fiji
Finland
France (including
French Overseas
Territories)
Gambia, The
Germany (by
reciprocity)
Georgia (Rep. of)
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala*+
Guyana
Haiti*+
Honduras*
Hong Kong (but not
mainland China)
Hungary
Iceland
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India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast (See Cte
DIvoire)
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Korea, Republic of (South)
Kyrgyz Rep.
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Luxembourg
Macao (but not
mainland China)
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico*
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Netherlands (also
applies to Netherlands
Antilles, and Aruba)
New Zealand
Nicaragua*
Niger
Norway
Panama*
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay*+
Peru*+
Philippines
Poland
Portugal (applies to all
Portuguese territories)
Romania
Russian Federation
Sri Lanka
Rwanda
St. Lucia
Taiwan (Republic of
China)
Surinam
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland (by
reciprocity)
Tanzania
San Marino
Thailand
Senegal
Togo
Venezuela*
Serbia
Vietnam, Rep.
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Turkey
Singapore
Uganda
Slovak Rep.
(Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics,
USSR, no longer exists.
See individual republics)
South Africa
Spain (applies to African localities and provinces)
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
From A List of Treaties in Force and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force
on January 1, 2010, Section 2: Multilateral Treaties (Published by the Treaty Affairs Staff, Office of the
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC).
The countries or territories listed are either direct parties to one or both of the cited Conventions or the U.S.
State Department considers them bound as beneficiaries by the signature of a former government.
NOTE: Until further notice, licenses from the following former republics of the USSR and countries of the
Baltics should be honored:
Armenia
Moldova
Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan
Tajikistan
Latvia
Belarus
Turkmenistan
Lithuania
Kazakstan
Ukraine
Estonia
NOTE: German and Swiss Drivers Granted Privileges. The Registrar has determined that Germany and
Switzerland enforce standards of fitness of operators 18 years old or over, substantially as high as those
prescribed and enforced by this Commonwealth, and that they grant to properly licensed residents of this
Commonwealth the privilege of operating a properly registered motor vehicle of a type that he or she is
licensed to operate with his or her Massachusetts license. Therefore, pursuant to MGL c. 90, 10, the
Registrar grants to residents of Germany and Switzerland who are 18 years old or over the privileges of
operating in this Commonwealth, provided such nonresidents have complied fully with the laws of their
home countries and have valid operators licenses in their possession or in their vehicles in some easily
accessible place.
*= Party to 1943 Int.-Am. Conv., at Washington, DC
*+= Party to 1943 Conv. and Party to 1949 Conv. at Geneva
NOTE: The United States did not ratify and is not a Party to the 1968 Road Traffic Convention at Vienna.
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Massachusetts is legally required to honor the provisions of the Agreement Between The Parties To The
North Atlantic Treaty Regarding the Status of Forces (NATO SOFA), entered into by the US on August
23, 1953. The Treaty accords driving privileges to active duty military members of NATO forces on
assignment in this country (usually for training purposes) and also to civilian components attached to the
NATO forces. Therefore, Massachusetts accepts as valid, without a driving test or fee, the driving permit,
license or military driving permit issued by a NATO country to its own military personnel or to the personnel
of a civilian component of the military force.
NATO military and civilian component personnel are required to carry and present
on demand:
(a) a personal identity card issued by the sending NATO country showing names, date of birth, rank and
number (if any), service, and photograph.
(b) an individual or collective movement order, in the language of the sending country and in the English
and French languages, issued by an agency of the sending country or NATO and certifying to the status of
the individual or group as a member or members of a force and to the movement ordered.
Members of a civilian component and dependents shall be so described in their
passports. Dependents of military personnel of NATO force personnel on assignment in the U.S., and
dependents of civilian employees assigned to those NATO forces, who are from one of the NATO member
countries listed below, may legally drive on the roads of the Commonwealth, on their home country
license, for up to one year from the date of arrival, under the Multilateral Road Traffic Convention of 1949
or applicable reciprocal agreements.
List of NATO Member Countries: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom,
and the United States.
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