The UN World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) enables governments to cooperate internationally in developing vehicle regulations concerning safety, environmental performance, and energy efficiency.
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| AI: Comments on AI-09-06 (consolidated reference document) |
| Reference Number: AI-09-10 |
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This document presents AAPC comments on AI-09-06, a consolidated reference document on artificial intelligence in regulated automotive safety systems. The proposed structure consolidates AI uses, use cases, and risk management into single chapters supported by annexes containing tables and bibliographies. The document should support future regulatory deliberations without pre-empting regulatory requirements, presenting factual statements in neutral language. Considerations should address risks not captured by conventional testing. Examples to illustrate system-specific aspects that impact whether the application of AI presents new concerns and determines the nature of responses include predictive window defogging, predictive vehicle maintenance, and AI vehicle knowledge systems. |
| Submitted by: AAPC |
| Meeting Sessions: 9th AI session (3-4 Jun) |
| Document date: 02 Jun 26 |
| Relevant to: WP.29 Discussion Topic | Artificial Intelligence |
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| CLIV informal group status report to GRSP |
| Reference Number: CLIV-17-04 |
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IWG CLIV Phase 2 addresses development of a UN Regulation for buses and coaches. The 13th through 17th sessions, held between virtual and in-person meetings from March to May 2026, focused on drafting the bus UN Regulation, refining text on scope, definitions, visual signals, and transitional provisions. Feedback from GRE and GRSG identified scope clarity issues and potential amendments to UN R48. Formal submission of a UN Regulation for buses is anticipated at the 80th GRSP session, with feedback requested before 10 June 2026, and subsequent drafting of a UN Regulation for light vehicles is planned to commence in the second half of 2026. |
| Meeting Sessions: 17th CLIV session (28 May) |
| Document date: 02 Jun 26 |
| Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Children left in vehicles |
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| AI: Comments on AI-09-06 (consolidated reference document) |
| Reference Number: AI-09-09 |
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France supports retaining risks 3.5 (unreliable uncertainty estimation) and 6.1 (adversarial input manipulation) in Table 1. France favours secretarial text for mitigations 3.1 (blackbox behaviour), 3.2 (lack of robustness), and 3.4 (model over/underfitting) in Table 2. In Annex I, para. 11 addressing lack of robustness, France favours deleting the industry proposal on explanation of mitigations, pending merger with the mitigations table subject to level of detail determination. |
| Submitted by: France |
| Meeting Sessions: 9th AI session (3-4 Jun) |
| Document date: 01 Jun 26 |
| Relevant to: WP.29 Discussion Topic | Artificial Intelligence |
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| ADS Marker Lamps: Intermediate draft for a new UN Regulation |
| Reference Number: AVSR-31-03 |
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This intermediate draft proposes a new UN Regulation on ADS Marker Lamps based on discussions in technical groups. The regulation establishes requirements for approval of ADS Marker Lamps for motor vehicles of categories M1–M3, N1–N3, L6–L7, and O, as well as vehicle installation requirements. Key provisions include definitions of front, rear, and side ADS Marker Lamp categories with specifications for luminous intensity, colour (blue-green), geometric visibility angles, and positioning. The regulation covers lamp approval procedures, technical requirements, conformity testing, markings, and vehicle-level installation specifications including electrical connections, operational conditions, and interactions with direction indicators. Transitional provisions and communication forms for approvals are included. |
| Meeting Sessions: 31st AVSR session (18 Jun) |
| Document date: 01 Jun 26 |
| Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Vehicle Signaling Requirements |
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| ADS marker lamps: Draft technical specifications |
| Reference Number: AVSR-31-02 |
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Draft technical specifications establish mandatory ADS marker lamps on motor vehicles of categories M1–M3, N1–N3, L6, and L7, with front and rear lamps mandatory and side lamps mandatory or optional depending on vehicle length. Front lamps require daytime photometry of 50–300 cd and nighttime 10–125 cd; rear lamps require 20–120 cd daytime and 4–42 cd nighttime. Side lamps vary by type. All lamps are blue-green turquoise, mounted at minimum 250 mm height, and activate automatically only in fully automated mode with manual switching prohibited. |
| Submitted by: GTB |
| Meeting Sessions: 31st AVSR session (18 Jun) |
| Document date: 01 Jun 26 |
| Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Vehicle Signaling Requirements |
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| Autonomous Vehicle Signalling Requirements: Agenda for the 31st (June 2026) session |
| Reference Number: AVSR-31-01 |
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The document is an agenda for the 31st meeting of the GRE Taskforce on Autonomous Vehicle Signalling Requirements, scheduled for 18 June 2026 from 09:00 to 13:00 CEST via WebEx. The agenda includes welcome remarks, introduction of participants, adoption of the agenda (AVSR-31-01), approval of the report of the 29th meeting (AVSR-30-05), a report from GRE-94 / TF FADS (GRE-94-23), discussion of ADS marker lamps including Japanese input and a draft hybrid regulation proposal (AVSR-28-02, AVSR-30-03, AVSR-31-02/-03), miscellaneous items, working plan for future steps, and next meeting arrangements. Japan has offered to host a September meeting in Tokyo. |
| Meeting Sessions: 31st AVSR session (18 Jun) |
| Document date: 01 Jun 26 |
| Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Vehicle Signaling Requirements |
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| GRVA ADS Workshops: Minutes of the 16th (March 2026) session |
| Reference Number: GRVA-WS-ADS-18-02 |
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The sixteenth GRVA Workshop on ADS was held online on 20 March 2026 with 52 participants. The workshop adopted the agenda and minutes of the previous workshop. Experts presented updates on the guidance document covering testing provisions, In-Service Monitoring and Reporting, user interactions, Operational Design Domain, approval sections, and Safety Management System. The next workshop would be organized as a joint meeting with the IWG on ADS in Bangkok. |
| Meeting Sessions: 18th GRVA-WS-ADS session (1 Jun) |
| Document date: 31 May 26 |
| Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems |
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| ADS guidance and interpretation document: Proposal to amend guidance on continuous improvement processes |
| Reference Number: GRVA-WS-ADS-18-04 |
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Proposal to amend guidance on continuous improvement processes in para. 7.1.8.2. by inserting text stating that post-deployment safety analyses are systematically performed for all occurrences; however, their conclusions do not necessarily result in the identification of a corrective action from the manufacturer, modifying text to state that not all identified corrective or preventive actions need to be implemented in order to close an occurrence, and replacing text to state decisions on what to address and how are based on an overall assessment of the consequences and the impact of implementing a change. |
| Submitted by: EC and JRC |
| Meeting Sessions: 18th GRVA-WS-ADS session (1 Jun) |
| Document date: 31 May 26 |
| Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems |
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