14. The expert from Norway introduced a proposal of amendments (GRSP-70-27) to improve the test procedure for protection for the occupants against the displacement of luggage. He clarified that the proposal stemmed from findings of a report (GRSP-69-02) of the Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) on a high-speed frontal road-collision, introduced at the May 2021 session of GRSP. The expert from CLEPA argued that there was no evidence that seat-strength improvement would prevent situations like those shown by the expert from Norway and that the problem seemed more related to submarining. The expert from the Netherlands added that the accident shown occurred at high speed. He underlined that the problem was a mismatch between UN Regulation No. 14 and 17, because it does not cover the situation when an occupant is seating in the rear centre position and there was luggage in the boot. The expert from OICA also stressed the very high severity of this particular accident and that, since the current UN Regulation No. 17 requirements were introduced, real world data do not seem to indicate problems; he also suggested to understand better this specific issue and to collect more evidence. GRSP agreed to resume consideration at its next sessions on the basis of GRSP-70-27 and accident data and keep GRSP-70-27 as an informal document for the May 2022 session.

15. The expert from OICA withdrew ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2020/12 and GRSP agreed to remove this subject (height of head restraints/low roof construction) from the agenda of the next sessions.