11. GRSP agreed to defer discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2021/20 on the updating of drawings of fixtures for booster seats, to its December 2022 session, awaiting more evidence of crash situations with real vehicles, of side impact and offset configurations.

12. GRSP agreed to resume discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2021/25 (UN Regulation No.16), on the extension of the support-leg, at its December 2022 session requesting more evidence of real crash situations.

13. The expert from Japan informed GRSP that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/3 on the safety-belts of seat positions equipped with the lower ISOFIX anchorages had been shared with a group of interested experts on 8 April 2022. He clarified also that agreement had not been reached in that meeting. GRSP agreed to defer discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/3 to its December 2022 session awaiting the follow-up of the group of interested parties meeting (that would be held in autumn 2022) coordinated by the expert from Japan.

14. GRSP resumed discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/15, superseded by GRSP-71-11-Rev.2, tabled by the expert from OICA on rearward faced CRS in rear seats in combination with a frontal airbag. The proposal aims to add a third alternative to the already existing airbag switch off or the automatic detection of a rearward faced CRS. This third alternative foresees that the frontal airbag remains activated in the case of specific CRS only when tested together with the frontal airbag. This concept was agreed during the December 2021 session of GRSP by the expert from EC and further agreed on during this May 2022 session by the experts from Germany, the Netherlands and CI. However, the experts from Italy and Sweden raised a study reservation. Therefore, GRSP requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-71-11-Rev.2 with an official symbol at its December 2022 session.

15. GRSP resumed discussion on the mandatory fitting of 3-point safety-belts on buses and coaches. The expert from Finland introduced a presentation (GRSP-71-07) justifying the introduction of 3-point safety-belts on buses and proposing an official document for the December 2022 session of GRSP to remove the lap belt derogations from the UN Regulations Nos. 14 (Safety-belt anchorages) and 16. He clarified that his intention was not to amend UN Regulation No. 80 but to amend UN Regulations Nos. 14 and 16. The expert from OICA underlined that it was relevant to investigate what the driver should do in situations when a passenger was not wearing a safety-belt. He suggested that the issue be addressed to the expert of the International Road Union on the consequences of driver’s operators. He also recalled to GRSP the cost benefit analysis introduced by the expert from Finland (GRSP-70-07) at the December 2021 session of GRSP. He argued that analysis was the result of a low number of vehicles and data, and he requested more data from accidents. The expert from United Kingdom proposed data from his country. GRSP agreed to resume discussion at its December 2022 session on the basis of a proposal tabled by the expert from Finland, concerning the mandatory fitment of 3-point safety-belts on buses and coaches. GRSP also agreed that the proposal would be supported with statistical data on accidents linked to this subject, provided by the contracting parties to show evidence of the safety issue addressed by the expert from Finland.

16. The expert from France introduced GRSP-71-13 on clarification of how to assess the connection of the safety-belt reminder system in the case of removable seats. A study reservation came from several experts, so GRSP agreed to resume discussion on GRSP-71-13 at its December 2022 session and requested the secretariat to distribute the proposal with an official symbol at that session.