Working Party on Noise and Tyres | Session 76 | 5-7 Sep 2022
Geneva
Agenda Item 2.
UN Regulation No. 51 (Noise of M and N categories of vehicles)

3. GRBP noted the activities of the Informal Working Group on Measurement Uncertainties (IWG MU) (GRBP-76-08) and considered their proposal that aimed to reduce variability (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2022/16 and GRBP-76-09). GRBP adopted the proposal, as amended by GRBP-76-09, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2023 sessions of WP.29 and the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1) as draft Supplement 8 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 51.

4. The expert of IWG MU presented a revised document of reference on measurement uncertainties (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2022/9/Rev.1). GRBP adopted the revised document, as amended by GRBP-76-11, and requested the secretariat to publish it on the GRBP website for reference documents.

5. GRBP took note that, at the June 2022 session of WP.29, IWG MU had delivered a presentation on the general approach of how to handle measurement uncertainties in UN Regulations.

6. The expert from ISO proposed to bring the latest ISO 10844:2021 standard test surface into UN Regulation No. 51 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2022/13). GRBP adopted this proposal and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2023 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as part of draft Supplement 8 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 51.

7. The expert from OICA raised a number of practical questions on collecting and analysing test data for the Real Driving Additional Sound Emission Provisions (RD ASEP) (GRBP-76-10). GRBP invited contracting parties applying UN Regulation No. 51 to prepare proposals on this issue and agreed to revert to it at the next session.

8. The expert of the Task Force on Vehicle Sound (TF VS) reported on their activities (GRBP-76-15-Rev.1).

9. The expert from OICA presented a comparison between two recent studies on the limits of sound levels of M- and N-category vehicles (GRBP-76-14). GRBP invited TF VS to discuss this topic at its forthcoming meeting in September 2022.

10. The expert from China reported on their research on measurement methods for passenger vehicles and trucks in multiple driving mode conditions and to characterize the current situation and possible developments (GRBP-76-29). GRBP invited TF VS to consider this study as well.

Documentation
GRBP-76-08 Sound Measurement Uncertainties informal group status report to GRBP
GRBP-76-09 UN R51: Proposal to amend document GRBP/2022/16
GRBP-76-10 Questions on documents GRBP/2022/4 and GRBP-75-37 (Monitoring phase of RD-ASEP from 1 July 2023) (OICA)
GRBP-76-11 Proposal to amend the Reference Document on Sound Measurement Uncertainties
GRBP-76-14 UN R51: Comparison of EMISIA and ATEEL study on sound limit values (ACEA and OICA)
GRBP-76-15/Rev.1 UN R51: TF Vehicles' Sound Status Report
GRBP-76-29 UN R51: Research on Measurement Methods for LDV & HDV in Multiple Driving Mode Conditions (CATARC and China)
GRBP/2022/9/Rev.1 A general approach how to handle sound measurement uncertainty
GRBP/2022/13 UN R51: Proposal for Supplement 8 to the 03 series of amendments (ISO)
GRBP/2022/16 UN R51: Proposal for Supplement 8 to the 03 series of amendments