14. The expert from GTB introduced amendment proposals to the Consolidated Resolution on the Common Specification of Light Source Categories (R.E.5) which aimed at amending several sheets and at introducing some new light-emitting diode (LED) light source categories (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2022/26). GRE adopted this document and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2023 session of WP.29 as draft Amendment 9 to R.E.5.

15. The expert from IEC analysed the approval process of LED replacement light sources according to UN Regulation No. 37 (GRE-87-02), based on the full photometric equivalence according to the guidelines (GRE-83-15). According to him, full-equivalence solutions were not feasible for high flux categories with the today’s LED technology. As a consequence, some countries were issuing national approvals deviating from the full photometric equivalence, based on extensive testing (in headlamps and vehicles) for limited light source specifications and resulting in a positive list for particular vehicle models. GRE stressed the advantages of harmonization at the United Nations level and noted that several contracting parties were in favour of cautious re-evaluation of the equivalence criteria for LED replacement light sources. GRE invited IEC to start this work as a new activity of the Task Force on Substitutes and Retrofits (TF SR) in cooperation with those contracting parties.