Working Party on Passive Safety | Session 72 | 5-9 Dec 2022
Geneva

The 72nd GRSG session is scheduled to be held in Geneva from 5 December (2.30 p.m.) to 9 December (12.30 p.m.) 2022. The deadline for the submission of official documents to the secretariat is 12 September 2022, twelve weeks prior to the session.

Agenda Item 10.
UN Regulation No. 129 (Enhanced Child Restraint Systems)

27. The expert from Spain introduced GRSP-72-01, on behalf of the Technical Service Group, aiming to clarify the approach of the production qualification testing phase. At the same time, the expert from CLEPA introduced GRSP-72-16 to update the references to EN Standards for toxicity and flammability. GRSP adopted GRSP-72-01 and GRSP-72-16 as reproduced in annex V to the session report. The secretariat was requested to submit both proposals as draft Supplement 9 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 129 on ECRS for consideration and vote at the June 2023 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1. It was also agreed that if further discussion was needed, the official document to the June 2023 session would be re-discussed at the May 2023 session of GRSP.

28. Referring to the decision taken under agenda item 5 (see paragraphs 10 to 13 above), GRSP considered GRSP-72-36 and resumed discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2021/26 as a parallel proposal to the UN Regulation submitted by the expert from CLEPA. Finally, GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2021/26 as amended by annex V to the session report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as part of (see paragraph 27 above) draft Supplement 9 to the 03 series of UN Regulation No. 129 (ECRS) for consideration and vote at the June 2023 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

30. The expert from the Netherlands, on behalf of the ad hoc group on Child Restraint Systems (CRS) introduced GRSP-72-28, aimed at explaining the current situation concerning inconsistency of requirements on lower tether anchorages and for the use of a support leg for other situations than i-Size seating positions in UN Regulations Nos. 129 and 145. GRSP referred discussion to agenda item 24 (g) on priorities identified by GRSP-72-28 (see paragraph 60 below).

31. GRSP considered GRSP-72-05-Rev.1 on prevention of green indicators suggesting a belt route outside the remit of the type approval. GRSP requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-72-05-Rev.1 with an official symbol at its May 2023 session.

Documentation
GRSP-72-01 UN R129: Proposal for Supplement 9 to the 03 series of amendments (Spain)
GRSP-72-05/Rev.1 UN R129: Proposal for Supplement [9] to the 03 series of amendments (ANEC and CI)
GRSP-72-16 UN R129: Proposal for Supplement 9 to the 03 series of amendments (CLEPA)
GRSP-72-28 UN R129: Ad-hoc group Child restraint systems (CRS) status update (Netherlands)
GRSP-72-35 UN R129: Explanatory explanation on Harmonising vertical head excursion limit (CLEPA)
GRSP-72-36 UN R129: Justification for proposals on ECRS support legs (CLEPA)
GRSP/2021/26 UN R129: Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 03 series of amendments (CLEPA)
GRSP/2022/25 UN R129: Proposal for Supplement 9 to the 03 series of amendments (CLEPA)