Working Party on Automated and Connected Vehicles | Session 17 | 25-29 Sep 2023
Geneva

Deadline for submission of formal working documents: 30 June 2023.

Agenda Item 8. (c)
Clarifications

100. GRVA resume consideration of a proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No. 13, tabled by the representative of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He explained that the proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/24) was drafted following discussions at a recent session of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, with the aim to foster uniform application of the regulation. GRVA agreed with the clarifications proposed. GRVA requested the secretariat to submit the proposal as draft Supplement 21 to the 11 series of amendments, Supplement 3 to the 12 series of amendments and Supplement 1 to the 13 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 13 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2024 sessions.

101. The representative of Germany presented (GRVA-17-18) an amendment proposal to UN Regulation No. 13 (GRVA-17-17) clarifying the determination of the maximum mass to be used when performing the endurance braking test. The proposal received some comments. The representative of Germany announced that he would submit the proposal as official working document for consideration in January 2024.

102. The representative of the Netherlands consulted GRVA on the need to amend Annex 15 to UN Regulation No. 13, following the adoption of Supplement 18 to the 11 series (GRVA-17-42). GRVA provided some comments and agreed to resume consideration of this item at its January 2024 session based on an official document tabled by the representative of the Netherlands.

Documentation
GRVA-17-17 UN R13: Proposal for amendments (Germany)
GRVA-17-18 UN R13: Presentation on the proposal for amendment, Type II-A test (endurance brake) provisions with regard to test mass (Germany)
GRVA-17-42 UN R13: Proposal for a Supplement (Netherlands)
GRVA/2023/24 UN R13: Proposal for a supplement to the 11, 12 and 13 series of amendments (UK)