Working Party on Noise and Tyres | Session 79 | 6-9 Feb 2024
Geneva
Agenda Item 13.
Other business

37. The expert from the Special Interest Group on Automated Vehicles Regulation Screening (SIG AVRS) reported on their activities (GRBP-79-04, GRBP-79-05) and proposed guidelines for the future work (GRBP-79-03). GRBP adopted the guidelines and agreed to convert SIG AVRS into the Task Force on Automated Vehicle Regulation Screening (TF AVRS).

38. The expert from France recalled annex 7 of the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) on software updates and the WP.29 request to its subsidiary Working Parties to identify UN Regulations under their purview which may be relevant for the purposes of software updates (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1175, paragraph 37). He proposed a draft list of such GRBP UN Regulations (GRBP-79-42). Following a brief exchange of views, GRBP agreed to come back to this issue at the next session.

39. The expert of OICA reported on the activities of an internal task force on exterior acoustic signalling established by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) (GRBP-79-39). GRBP took note of this information and agreed to request an update on this topic at the next session.

40. To facilitate time planning for the GRBP experts, the expert of OICA volunteered to prepare a draft 2024 calendar of meetings of various GRBP informal working groups and task forces. GRBP welcomed this initiative and requested the secretariat to publish the calendar on the GRBP webpage.

41. GRBP noted that Mr. T. Berge (Norway), due to his retirement, and Mrs. E. Collot (France), due to her new position, would no longer participate in GRBP. GRBP thanked them for their valuable contributions and wished them success in the future.

Documentation
GRBP-79-03 Regulation screening for ADS application: Guidelines of the GRBP Task Force on Automated Vehicle Regulation Screening
GRBP-79-04 Application of regulations to ADS: Table of GRBP regulations with additional provisions
GRBP-79-05 SIG Automated Vehicles Regulation Screening: Status update
GRBP-79-39 Work on Exterior Acoustic Signaling (OICA)
GRBP-79-40 TF Vehicles' Sound: Status Report
GRBP-79-42 List of relevant GRBP Regulations for software updates (France)