Working Party on Automated and Connected Vehicles | Session 21 | 20-24 Jan 2025
Geneva

Deadline for the submission of official documents: 23 October 2024.

Agenda Item 6. (b)
UN Regulation No. 79 (Steering equipment)

GRVA agreed to resume consideration of a proposal for a new UN Regulation on Emergency Lane Keeping Systems (ELKS) covering vehicles of categories M1 and N1, tabled by the representative of Australia, intended to facilitate a consistent approach across all Contracting Parties for these systems.

GRVA agreed to resume consideration of the proposals tabled by the experts from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, introducing a technology neutral wording on the conditions for re-instatement of the system at the “initiation of each engine start / run cycle”.

GRVA may wish to be briefed on the outcome of an industry workshop on steer-by-wire. GRVA agreed to resume the consideration of an amendment proposal to UN Regulation No. 79 aimed to clarify the provisions for full power steering systems such as steer-by-wire systems.

GRVA may wish to consider any other amendment proposal to UN Regulation No. 79, if available.

Documentation
GRVA/2025/6 UN R79: Proposal for a Supplement to the 03 series of amendments (UK)
GRVA/2025/7 UN R79: Proposal for a Supplement to the 03 and 04 series of amendments (CLEPA and OICA)
GRVA/2025/9 Emergency Lane-Keeping Systems: Proposal for a new UN Regulation (Australia)
GRVA/2025/21 UN R79: Proposal for a Supplement to the 04 series of amendments (UK)