Working Party on General Safety | Session 106 | 5-9 May 2014
Geneva
Agenda Item 5.
Regulation No. 46 (Devices for indirect vision)

24. The expert from the Netherlands, chairing the informal group on Camera-Monitor Systems (CMS), reported on the work progress made by the group during its meetings held in Cologne on 5-6 February 2014 and in Berlin on 27-28 March 2014 (GRSG-106-08). He announced the intention of CMS to submit, for consideration at the next GRSG session, a final proposal to allow replacement of all mirrors with camera-monitor systems and added that GRSG would be in the position to adopt the proposal in May 2015 at earliest. He concluded that the mandate of CMS was limited to end of 2014 and expressed the group’s wish to extend the mandate by one year. The GRSG Chair volunteered to seek the consent of WP.29, at its June 2014 session, for extending the mandate until the end of 2015. The expert from OICA announced the organization, for the next session of GRSG, of a demonstration of vehicles equipped with camera-monitor systems.

25. The expert from Germany withdrew ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2013/21. He introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2014/17 on new requirements for the installation of exterior mirrors with a folding mechanism that can be operated electronically or automatically unfold above a certain vehicle speed. GRSG noted a number of comments and agreed to resume consideration of the proposals at the next GRSG session on the basis of an updated official document by Germany.

26. The expert from OICA withdrew ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2014/10.

27. The expert from Japan introduced GRSG-106-22 superseding document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2013/5. GRSG noted a number of concerns and different positions on the interpretation of the proposed paragraphs. GRSG agreed to set up, if necessary, a group of interested experts under the lead of Japan to clarify the interpretation issues of both UN Regulations Nos. 34 and 46. Following the discussion, GRSG agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its next session in October 2014, on the basis of a proposal to be tabled by the group of interested experts.

Documentation
GRSG-106-22 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 46 (Japan)
GRSG-106-22 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 46 (Japan)
GRSG/2013/5 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 46 (Japan)
GRSG/2013/21 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 46 (Germany)
GRSG/2014/10 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 46 (OICA)
GRSG/2014/17 Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 46 (Germany)