Working Party on Passive Safety | Session 55 | 19-23 May 2014
Geneva
Agenda Item 11.
Regulation No. 17 (Strength of seats)

18. GRSP resumed consideration on a proposal tabled by the expert from CLEPA (GRSP-55-15), aimed at introducing provisions to define the moment of inertia of the luggage impact test. The expert from Japan reminded GRSP of his previous proposal (GRSP-54-20) to regulate only the lower limit of the moment of inertia of the test blocks and proposed further consultation with the expert from CLEPA. Finally, GRSP agreed to resume discussion at its December 2014 session and requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-55-15 with an official symbol.

19. The expert from Germany introduced GRSP-55-19 to extend the prohibition of installation of side-facing seats to all categories of commercial vehicles (N). The expert from Turkey raised a study reservation and the expert from OICA argued that this extension should be carefully examined for special vehicles (e.g. ambulances, hearses). GRSP agreed to resume consideration of this agenda item at its December 2014 session and requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-55-19 with an official symbol.

20. Finally GRSP considered GRSP-55-30-Rev.1, proposing editorial amendments to the UN Regulation. GRSP agreed to resume consideration of this issue at its December 2014 session and requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-55-30-Rev.1 with an official symbol.

Documentation
GRSP-54-20 Japan proposal for Supplement 3 to the 08 series of amendments to Regulation No. 17 (Japan)
GRSP-55-15 Proposal for Supplement 3 to the 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 17 (CLEPA)
GRSP-55-19 Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 17 (Germany)
GRSP-55-30/Rev.1 Proposal to modify the text of UN Regulation No. 17
GRSP/2014/3 Proposal for Supplement 1 to th e 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 25 (OICA)