World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations | Session 163 | 24-27 Jun 2014
Geneva
Agenda Item 3.5.4.
Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) (Sixty-ninth session, 3-6 June 2014)

32. The representative of Germany, Chair of GRPE, informed WP.29 about the results achieved by GRPE during its sixty-ninth (June 2014) session (for more details, the session report will be published as ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/69).

33. The representative of Germany, Chair of GRPE, informed WP.29 that GRPE had adopted a proposal from the IWG on Heavy Duty Hybrids (HDH). He added that it would be submitted to WP.29 and AC.3 at their November 2014 sessions for consideration as draft Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 4 (WHDC), together with the corresponding technical report.

34. The representative of Germany, Chair of GRPE, reported that GRPE had endorsed the PMP status report and the road map proposal addressing separately both exhaust and non-exhaust particulate emissions in response to the concern raised by the Russian Federation on tyre and brake wear.

35. The GRPE Chair added that GRPE had adopted a proposal for a new supplement to UN Regulation No. 49 and announced the submission of a further document amending the proposed transitional provisions for the consideration of WP.29 and AC.1 at their November 2014 sessions.

36. The GRPE Chair concluded that GRPE had adopted the proposed Electric Vehicle Reference Guide developed by the IWG on Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE) for consideration by WP.29 at its November 2014 session.

Documentation
WP.29-163-13 Authorization to conduct research and develop new regulations on environmental requirements for electric vehicles (Canada, China, EU, Japan, and USA)
WP.29/2014/39 Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 49
WP.29/AC.3/38 Authorization to extend the scope of the HDH informal group mandate to include alignment of GTR No. 4 and No. 11