Working Party on Passive Safety | Session 57 | 18-22 May 2015
Geneva
Agenda Item 14.
Regulation No. 129 (Enhanced child restraint systems)

29. The expert from France, Chair of the IWG on Enhanced Child Restraint Systems (ECRS), introduced a presentation (GRSP-57-22) to show the work progress of the IWG and the main content of draft 01 series of amendments incorporating provisions for booster seats (GRSP-57-20 and GRSP-57-21 superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2015/9). He added that for Phase II of the UN Regulation there were still some pending issues such as safety for children in cars on booster cushions without a backrest and geometric definition of the test fixture (gabarit) for booster seats with an integrated backrest. The expert from Germany suggested only the inclusion of booster cushions with backrests in UN Regulation No. 129, while provisions for other kind of boosters should remain for the time being in UN Regulation No. 44 pending a whole revision of this last UN Regulation. The expert from EC endorsed the work of the IWG and he proposed further promotion of the of i-size concept to allow the installation of three ECRS on the same row seat in larger family cars. GRSP agreed to resume discussion at its December 2015 session on this subject awaiting the outcome of the IWG and requested to distribute GRSP-57-20 with an official symbol.

30. Referring to discussion held under agenda item 7 (see para. 17. above) the expert from CLEPA introduced through a presentation (GRSP-57-09) to present a corresponding amendment (GRSP-57-08) to UN Regulation No. 129 to introduce ECRS “lie-flat”. GRSP agreed to refer GRSP-57-08 to the IWG.

31. GRSP agreed to seek the endorsement of WP.29 and AC.3 at their June 2015 sessions extend the mandate of the CRS IWG until December 2016.

32. GRSP considered (GRSP-57-04-Rev.2) a draft brochure as part of a coordinated information campaign for UN Regulation No. 129. GRSP noted that the brochure would address different target groups (i.e.: consumers, policy makers, retailers). The expert from CI suggested that the part of the brochure addressing target group such as parents and customers should be shorter and based on the information provided by GRSP-56-27. GRSP noted that the final graphical layout and organization of the contents of the brochure would be finally decided by UNECE secretariat. GRSP in principle endorsed the technical contents of the draft brochure (GRSP-57-04-Rev.2), pending final last comments and information by its experts to be provided to the secretariat by first of June 2015 (close of business).

Documentation
GRSP-56-27 Enhanced Child Restraint Systems (Regulation No. 129) - Draft brochure (ANEC and CI)
GRSP-57-04/Rev.3 Draft brochure as part of coordinated information campaign for UN Regulation No. 129 (Revision 3)
GRSP-57-08 Proposal for Supplement 5 to UN Regulation No. 129 (CLEPA)
GRSP-57-09 UN Regulation No. 129 - Completion of Envelopes for integral CRS
GRSP-57-11/Rev.1 Proposal for collective amendments to Regulations Nos. 16, 44, 94 and 129 (Revised) (EC)
GRSP-57-20 Proposal for the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 129 (France)
GRSP-57-21 Proposal for the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 129 (Consolidated version) (France)
GRSP-57-22 Status report of the Informal Working Group on Child Restraint Systems (France)
GRSP-57-26 Toxicology and Flammability Requirements in Child Restraint Systems Regulations (CLEPA)
GRSP/2015/5 Proposal for Supplement 10 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 44 (Spain)
GRSP/2015/9 Proposal for the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 129 (France)