Schedule 4 of the draft revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement concerns the type approval numbering system for UN approvals. The numbering example reads: E11*83R03/00J*2439*01. In its second section it contains the letter J for indicating implementing stage J of UN Regulation 83. According to Schedule 4, point 2, under ©, that letter J should be preceded by a slash; however that slash is missing in the given example. It is suggested to correct this typing error by replacing the relevant example by the following example: E11*83R03/00/J*2439*01.

Proposed text, updated to reflect discussions at the June 2014 WP.29 session, to revise and update the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the project to establish an international whole vehicle type approval system.

Certain UN Regulations contain provisions to allow for local divergence from the uniform requirements they present. The draft Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement refers categorically to these “special provisions”. Since such provisions work against the principles of harmonization and mutual recognition of approvals, OICA proposes to clarify that the 1958 Agreement recognizes such provisions as existed prior to Revision 3 without institutionalizing the recourse to such deviations as a regular part of the UN regulatory process.