Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear | Session 80 | 15-18 Sep 2015
Geneva
Agenda Item 3. (c)
Clarifications

10. The Chair of GRRF recalled the purpose of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/13, adopted during the seventy-fifth GRRF session. The document remained on the agenda of GRRF, pending submission to WP.29 and AC.1 of the adopted text for Regulations Nos. 13 (Heavy vehicle braking), 13-H (Brakes of M1 and N1 vehicles), 79 (Steering equipment), 89 (Speed limitation devices), 130 (Lane Departure Warning Systems (AEBS)) and 131 (Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS)). At this stage, the proposal was incorporated in Regulation No. 13 (see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/3).

11. The expert from Germany introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2015/19, as summarized in GRRF-80-27 and containing the proposal drafted by the experts from Germany and the Netherlands about provisions for electromechanical braking systems for towing vehicles and their trailers. The proposal received some comments on aspects related to the energy measurement from the battery and to the warning light concept.

12. The experts from Germany and the Netherlands invited the GRRF experts to a special interest group meeting on Annex 14 of Regulation No. 13 to take place in Bonn (Germany) on 03 November 2015.

13. The expert from Germany presented GRRF-80-39 introducing the proposal for an Annex 23 to Regulation No. 13 in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2015/20 with provisions for trailers of category O2 without pneumatic connection and equipped with service braking systems with pneumatic energy storage devices. The proposal received some comments related to possible design restrictions and warning signals. The expert from Germany invited the GRRF experts to a special interested group meeting on the draft Annex 23 of Regulation No. 13 to take place in Bonn (Germany) on 02 November 2015.

14. The expert from Hungary introduced GRRF-80-11 drafted together with the expert from the Netherlands and containing several corrections. GRRF requested the secretariat to distribute this document with an official symbol at the February 2016 session of GRRF.

Documentation
GRRF-80-06 Proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No. 13-H (CATARC)
GRRF-80-11 Proposal for corrigendum to Regulation No. 13 (Hungary and Netherlands)
GRRF-80-18 Remote Control Parking (RCP): A safe and comfortable parking solution (OICA)
GRRF-80-27 Summary of the proposal to clarify trailer requirements under UN Regulation Nos. 13 and 13-H (Germany and Netherlands)
GRRF-80-39 Proposal for a new Annex 23 in Regulation No. 13 (Germany)
GRRF/2013/13 Proposal for collective amendments - Regulation Nos. 13, 13-H, 79, 89, and the LDWS and AEBS regulations (OICA and CLEPA)
GRRF/2015/19 Proposal of Supplements to Regulation No. 13 and No. 13-H (Germany and Netherlands)
GRRF/2015/20 Proposal of Supplements to Regulation No. 13 and No. 13-H (Germany)
WP.29/2014/3 Proposal for Supplement 11 to the 11 series of amendments to Regulation No. 13