Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear | Session 81 | 1-5 Feb 2016
Geneva
Agenda Item 7. (c)
Regulation No. 54

32. The expert from France introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2016/13 together with the corresponding document relevant for Regulation No. 30 (see para. 31 above).

33. The expert from ETRTO introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2016/12, a revised proposal to amend the tyre marking requirements and also containing the amendments previously proposed by the expert from Slovakia. GRRF adopted the proposal and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their June 2016 sessions, as part of the draft Supplement 21 to Regulation No. 54 and as part of the draft Regulation No. 117.

34. The expert from ETRTO presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2016/16, proposing amendments to Annex 5 to include new sizes. GRRF adopted the proposal with the correction below and requested the secretariat to submit the proposal as corrected to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their June 2016 sessions, as part of the draft Supplement 21 to Regulation No. 54.

The empty cell, corresponding to the tyre size designation “30×9.50-16.5LT” shall read “240”

35. The expert from France introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2016/17 (based on GRRF-80-17) proposing provisions for tyres designed for a “special” application that also fulfil the definition of a “snow” tyre. GRRF requested the secretariat to submit the corrected proposal to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their June 2016 sessions, as part of the draft Supplement 21 to Regulation No. 54.

36. The expert from ETRTO introduced GRRF-81-11 proposing amendments to the requirements for the arrangement of tyre markings of Regulation No. 54. The proposal received some suggestions to simplify the verification of the compliance with the arrangement requirements. GRRF invited the expert of ETRTO to submit a revised proposal for consideration at the next session of GRRF.

Documentation
GRRF-81-11 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 54 (ETRTO)
GRRF/2016/12 Proposal for amendment to Regulation No. 54 and Regulation No. 117 (ETRTO)
GRRF/2016/13 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 54 (France)
GRRF/2016/16 Proposal for amendment to Regulation No. 54 (ETRTO)
GRRF/2016/17 Proposal for amendment to Regulation No. 54 (France)
GRRF/2016/17 Proposal for amendment to Regulation No. 54 (France)