Working Party on Lighting and Light-signalling | Session 77 | 4-7 Apr 2017
Geneva

The deadline for submission of official working documents to the 77th GRE session is 9 January 2017.

Agenda Item 7. (c)
Other Regulations: Regulation No. 53

24. The expert from Japan provided additional explanations to their proposals for the 03 series of amendments to Regulation No. 53 regarding a new requirement for automatic switching from DRL to the headlamp (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2016/35 and GRE-77-19). The experts from India and Italy commented on the proposals (GRE-77-09 and GRE-77-17).

25. The experts from Italy, Netherlands and IMMA requested more time to study the proposals and comments. The expert from EC recalled that this matter had already been considered at three consecutive sessions of GRE without a conclusion. He called for the establishment of a task force to tackle the issue. The experts from Japan, India, Italy, Netherlands and IMMA expressed their willingness to participate in the task force. GRE hoped that it would be able to finalize the consideration of the proposals at the next session without establishing a task force. To this end, the Chair urged all experts to study the proposals and provide their comments prior to the next session.

26. GRE agreed to postpone to the next session consideration of GRE-77-08 by the expert from India.

Documentation
GRE-76-03 Analysis of glare given to oncoming vehicles by motorcycles DRLs at night (Japan)
GRE-76-06 Proposal for draft amendments to Regulation No. 53 (India)
GRE-77-08 Proposal for draft amendments to Regulation No. 53 (India)
GRE-77-09 India Comments on glare given to oncoming vehicles by motorcycle DRLs at night (India)
GRE-77-17 Discussion of DRL automatic switching proposal for Regulation No. 53 (Italy)
GRE-77-19 Additional explanations for GRE/2016/35 (Use of motorcycle DRL at night) (Japan)
GRE/2016/35 Proposal for the 03 series of amendments to Regulation No. 53 (Japan)