Working Party on Passive Safety | Session 61 | 8-12 May 2017
Geneva
Agenda Item 10.
Regulation No. 17 (Strength of seats)

20. The expert from CLEPA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2017/12 to clarify the testing of seats with and without head restraints. Moreover, the expert from CLEPA introduced GRSP-61-26 incorporating the comments received from the experts from Germany and EC. Finally, GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2017/12 as amended by Annex IV to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as draft Supplement 4 to the 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 17 for consideration and vote at the November 2017 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

21. The expert from OICA introduced GRSP-61-10 to correct a reference. GRSP adopted the proposal as reproduced in Annex IV to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as draft Corrigendum 1 to the Revision 5 to UN Regulation No. 17, for consideration and vote at the November 2017 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

22. The expert from Germany introduced GRSP-61-19-Rev.1 to clarify that safety-belts and components should still in function after the load retention test. The expert from OICA argued that inevitably after the test some components would be damaged and raised a study reservation. GRSP agreed to resume discussion at its December 2017 session and requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-61-19-Rev.1 with an official symbol.

Documentation
GRSP-58-28/Rev.1 Proposal for the 09 series of amendments to Regulation No. 17 (EC and Japan)
GRSP-61-10 Proposal for a corrigendum to UN Regulation No. 17 (OICA)
GRSP-61-19/Rev.1 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 17 (Germany)
GRSP-61-26 Proposal for Supplement 4 to the 08 series of amendments to Regulation No. 17 (CLEPA)
GRSP/2017/12 Proposal for Supplement 4 to the 08 series of amendments to Regulation No. 17 (CLEPA)