Working Party on Passive Safety | Session 62 | 12-15 Dec 2017
Geneva
Agenda Item 22.
Collective amendments to Regulations Nos. 16, 44, 94, 129 and 137

39. The expert from OICA introduced GRSP-62-14, as an alternative proposal to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2017/27 tabled by the expert from EC, concerning the information in the airbag warning label on the correct installation of CRS on a passenger seat with an activated frontal airbag. He suggested that the proposal should be adopted as a new series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 16 (Safety-belts) instead of a Supplement and to regroup these kind of requirements in UN Regulation No. 16 only. He also underlined the problem of translation in all languages of the detailed information, which makes reference to the warning, that should be contained in the owner’s manual.

40. The expert from Australia explained that his country requires vehicles to be fitted with an airbag warning label through a national rule that requires vehicles to meet UN Regulation No. 94. He added that although his country also had a national rule that incorporates UN Regulation No. 16, this rule does not require vehicles to meet the airbag warning label requirements of UN Regulation No. 16. Therefore, he stated that removing the requirement for an airbag warning label from UN Regulation No. 94 would create a loophole, which would allow vehicles to be supplied to the Australian market without any airbag warning label.

41. GRSP agreed to resume discussion on this subject at its May 2018 session. The secretariat was requested to distribute GRSP-62-14 with an official symbol at the next session awaiting a possible revised proposal submitted by the expert from OICA.

Documentation
GRSP-62-08 UN R16: Proposal for Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 10 to the 06 series of amendments and Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 2 to the 07 series of amendments (Japan)
GRSP-62-14 Proposal for collective amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 16, 94, and 137 (OICA)
GRSP-62-20 UN R129: Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 03 series of amendments (France)
GRSP-62-23 UN R129: Proposal for Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 1 (CLEPA)
GRSP/2017/20 Proposal for Supplement 14 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 44 (ANEC and CI)
GRSP/2017/27 Collective amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 16, 44, 94, 129 and 137 (EC)
GRSP/2017/29 Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 129 (France)
GRSP/2017/33 Proposal for Supplement 14 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 44 (France)
GRSP/2017/37 Proposal for Supplement 14 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 44 (France)
GRSP/2017/42 Proposal for Supplement 3 to the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 129 (France)
GRSP/2017/43 Proposal for Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 129 (France)
GRSP/2017/44 Proposal for Supplement 7 to UN Regulation No. 129 (France)
GRSP/2017/44 Proposal for Supplement 7 to UN Regulation No. 129 (France)