Working Party on General Safety | Session 113 | 10-13 Oct 2017
Geneva
Agenda Item 2. (a)
Amendments to regulations on buses and coaches: Regulation No. 107 (M2 and M3 vehicles)

5. The expert from Germany recalled the purpose of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2016/20 to improve the accommodation and accessibility for passengers with reduced mobility. He added that GRSG had adopted the document in principle at its previous session as reproduced in GRSG-112-35 subject to the insertion of transitional provisions. Thus, the expert from OICA introduced GRSG-113-15-Rev.1. The expert from Sweden underlined the need to delete the amendments to Annex 8, paragraph 3.2.4. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2016/20 as reproduced in Annex V to the session report (based on GRSG-113-15-Rev.2) and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 as draft 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 107 for consideration at their March 2018 sessions.

6. The expert from the Czech Republic introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2017/14 to improve the safety requirements for trolleybuses, particularly the double insulation of circuits directly connected to the overhead lines. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2017/14 and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 7 to the 06 series of amendments, as draft Supplement 6 to the 07 series of amendments and as part (see para. 5) of draft 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 107 for consideration at their March 2018 sessions.

7. In the absence of a concrete proposal to align the provisions of UN Regulation No. 107 with those of the European Union Regulation 1230/2012 on masses and dimensions in the definition of the ‘mass in running order’, GRSG decided to remove this item from the agenda of the next session.

8. Referring to GRSG-111-21 on a detailed analysis of the technical requirements for trolley buses presented at previous sessions, the expert from Belgium informed GRSG that full alignment of the provisions of UN Regulations Nos. 100 and 107 had not been achieved. GRSG agreed to remove this item from the agenda of the next GRSG session.

Documentation
GRSG-111-09 Proposal for amendments to the 05, 06 and 07 series of amendments to Regulation No. 107 (OICA)
GRSG-111-21 Detailed analysis on the compatibility or incompatibility of the scopes and technical provisions for trolleybuses of UN Regulations Nos. 100 and 107 (Belgium)
GRSG-112-35 Proposal for a new 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 107
GRSG-113-04 Résumé du rapport d’enquête technique sur la collision suivie d’un incendie survenue entre un autocar et un poids lourd (France)
GRSG-113-05 Report of the technical investigation into a collision followed by a fire between a motor coach and a heavy-duty vehicle (France)
GRSG-113-15 Proposal for draft 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 107 (as adopted by GRSG at its 112th session) (OICA)
GRSG-113-15/Rev.1 Revised proposal for draft 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 107 (OICA)
GRSG-113-15/Rev.2 Approved proposal for the draft 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 107
GRSG-113-23 Presentation of the investigation into the collision between a coach and heavy truck and resulting fire (France)
GRSG-113-29 Comment on GRSG/2016/20: Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 107 (India)
GRSG/2016/5 Proposal for amendment to Regulation No. 107 (Belgium)
GRSG/2016/20 Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 107 (Germany)
GRSG/2017/14 Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 06 series of amendments and Supplement 2 to the 07 series of amendments to Regulation No. 107 (Czech Republic)