Working Party on Pollution and Energy | Session 76 | 9-12 Jan 2018
Geneva

The deadline for the submission of official working documents for this session is 9 October 2017.

Agenda Item 6. (a)
Agricultural and forestry tractors, non-road mobile machinery: Regulations Nos. 96 and 120

32. The expert from EC presented (GRPE-76-15) introducing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2018/3 with a proposal for a draft 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 96 to harmonize it with the new European Union Regulation (2016/1628) on Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) with some corrections by GRPE-76-12. GRPE adopted the proposal as amended (GRPE-76-12) and requested the secretariat to submit ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2018/3 and Annex IX (to the session report) to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their June 2018 sessions as draft 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 96.

33. The expert from EC also introduced GRPE-76-14 proposing a new 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 120. GRPE adopted the proposal and requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 3 to the report to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their June 2018 sessions as draft 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 120.

34. The expert from EUROMOT introduced GRPE-76-07 and expressed the concern of his organization on tampering of NRMM after treatment and ECUs by legal persons. EUROMOT informed the GRPE that they would support activities from Contracting Parties to address these concerns. GRPE noted EUROMOT’s concern and agreed on potential follow-ups, noting the efforts required from manufacturers due to anti-tampering provisions in the relevant UN Regulations.

Documentation
GRPE/76/Add.3 UN R120: Draft 02 series of amendments
GRPE-76-07 EUROMOT concerns regarding tampering of NRMM after-treatment and ECUs by legal persons (EUROMOT)
GRPE-76-12 UN R96: Proposal for amendments to document GRPE/2018/3 (EC)
GRPE-76-13 UN R132: Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments (EC)
GRPE-76-14 UN R120: Proposal for a new series of amendments (EC)
GRPE-76-15 NRMM Emissions: Introduction of documents GRPE-76-12, -13, and -14 (EC)
GRPE/2018/3 Proposal for a new series of amendments (05) to Regulation No. 96 (EU)