Working Party on Lighting and Light-signalling | Session 79 | 24-27 Apr 2018
Geneva
The deadline for the submission of official working documents is 26 January 2018.
Agenda Item 5.
Regulations Nos. 37, 99, 128, and Resolution RE5

19. The expert from IEC proposed amendments to Regulations Nos. 37, 99 and 128 that aligned the approval code for light sources with the approval number as prescribed by Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2018/21 and GRE-78-18). GRE adopted the amendments and requested the secretariat to submit them to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2018 sessions.

20. On behalf of the Task Force on LED retrofits and substitutes (TF SR), the expert from Germany presented their status report (GRE-79-16). GRE supported the proposed two-step approach and mechanical interlock as a solution to avoid misuse of light emitting diode (LED) substitutes.

21. GRE recalled the earlier proposals by GTB to introduce LED substitutes and replaceable light sources into the new LSD and RID Regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2017/14, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2017/15 and GRE-78-04) and noted that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2017/15 had been incorporated in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2018/3. GRE invited TF SR to update ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2017/14 and GRE-78-04.

22. The expert from GTB pointed out that the GTB guidelines for introducing and evaluating LED light source categories that were intended for forward lighting applications (GRE-77-04) should be published as a reference document on the GRE website. GRE agreed to this request.

Documentation
GRE-78-04 Correction to the proposal for RID LED substitute light source requirements (GRE/2017/14) (GTB)
GRE-78-18 Distinction between "approval code" and "approval number" under the 1958 Agreement (IEC)
GRE-79-16 Report of the Substitute/Replacement Light Sources task force
GRE/2017/14 Proposal to introduce requirements for the use of light-emitting diode substitute light sources in the new Regulation on Light-Signalling Devices (GTB)
GRE/2017/15 Proposal to introduce requirements for the use of replaceable light emitting diode light sources for forward lighting in the new Regulation on Road Illumination Devices (GTB)
GRE/2018/3 RID: Proposal for a new UN Regulation concerning road illumination devices (lamps) and systems for power-driven vehicles
GRE/2018/21 Proposal to amend the approval code for light sources (IEC)