World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations | Session 177 | 11-15 Mar 2019
Geneva
Agenda Item 3.5.3.
Working Party on Noise (GRBP)

63. The GRB Chair reported on the results achieved by GRB during its sixty-ninth session (for details, see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/67).

64. He mentioned that GRB had decided to introduce transitional provisions in Supplements 4 and 5 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 51. Given a limited transition period foreseen, he requested WP.29 to exceptionally consider these transitional provisions already at this session under agenda item 4.6.2, on the basis of a revised document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/4/Rev.1.

65. He pointed out that GRB had established a new Informal Working Group on Wet Grip Performance for Tyres in a Worn State (WGWT) and adopted its Terms of Reference and that France and the European Commission would act as Chair and Co-Chair, respectively, while ETRTO would provide secretariat support

66. The GRB Chair also mentioned that, in line with the WP.29 request, GRB was soliciting views of national road administrations on the draft Resolution on Road Surface Labelling.