28. The expert from EC, Chair of IWG on VRU-Proxi, reported on the group’s decision to withdraw ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2019/10 on a new 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 46 and to submit instead a new draft UN Regulation on devices for reversing motion and driver’s awareness of vulnerable road users behind the vehicle (GRSG-116-36). He added that the new UN Regulation would address a broader scope, i.e. direct and indirect vision devices, and other detection devices. He sought the advice of GRSG on this new IWG approach. GRSG noted the requests by Italy and Sweden to apply these devices also on incomplete vehicles and, if possible, to already include it into the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) scheme. GRSG endorsed the new IWG approach.

29. The Chair of VRU-Proxi announced that IWG would further review the terms of reference to extend the mandate for developing reversing safety by one additional year and to circulate, if possible, the new draft UN Regulation as an official document, for consideration by GRSG at its next session.

30. GRSG welcomed the good work progress and noted that the next meeting of IWG on VRU-Proxi was scheduled to be held in Berlin (Germany) on 17–19 June 2019.

31. The expert from Germany introduced GRSG-116-04 on the different interpretations by type approval authorities of the provisions of UN Regulation No. 46 on a possible automatic modification of the field of vision for the driver while driving (at the request of the driver). He sought the advice of GRSG on the need to amend UN Regulation No. 46 accordingly. The expert from France supported an amendment to allow devices to modify views for the driver.

32. The expert from Germany introduced GRSG-116-20 to amend the provisions for approval and installation of devices for indirect vision with temporarily modified views on motor vehicles. A presentation (GRSG-116-37) also justified the need to amend the UN Regulation and showed the safety improvements of devices using magnification and resolution in image processing. GRSG welcomed GRSG-116-20 and noted several comments from the experts of Canada, France, Sweden and EC on the need to clarify the proposal. The expert from Japan raised a study reservation, stating that the current provisions of the regulation already cover such devices and that an amendment was superfluous. Finally, GRSG agreed to resume consideration of GRSG-116-20 at its next session on the basis of an official document. The Chair invited the expert from Germany to submit in due time, a revised proposal taking into account the comments received.

33. The expert from OICA presented GRSG-116-27 to clarify the provisions on the required field of indirect vision of different classes of devices, in particular, as concerns the necessity to separate the different fields of vision and to indicate changes in magnification to the driver. The expert from Germany supported the proposal but preferred to add a sentence that indication lines shall not hide information. GRSG noted general support on the revised proposal and agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its next session and requested the secretariat to circulate GRSG-116-27-Rev.1 with an official symbol. GRSG noted GRSG-116-03 with standard ISO 17386.