Working Party on General Safety | Session 116 | 8-12 Apr 2019
Geneva

The deadline for the submission of official working documents for this session is 7 January 2019.

Agenda Item 2. (b)
UN Regulation No. 118 (Burning behaviour of materials)

10. The expert from France, as Chair of the Informal Working Group (IWG) on the behaviour of the general construction of M2 and M3 vehicles in a fire event (BMFE), introduced GRSG-116-11 on the outcome of the recent meetings held in Madrid on 27 and 28 November 2018 and in Oslo on 27 and 28 February 2019. He reported that IWG had made good progress on developing a table of accidentology, on a full-scale test and on new provisions in UN Regulation No. 107 for the automatic opening of emergency exits and security instructions for passengers. He added that the group would follow-up on an ongoing research study by Germany on the toxicity and opacity of the smoke so as to define a simplified test method to determine toxicity of materials. GRSG welcomed this information and noted that the forthcoming meeting of IWG on BMFE was scheduled for Bergisch Gladbach (Germany) on 25 and 26 June 2019.

11. GRSG noted GRSG-116-12, tabled by BMFE, which proposes a correction to paragraph 4 of the IWG terms of reference. GRSG endorsed the proposal below:


Report ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/93, Annex II, paragraph 4., correct to read:

“4.
The completion target and date for the work of the IWG shall be a draft amendment to UN Regulations Nos. 107 and 118 at the 119th session of GRSG (October 2020).”

12. GRSG agreed to resume discussions at its next session.

Documentation
GRSG-116-11 BMFE: Behaviour of M2 and M3 general construction in case of Fire Event (France)
GRSG-116-12 Terms of Reference for the informal group on the Behaviour of M2 and M3 vehicles' general construction in case of Fire Event (BMFE) (France)