Working Party on Lighting and Light-signalling | Session 81 | 15-18 Apr 2019
Geneva

The deadline for the submission of official working documents to this session is 18 January 2019.

Agenda Item 6. (a)
Proposals for amendments to the 05 and 06 series of amendments

16. The expert from Czechia proposed to clarify the requirements for headlamps and DRL (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2019/5). GRE adopted the proposals and requested the secretariat to submit them to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their November 2019 sessions as draft Supplement 13 to the 06 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 48.

17. The expert from Germany proposed to allow (a) the manual switch-off of all lighting devices in vehicles used by special forces and (b) the activation of hazard warning lights when opening a door in vehicles not equipped with a door assistance and warning system (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2019/8). The experts from France, Japan and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were not in a position to support the derogation (a) and indicated that such exceptions should be done in the national or regional legislation, rather than in a UN Regulation. For proposal (b), the expert from EC pointed out that it constitutes a new requirement and, thus, should be introduced by a new series of amendments. The experts from Czechia, Netherlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and OICA were of the view that proposal (b) goes beyond the scope of GRE and should be addressed by the Working Party on General Safety Provisions (GRSG). The Chair requested the secretariat to bring the issue to the attention of GRSG.

Documentation
GRE-81-13 UN R48: Proposal to amend the draft [07] series (document GRE/2019/3) (Poland)
GRE/2019/4 UN R48: Proposal for a Supplement to the new 07 series of amendments (France)
GRE/2019/5 UN R48: Proposal for a Supplement to the 06 series of amendments (Czech Republic and Italy)
GRE/2019/8 UN R48: Proposal for a Supplement to the 06 series of amendments (Germany)