Working Party on Passive Safety | Session 65 | 13-17 May 2019
Geneva
Agenda Item 9.
UN Regulation No. 17 (Strength of seats)

19. The expert from Finland introduced GRSP-65-04 to raise concerns on head-restraint installation, testing and other interpretations issues. The expert from Germany introduced GRSP-65-18-Rev.1, proposing an amendment to the definition of integrated, detachable and separate head-restraints. The expert from OICA noted that Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 7 dealt with definitions of such head-restraints and suggested that the transposition of UN GTR No. 7, Phase 2 into the UN Regulation would solve the issue. [At] the same time, he urged that cross references between the UN Regulation and the UN GTR be consistent. So, he proposed to establish a Task Force (TF) to complete harmonization of the two Regulations. The expert from Germany endorsed the establishment of TF but proposed to keep GRSP-65-18-Rev.1 separated from other proposals of alignment to the UN GTR.

20. Finally, GRSP agreed with the proposal of the expert from OICA to establish a TF and to combine GRSP-65-18-Rev.1 once the proposal of amendments to align UN Regulation No. 17 with UN GTR No. 7 were finalized. In the meantime, GRSP agreed to defer discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/7 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/9 to its December 2019 session. Moreover, the secretariat was requested to distribute GRSP-65-18-Rev.1, as a new series of amendments with an official symbol at its December 2019 session.

21. The expert from Germany introduced GRSP-65-19, proposing a Corrigendum to the UN Regulation. GRSP adopted GRSP-65-19, as reproduced in Annex II to the session report and requested the secretariat to submit it as Corrigendum 2 to Revision 5 and as Corrigendum 1 to the 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 17, for consideration and vote at the November 2019 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

Documentation
GRSP-65-04 UN R17: Definition of a head restraint (Finland)
GRSP-65-18/Rev.1 UN R17: Proposal for Supplement 5 to the 08 series and Supplement 2 to the 09 series of amendments (Germany)
GRSP-65-19 UN R17: Proposal for corrigenda to Revision 5 and to the 09 series of amendments (Germany)
GRSP/2018/34 UN R17: Proposal for the 10 series of amendments (EC and Japan)
GRSP/2019/7 UN R17: Proposal for the 10 series of amendments (CLEPA)
GRSP/2019/9 UN R17: Proposal for the 10 series of amendments (CLEPA)