Working Party on General Safety | Session 117 | 8-11
Oct 2019
Geneva
The deadline for the submission of official working documents for this session is 12 July 2019.
Agenda Item 8.
UN Regulation No. 55 (Mechanical couplings)
Documentation
GRSG-117-06
UN R55: Proposal for amendments (Finland)
UN R55: Proposal for amendments
Proposal to clarify that the term “special joint” does not include flexible components supporting coupling articulation (as is pertinent to Class C50 couplings).
GRSG-117-25
UN R55: Proposal for the 02 series of amendments (EC)
UN R55: Proposal for the 02 series of amendments
Revised text with transitional provisions for the proposal (GRSG/2019/6) to specify that "the motor-vehicle’s user instructions (e.g. owner’s manual, vehicle handbook) shall clearly specify that the removable or repositionable mechanical coupling device shall always be removed or repositioned when it is not in use.” The purpose is to comply with an EU General Safety Regulation provision that prohibits couplings from obscuring rear lighting components or registration plates.