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 4.
UN Regulation No. 34 (Prevention of fire risks)

14. The expert from EC informed GRSG that rear impact, especially for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, were linked to fire risks and that the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) would deal with this subject. The Chair confirmed it and added that a specific task force had been created under GRSP. The expert from OICA and acting Secretary of the task force explained that the task force was aimed at establishing of a new UN Regulation under GRSP and that, at a later stage, cross references would be aligned. The expert from Germany mentioned different considerations to take out crash test provisions in UN Regulation No.34. He offered to follow up with a new document for electro-hybrid vehicles with fuel tanks in one of the next sessions.