Working Party on Noise | Session 57 | 5-7 Feb 2013
Geneva
Agenda Item 3. (a)
Development

5. Concerning the updating of the requirements on the noise test track from ISO 10844:1994 to ISO 10844:2011, GRB agreed on aligning the UN Regulation with the decision taken for UN Regulation No. 117 on this subject (superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2012/16) (see also paras. 16 and 17). Accordingly, the expert from OICA withdrew GRB-57-20 and it was agreed to keep ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2012/16 for reference. Finally, GRB agreed to defer discussion at its September 2013 session on the basis of a revised consolidated proposal of 03 series of amendments to the UN Regulation (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2012/8) including a new proposal for transitional provisions (GRB-57-17), ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2012/17 and the provisions of Supplement 8 to the 02 series of amendments (see para. 10).

6. The expert from China introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2013/4 and GRB-57-13 proposing amendments to improve the test method of the 02 series of amendments to the UN Regulation. The expert from OICA questioned the opportunity of introducing amendments to the 02 series of amendments, taking into account that the latter one would be superseded in a short time by the 03 series of amendments. He finally proposed that draft amendments of method B, concerning Annexes 9 and 10 of the UN Regulation introduced by ECE/TRANS/P29/GRB/2013/4, would be discussed at the next ISO Working Group 42 meeting in April, because affecting the measurement procedure of method B reproduced in Standard ISO 362-1:2007. The expert from ISO agreed on this approach. GRB agreed to resume discussion on this subject at its September 2013 session on the basis of a proposal jointly revised by the experts from China, ISO and OICA.

Documentation
GRB-56-12 Proposal for amendments to the proposal for the 03 series of amendments to Regulation No. 51 (Netherlands)
GRB-57-13 Proposal of amendments to document GRB/2013/4 (China)
GRB-57-17 Proposal for amendments to add Transitional Provisions to Regulation No. 51.03 (OICA)
GRB-57-20 Proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No. 51.02 (OICA)
GRB-57-22 Japanese proposal on R51 limit values: Rationale for N2 and M3 thresholds (JASIC)
GRB-57-28 Reducing Vehicle Noise Emissions: Update on the new EU Commission legislative proposal (EC)
GRB/2012/8 Proposal for the 03 series of amendments to Regulation No. 51 (OICA)
GRB/2012/16 Proposal for Supplement 8 to the 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 51 (Netherlands)
GRB/2012/17 Proposal for draft 03 series of amendments to Regulation No. 51 (OICA)
GRB/2013/4 Proposal for Supplement 9 to the 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 51 (China)