Working Party on Noise | Session 58 | 2-4 Sep 2013
Geneva
Agenda Item 2.
Regulation No. 41 (Noise of motorcycles): Development

3. GRB adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2013/11 not amended, introducing corrections to the current text of the UN Regulation. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2014 sessions as draft Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 41.

4. GRB also resumed discussion on a proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2013/7), tabled by the expert from ISO, updating the text of the UN Regulation and concerning the test site with the latest amendment of ISO Standard 5130:2012. GRB adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2013/7 not amended. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2014 sessions as part of (see para. 3) draft Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 41.

5. The expert from IMMA introduced GRB-58-01, proposing an amendment to the transitional provisions of the UN Regulation. In the meantime GRB also considered GRB-58-11-Rev.1, aligning GRB-58-01 to the General Guidelines for UN Regulatory Procedures and Transitional Provisions in UN Regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044/Rev.1). Finally, GRB adopted GRB-58-01, as reproduced in Annex II to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit GRB-58-01 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2014 sessions as part of (see paras. 3 and 4) draft Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 41. Moreover, GRB agreed to keep GRB-58-11-Rev.1 as a reference in its agenda of the January 2014 session, awaiting a possible proposal of full revision of the transitional provisions of the UN Regulation.

6. GRB resumed consideration of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2012/5, tabled by the expert from the Russian Federation. The expert from IMMA reiterated the same concerns expressed in the last sessions of GRB (GRB-56-08), suggesting a time reservation on the proposal so as to receive more data from the technical services applying the 04 series of amendments of the UN Regulation recently entered into force. GRB agreed to resume discussion on this subject at its January 2014 session, awaiting possible proposals on harmonized definitions and terminology common to UN Regulations Nos. 9, 41, 63 and 92.

Documentation
GRB-56-08 Draft IMMA position regarding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2012/5 (IMMA)
GRB-58-01 Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 41 (IMMA)
GRB-58-11 Secretariat comments on proposal for Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN R41
GRB-58-11/Rev.1 Revised secretariat comments on proposal for Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN R41
GRB/2012/5 Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 41 (Russia)
GRB/2013/7 Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 41 (ISO)
GRB/2013/11 Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 41 (IMMA)