World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations | Session 184 | 22-24 Jun 2021
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Agenda Item 3.6.5.
Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) (Eighty-third session, 1-4 June 2020)

71. The Chair of GRPE (Netherlands) reported to WP.29 on the results achieved by GRPE during its eighty-third session (for more details see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/83).

72. GRPE endorsed proposals for Supplements 15, 17 and 14 to the 05, 06 and 07 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 83 (Emissions of M1 and N1 vehicles), Supplement 7 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 24 (Visible pollutants, measurement of power of C.I. engines (Diesel smoke)), Supplement 11 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 101 (CO2 emission/fuel consumption) and Supplement 1 to UN regulation No. 133 (Recyclability of motor vehicles). GRPE endorsed a request for authorization to develop a new UN GTR on brake particulate emissions and a revised authorization to develop a UN GTR on RDE. Finally, GRPE endorsed amendments to Mutual Resolution No. 2 (M.R.2).

73. GRPE agreed to host an additional session on 12 November 2021 for half a day (pending confirmation from UNOG conference services), to allow for a timely finalization of the development of the UN GTR on in-vehicle durability by the IWG on EVE, and tackled other agenda items if time allows. GRPE requested the secretariat to organize this session as a hybrid session.

74. GRPE requested the GRPE ambassador to International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) to communicate to the IWG on IWVTA that GRPE agreed to maintain the inclusion of UN Regulation No.154 in the list of candidates for IWVTA Phase 2.

75. GRPE agreed to update terms of references and rules of procedure for the IWGs on RDE and PMP; the terms of references of the IWG on EVE, that also expired, are expected to be considered by GRPE in November 2021.

76. GRPE updated its list of priorities according to the latest information available and received a request from the representative of Japan to initiate the inclusion of Life Cycle Analysis into the priority list. He underlined preparatory work on a revised priority list for 2022 and 2023 would be tackled in the GRPE November 2021 session to feed the discussions about the Programme of Work held in AC.2 and WP.29.

77. WP.29 endorsed the request to hold an additional GRPE session on 12 November 2021.

78. WP.29 agreed to extend the mandate for the IWG on Global RDE and IWG on PMP until June 2023.

Documentation
GRPE/83 Report of GRPE on its 83rd (June 2021) session