Working Party on Lighting and Light-signalling | Session 85 | 26-29 Oct 2021
Geneva
Agenda Item 4. (b)
UN Regulation No. 148 (Light-signalling devices)

8. The expert from IWG SLR introduced a number of clarifications and corrections (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2021/11). GRE adopted this proposal, as amended by GRE-85-11, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 4 to the original series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 148.

9. The expert from IWG SLR presented a draft new series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 148 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2021/13, GRE-85-03 and GRE-85-13). The expert from IEC proposed updating the references to standard IEC 60809 (GRE-85-09). GRE adopted the proposal, as amended by GRE-85-09 and GRE-85-13, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the June 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 148.

10. The expert from EC held the view that contracting parties should not be obliged to indefinitely accept type approvals issued to the preceding series of amendments. To introduce a deadline for such acceptance, he proposed an alternative transitional provision (GRE-85-30). Some GRE experts pointed out that the installation UN Regulations Nos. 48, 53, 74 and 86 would be more appropriate for that purpose, rather than the device UN Regulations Nos. 148, 149 and 150. GRE requested IWG SLR to consider the issue and to report back to GRE at its next session in April 2022.

Documentation
GRE-85-03 UN R148: Presentation to support proposal for new 01 series of amendments
GRE-85-09 UN R148: Proposal for updating the reference to IEC 60809 (IEC)
GRE-85-11 UN R148: Proposal for correction to amendment
GRE-85-13 UN R148: Correction of errors in the proposal for the 01 series of amendments
GRE-85-30 UN R148: Proposal to amend the transitional provisions of proposal for new series of amendments (EC)
GRE/2020/5/Rev.2 UN R48: Proposal for Supplement (France and Germany)
GRE/2021/11 UN R148: Proposal to clarify and to correct the text
GRE/2021/13 UN R148: Proposal for a 01 series of amendments