GRRF/2015/19
Proposal of Supplements to Regulation No. 13 and No. 13-H

Proposals by Germany and the Netherlands to clarify trailer requirements under UN Regulation Nos. 13 and 13-H, including the removal of design restrictions that prevent the use of electro-hydraulic and electro-pneumatic braking systems.

UNECE server
Excerpts from session reports
GRRF | Session 76 | 17-21 Feb 2014

10. The expert from Germany introduced GRRF-76-24 based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/29 and proposing amendments to Regulation No. 13 introducing provisions for electro-mechanical braking systems. GRRF acknowledged the status report and expected a revised proposal at its September 2014 session, addressing the remaining open issues, which the experts from Germany and the Netherlands volunteered to prepare.

GRRF | Session 75 | 17-19 Sep 2013

11. The expert from Germany presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/29 introducing provisions for electrical or hydraulic transmissions for brake systems. The expert from OICA, with reference to GRRF-75-13, answered to this proposal. GRRF noted a number of comments and agreed to resume consideration of this item at its next session on the basis of a revised document that the expert from Germany volunteered to prepare.

GRRF | Session 80 | 15-18 Sep 2015

11. The expert from Germany introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2015/19, as summarized in GRRF-80-27 and containing the proposal drafted by the experts from Germany and the Netherlands about provisions for electromechanical braking systems for towing vehicles and their trailers. The proposal received some comments on aspects related to the energy measurement from the battery and to the warning light concept.

GRRF | Session 78 | 16-19 Sep 2014

12. The expert from Germany introduced GRRF-78-40 based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/29 which detailed proposed amendments to UN Regulation No. 13 on provisions for electro-mechanical braking systems. GRRF acknowledged the status report. The experts from Germany and the Netherlands volunteered to prepare a revised proposal for consideration at the February 2015 session, addressing the remaining open issues.

GRRF | Session 79 | 16-20 Feb 2015

12. The expert from Germany, recalling the purpose of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/ GRRF/2013/29, introduced GRRF-79-24 containing the draft working in development by the experts from Germany and the Netherlands about provisions for electromechanical braking systems for towing vehicles and their trailers.

13. The experts from Germany and the Netherlands agreed to submit a revised proposal to the September 2015 session of GRRF or to deliver a roadmap in case longer work would be needed.

14. The experts from Germany and the Netherlands invited experts from the industry and from other countries to participate into their work.

style="padding-top:6px;"