WP.29/2015/99
Proposal for 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 127
Source(s)
Date
8 Sep 2015
Status
Adopted
Subject
Impact
02 series of amendments
Meeting(s)

Proposal from the Bumper Test Area Task Force to revise the procedure for determining the bumper test area under the pedestrian safety regulation. The proposal introduces a “bumper beam” method for determining the test area and includes a 31 December 2017 transition date.

UNECE server
Excerpts from session reports
GRSP | Session 57 | 18-22 May 2015

28. Referring to the decision held under agenda item 3(a) (see para. 6.), the expert from EC introduced GRSP-57-16-Rev.1 (superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2015/8, GRSP-57-12 and GRSP-57-13), introducing the new bumper test method and the definition of bumper beam and meeting the needs expressed by the expert from OICA at the December 2014 session of GRSP. GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2015/8, as amended by Annex IV (including GRSP-57-16-Rev.1) to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2015 sessions, as draft 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 127.

WP.29 | Session 167 | 10-13 Nov 2015
With 39 of the 51 Contracting Parties applying UN R127 present and voting, AC.1 adopted document WP.29/2015/99, Not amended per the session report, by a vote of 39 in favor, 0 opposed, with 0 abstaining.