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| Document Title | Proposal for amendment to Regulation No. 55 | ||||||||
| Reference Number | GRSG/2016/4 | ||||||||
| Date |
11 Feb 2016
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| Summary | At the May 2015 Type Approval Authorities Meeting (TAAM), Poland raised concerns (attached with this submission) over small M1 vehicles being equipped with aftermarket coupling devices where the vehicle in question is not designed for towing a trailer. In effect, these vehicles are not permitted to tow trailers, but are nonetheless enabled to be equipped for such a purpose by the aftermarket devices. Therefore, Poland proposes to amend UN R55 to ensure that coupling devices are only approved for use on vehicles approved for towing trailers. | ||||||||
| Source(s) | Poland | ||||||||
| Rulemaking Area(s) | UN R55 Mechanical Couplings | ||||||||
| Proposal Status | Superseded | ||||||||
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| Related Documents | |||||||||
| R55-13-23 | Proposal GRSG/2016/4 to amend Regulation No. 55 | ||||||||
| GRRF/2016/32 | Proposal for an amendment to Regulation No. 55 (superseded) | ||||||||
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| UNECE server | .pdf format | .docx format | |||||||
| Excerpts from session reports related to this document | |||||||||
| GRSG | Session 110 | 25-29 Apr 2016 |
21. The expert from Poland informed GRSG about the purpose of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2016/4, proposing to insert into UN Regulation No. 55 an amendment imposing a new general constraint for granting component type-approval for mechanical coupling devices dedicated to category M1 vehicles only if they were designed to tow trailers. He announced the submission of the document to GRRF for consideration at its next session in September. GRSG endorsed that position and agreed to remove the agenda item. |
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