GRPE-2016-02: No discussion necessary.

EPPR-14-12: Secretary recalled the importance of confirming such document, especially on the controversial open point about 3-wheelers. He suggested taking EPPR-14-15 by IMMA as a basis for review, since it was an improved version of 14-12, with editorial comments highlighted in track changes.

EPPR-14-15 was reviewed in details.

• Item 2 on 3W vehicles: Japanese (EPPR-14-10) and Indian (EPPR-14-13) comments were reviewed. As proposed by Japan and supported by India and EC, it was agreed to delete complete sub-para. (c) of GRPE-2016-02, para. 19 in Section 1.
• Item 3 was changed as follows:
  • 24 bis was renamed 25 and all sub-sequent paragraphs were re-numbered.
  • same similar family criteria
  • IMMA editorial improvement was accepted by India, by EC, by Japan.
  • India proposal (highlighted in blue font) was accepted.
  • Item 4 – 14: proposals agreed.

  EPPR-14-16 (IMMA), containing following additional editorial corrections to ensure consistency throughout the document, was agreed upon:

  • 1 Change fuel storage and supply system into fuel storage and delivery system.
    • Justification: To make the wording consistent throughout the gtr.
  • 2 Change Fuel storage tank into Fuel tank
    • Justification: To make the wording consistent throughout the gtr; In line with equal proposals made earlier by China and adopted by other EPPR members.

  Conclusion
  EPPR-14-15 and EPPR-14-16 were adopted; will be consolidated in a new informal document amending GRPE-2016-02 and submitted to January 2016 GRPE.
  GRPE-72-06, Technical Report, was agreed upon.
  Secretary explained that compared to previous final draft document (EPPR-14-09e):

  • The ‘authorisation’ was deleted, since the GRPE Secretariat had pointed out that it was not necessary to add the authorisation in the informal document. The ‘authorisation’ will be added by the UNECE Secretariat once the GTR and Tech. Report are adopted.
  • Some adjustments on the paragraph numbering had been made.
  
  No comments by the group

59. The Chair of the IWG presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2016/2 on a new GTR on evaporative and crankcase emissions for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles equipped with a combustion engine as well as the modifications to the proposal introduced by GRPE-72-13. He introduced the technical report on the development of the new GTR (GRPE-72-06).

60. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2016/2 as amended by Annex VI of the session report and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their June 2016 sessions as a draft GTR on the measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles equipped with a combustion engine with regard to the crankcase and evaporative emissions. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-72-06) as reproduced in Addendum 3 to this report and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their June 2016 sessions.

59. The Chair of the IWG presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2016/2 on a new GTR on evaporative and crankcase emissions for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles equipped with a combustion engine as well as the modifications to the proposal introduced by GRPE-72-13. He introduced the technical report on the development of the new GTR (GRPE-72-06).

60. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2016/2 as amended by Annex VI of the session report and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their June 2016 sessions as a draft GTR on the measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles equipped with a combustion engine with regard to the crankcase and evaporative emissions. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-72-06) as reproduced in Addendum 3 to this report and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their June 2016 sessions.

59. The Chair of the IWG presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2016/2 on a new GTR on evaporative and crankcase emissions for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles equipped with a combustion engine as well as the modifications to the proposal introduced by GRPE-72-13. He introduced the technical report on the development of the new GTR (GRPE-72-06).

60. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2016/2 as amended by Annex VI of the session report and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their June 2016 sessions as a draft GTR on the measurement procedure for two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles equipped with a combustion engine with regard to the crankcase and evaporative emissions. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-72-06) as reproduced in Addendum 3 to this report and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their June 2016 sessions.

29. The Chair of GRPE, Mr. C. Albus (Germany), reported to WP.29 about the results of GRPE during its seventy-second session (for more details see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/72).

25. The World Forum recalled the oral report of the Chair of GRE given during the 168th session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1120, para. 29) and approved the report and addenda 1, 2 and 3.

106. AC.3 agreed to defer this subject to its November 2016 session.

113. Submitted for consideration and vote, the proposal for a new UN GTR on crankcase and evaporative emissions from two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles equipped with a combustion engine (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/66, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/67, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/AC.3/36/Rev.1) was established in the UN Global Registry on 17 November 2016 by consensus vote of the following Contracting Parties present and voting: Australia, Canada, China, European Union (voting for Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom), India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tunisia and United States of America.