GAR | GRRF/2016/40

Document Title	Proposal for amendment to Regulation No. 109
Reference Number	GRRF/2016/40
Date	8 Jul 2016
Summary	Proposal to amend Annex 7 (based on the documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2015/39 and GRRF-80-16 from Slovakia) and Annex 10. This proposal would: change measurement units for drum speed in Annex 7 from min-1 to km.h-1 to align the requirements with other tyre regulations; correct the wording from “speed category symbol” to “speed symbol” (as defined in para. 2.33); correct the wording from “load capacity index” to “load index” (as defined in para. 2.32); correct a reference to para. 3.2.13. of the Regulation in Annex 7, Appendix 1; correct a boundary value of load index in Annex 7, Appendix 1; delete in paragraph 2.1 in Annex 7, the possibility to use the 2.0 m drum diameter to perform the endurance test. In Annex 10, the proposal aligns the text with Annex 7 of UN R117, 02 series of amendments, Supplement 5.
Source(s)	ETRTO and Slovakia
Rulemaking Area(s)	UN R109 CV Retreaded Tires
Proposal Status	Superseded
Meeting(s)	GRRF \| Session 82 \| 20-23 Sep 2016 7. (f) Tyres: Regulation No. 109 7. (f) Tyres: Regulation No. 109 7. (f) Tyres: Regulation No. 109
Related Documents
	GRRF-80-16	Proposal for amendments to document GRRF/2015/39 concerning UN Regulation No. 109
	GRRF/2015/39	Proposal for an amendment to Regulation No. 109 (superseded)
	GRRF-81-12	Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 109 (superseded)
	WP.29/2017/9	Proposal for Supplement 8 to Regulation No. 109
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GRRF \| Session 82 \| 20-23 Sep 2016		39. GRRF resumed consideration of proposed amendments to Annexes 7 and 10 to Regulation No. 109 as well as the proposal originally submitted by the expert from Slovakia, in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2016/40. The expert from ETRTO presented a proposal for amendments to tyre marking requirements in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2016/41. 40. GRRF adopted both proposals and requested the secretariat to submit them as draft Supplement 8 to Regulation No. 109 (Retreaded tyres for commercial vehicles and their trailers) to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2017 sessions.