WP.29/2016/103
Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments to Regulation No. 80
Source(s)
Date
2 Sep 2016
Status
Adopted text published
Subject
Impact
03 series of amendments | Supplement 2
Meeting(s)

UN R80, paragraph 7.4.4. specifies that passengers in side-facing seats “shall be safeguarded by a vehicle part (e.g. partition, wall or seat back of a forward-facing seat) forward of the foremost side-facing seat”. Germany has determined that the current text has been misinterpreted with regard to the intended requirement for a safety device that does not break and maintains its capability to retain a passenger’s body in the event of an accident. This proposal clarifies that such any such structure “shall retain its safeguard function during testing”.

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