Proposal for Supplement 5 to Regulation No. 129
Document WP.29/2016/105
2 September 2016

Proposal to

  1. amend the toxicity and flammability declarations via references to EN71 (European safety standards)
  2. align paragraph 6.6.3.1. with the 01 series of amendments,
  3. to align requirements in 7.1.3.1 to test methods in 8.1.2.4.,
  4. add tolerances to better define the test method in paragraph 8.1.2.3.,
  5. improve the specifications for the measurement of dimensions C and D in Annex 23,
  6. align deceleration test requirements with acceleration test provisions (making explicit that it is mandatory to match the corridor for each test, and
  7. define the initial acceleration value under paragraph 7.3. against which the maximum deviation restriction is to be applied.

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4.8.7. | Proposal for Corrigendum 2 to Regulation No. 129
4.8.8. | Proposal for Supplement 5 to Regulation No. 129
4.8.9. | Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 129
19. | Regulation No. 129 (Enhanced Child Restraint Systems)

41. The expert from Spain introduced GRSP-59-03-Rev.1, as a parallel amendment to UN Regulation No. 44 (see para. 35 above) to improve testing methods. GRSP adopted the proposal as reproduced in Annex V to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposals for consideration and vote at the November 2016 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1, as draft Supplement 5 to the original text of UN Regulation No. 129 and as draft Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 129.

42. GRSP noted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2016/5, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2016/6, GRSP-59-04 and GRSP-59-05 as parallel amendments (already adopted for UN Regulation No. 44) to update the references to the European standard on toxicity and flammability of materials used to manufacture CRS (see para. 31 above). GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2016/5 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2016/6, as amended by Annex V to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposals for consideration and vote at the November 2016 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1, as part of (see para. 41) draft Supplement 5 to the original text of UN Regulation No. 129 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2016/5) and as part of (see para. 41 above) draft Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 129 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2016/6).

43. The expert from France, Chair of the IWG on Enhanced Child Restraint Systems (ECRS), gave a presentation (GRSP-59-14) on the work progress of the IWG which introducing the latest changes (GRSP-59-08-Rev.1) to the official proposal of the 02 series of amendments to the UN Regulation (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2016/4). He explained that the proposed new series of amendments aimed at including: (i) ECRS from the booster seat category (booster seat with backrest) into the scope of UN Regulation No. 129 and (ii) the proposal from Spain (GRSP-59-03-Rev.1). He concluded that this latest draft series would be acknowledged as Phase 2 of the UN Regulation.

44. GRSP finally adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2016/4, as reproduced in Addendum 1 to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal for consideration and vote at the November 2016 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 129.

21. | Collective amendments to Regulations No. 16, 44, 94 and 129
Related and Previous Documents
GRSP/2016/5
GRSP-59-03/Rev.1
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