Proposal for a new Regulation concerning the approval of Heavy Duty Dual-Fuel Engine Retrofit Systems
Document WP.29/2016/110
2 September 2016

Proposal for a new Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of Heavy Duty Dual-Fuel Engine Retrofit Systems (HDDF-ERS) to be installed on heavy duty diesel engines and vehicles. Please note that Japan notified the UN Secretary-General on 1 February 2017 of its intention not to apply this regulation from the date it enters into effect (June 2017). Japan remains free to adopt the regulation at a later date.

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4.12.1. | Proposal for a new Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of Heavy Duty Dual-Fuel Engine Retrofit Systems (HDDF-ERS) to be installed on heavy duty diesel engines and vehicles

80. The World Forum considered the proposal for a new Regulation under agenda item 4.12.1 and recommended its submission to AC.1 for voting.

81. The representative of Japan announced abstention from voting on the proposal at AC.1.

4. | Task Force on Heavy Duty Dual-Fuel RS (Retrofit Systems )

6. Following GFV-43 five additional web-teleconferences and one more face-to-face meeting (GFV-44) were held to address concerns about these changes and to finalise the administrative provisions. Concerns of the European Commission and Germany were addressed and resolved despite concerns of AEGPL that the changes made the testing procedures too restrictive. The final version of the regulation was prepared as a GRPE Working Document for consideration in June 2016. ECE/Trans/WP.29/GRPE/2016/12 as well as an Informal Document containing some minor corrections (GRPE-73-04).

7. No comments were raised by the participants. The chairman concluded that the working document and the informal document tabled by the GFV to the GRPE could be adopted by the GRPE session. The Chair noted, however, that an informal GRPE document had been submitted by the AEGPL with amendments to the GRPE Dual-Fuel working document and asked an explanation from the AEGPL participants in the meeting.

8. AEGPL indicated that the recommended change comes from a number of important members and that the stringency of current version of the regulation presents a problem. They indicated that there is general agreement between their members that a good resolution must be attempted.

9. Mr. Rijnders took note of the AEGPL informal document for the GPRE and was disappointed that this initiative was not brought to the attention of the GFV informal working group. He indicated still to be positive that CP’s of the GRPE will adopt the new Dual Fuel retrofit regulation in the GRPE session tomorrow.

8. | Gaseous Fuelled Vehicles (GFV)
8. | Gaseous Fuelled Vehicles (GFV)

56. The Chair of the IWG on GFV introduced a status report (GRPE-72-24) on the activities of the group. He updated GRPE on the status of information exchange on GFV related issues in other forums such as the Working Parties on General Safety Provisions (GRSG) and on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15). He presented a new draft Regulation on the requirements for the type approval of retrofit systems intended to be installed on heavy duty diesel vehicles to enable its operation either in diesel mode or in dual-fuel mode (GRPE-72-12). He mentioned that some provisions were not yet finalized and that the scope of the original version of the Regulation would include Euro V and Enhanced Environmentally friendly Vehicles (EEV). He explained that, similarly to Regulation No. 115, there should be a split between provisions at the UNECE level on the engine retrofit system and additional requirements at the national level on the examination or inspection of the complete installation of the system in the vehicle. He pointed out the complexity to consider within the new Regulation the installation manual of the engine retrofit system due to very different types and applications within heavy duty vehicles.

57. GRPE noted the intention of the IWG on GFV to submit an official document on a new Regulation on the requirements for the type approval of retrofit systems for heavy duty diesel vehicles at the next GRPE session, based on GRPE-72-12. GRPE acknowledged the work progress made by the group and noted the request for a meeting room for half a day during the GRPE week in June 2016.

Related and Previous Documents
GRPE/2016/12
GRPE-72-12
GFV-45-02
Relates to UN R143 |