Proposal to update the provisions of Regulation No. 92 to a level at least equivalent to the corresponding provisions in the European Union legislation. The document proposes improved terminology and definitions, including new ones, improved sound emission testing conditions and procedures. It also introduces anti-tampering provisions and an “Additional sound emission provisions” (ASEP) statement by the manufacturer.
11. GRB noted that the expert from EC had transmitted revised proposals for amendments to Regulation No. 92 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/5) and agreed to consider them under agenda item 8 in conjunction with proposals for amendments to Regulations Nos. 9 and 63 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/6 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/7, respectively).
15. The expert from EC introduced revised proposals for amendments to Regulations Nos. 9, 63 and 92 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/6, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/7, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/5 and GRB-64-13). GRB adopted these proposals, subject to the following correction of references:
ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/6, Annex 3, paragraph 3.1.2.2.3., last sentence, for 2.8 read 2.10.
ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/7, Annex 3, paragraph 3.1.2.2., for 2.8 read 2.12.
16. GRB requested the secretariat to submit the above proposals to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2017 sessions as a draft Supplement 3 to the 07 series of amendments to Regulation No. 9, a draft Supplement 3 to the 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 63 and a draft Supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 92.
26. GRB recalled the WP.29 request to introduce, in the medium term, an alternative acronym for ‘Replacement Exhaust Silencing System’ (RESS) in Regulation No. 92 (WP.29-165-16). GRB noted that this issue was addressed in document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2016/5 adopted at this session (see para. 15 above).
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