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Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 55
Document WP.29/2017/69
6 April 2017
172nd WP.29 session (20-23 Jun 2017)

Proposal for:

  1. An amendment for the separation of the procedures to verify towable mass from the procedure of setting and certifying performance values;
  2. An amendment that adds procedures to verify towable mass for vehicle combinations that have hitherto not been accounted for in the Regulation;
  3. Amendments that adds integrated fixing points for secondary couplings;
  4. An amendment that clarifies the procedure to identify worst cases for certification testing;
  5. Amendments that removes typos in the current Regulation.
Please note that, under paragraph 3.4 regarding “Combination 4”, the Clevis coupling formula should read “DC” rather than “D” as shown.

Status: Adopted
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Previous Documents, Discussions, and Outcomes
172nd WP.29 session (20-23 Jun 2017)
4.8.2. Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 55
83rd GRRF session (23-27 Jan 2017)
4. Regulation No. 55

18. The Secretary of the IWG on Regulation No. 55 presented (GRRF-83-06) a consolidated proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2017/3) based on the proposals presented at the previous session of GRRF and addressing the comments received.

19. GRRF adopted the proposal [after correcting an equation in Annex 8, para. 3.4., Clevis Coupling D formulae] and requested the secretariat to submit it as part of the draft Supplement 7 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 55 (Mechanical coupling) to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their June 2017 sessions.

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