Document WP.29/2018/158/Rev.1
RID: Proposal for a new UN Regulation on Road Illumination Devices
Status: Adopted

Proposal for a new UN Regulation on Road Illumination Devices (RID) to supersede UN Regulations Nos. 19, 98, 112 (thus 1, 8, and 20), 113 (thus 56, 57, 72, 76, and 82), 119, and 123.

Discussions and Outcomes
179th WP.29 session (12-14 Nov 2019)
WP.29/2019/125

69. The World Forum considered the draft amendments under agenda items 4.6.1 to 4.6.15 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting, subject to the following modifications:

  • Item 4.6.3, document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/81, last page, Table A2-1, line “Rear position pair (MR)”, replace “15°/15°” with “15°/10°”.
  • Item 4.6.5, document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/125, amend the title to read “Supplement 1 to the original series of UN Regulation No. [149] on Road Illumination Devices (RID)”.

This proposal (WP.29/2019/125) was adopted by the World Forum. Forty Contracting Parties out of the 55 applying UN R149 were present for the vote by AC.1. Forty voted in favor with zero against and zero abstaining.
29th SLR session (27-29 Mar 2019)
SLR-29-02/Rev.1
177th WP.29 session (11-15 Mar 2019)
WP.29/2018/99/Rev.2

112. The Chair of GRE presented amendment proposal contained in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2018/91/Rev.1 to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2018/119/Rev.1, under agenda items 4.11.4 to 4.11.32, to amend UN Regulations Nos. 3, 4, 6, 7, 19, 23, 27, 38, 48, 50, 53, 69, 70, 74, 77, 86, 87, 91, 98, 104, 112, 113, 119 and 123. WP.29 noted that these proposals had been the result of intensive work of GRE and its IWG on Simplification of Lighting and Light-Signalling Regulations, as well as that further intensive work by the groups was expected towards finalizing the process of simplification of the relevant UN Regulations. The World Forum recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting, subject to the following modification to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2018/105 (Proposal for Supplement 20 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 53), agenda item 4.11.18:

Paragraph 6.2.1.2. (a), replace “Class D or E of UN Regulation No. 113” by “Class B, D or E of UN Regulation No. 113”.

113. The World Forum considered the proposals for new UN Regulations on uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles on Blind Spot Information Systems for the Detection of Bicycles, on Light Signalling Devices (LSD), on Road Illumination Devices (RID) and on Retro-Reflective Devices (RRD) under items 4.12.1 to 4.12.4. The World Forum considered the proposals and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting.

This proposal (WP.29/2018/99/Rev.2) was adopted by the World Forum. Thirty-five Contracting Parties out of the 47 applying UN R48 were present for the vote by AC.1. Thirty-five voted in favor with zero against and zero abstaining. This proposal (WP.29/2018/158/Rev.1) was adopted by the World Forum. Thirty-eight Contracting Parties out of the 0 applying UN R149 were present for the vote by AC.1. Thirty-eight voted in favor with zero against and zero abstaining.
176th WP.29 session (12-16 Nov 2018)
WP.29/2018/99/Rev.2
WP.29/2018/158
WP.29/2018/158/Corr.1

121. The World Forum considered the proposals for new UN Regulations on Light Signalling Devices (LSD), on Road Illumination Devices (RID) and on Retro-Reflective Devices under items 4.12.1 to 4.12.3. The World Forum agreed with the view of AC.2 (see para. 43 above) and recommended postponing the vote and deferring their consideration to the March 2019 session of AC.1.

43. AC.2 recommended postponing the vote on proposed new UN Regulations under agenda items 4.12.1 – 4.12.3 and deferred their consideration as revised proposals to the March 2019 session of WP.29.

This proposal (WP.29/2018/99/Rev.2) was adopted by the World Forum. Thirty-five Contracting Parties out of the 47 applying UN R48 were present for the vote by AC.1. Thirty-five voted in favor with zero against and zero abstaining. This proposal (WP.29/2018/158/Rev.1) was adopted by the World Forum. Thirty-eight Contracting Parties out of the 0 applying UN R149 were present for the vote by AC.1. Thirty-eight voted in favor with zero against and zero abstaining.
80th GRE session (23-26 Oct 2018)
GRE/2018/37

11. The Secretary of IWG SLR introduced the first proposals for amendments to the original versions of the LSD, RID and RRD UN Regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2018/36, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2018/37 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2018/38). GRE adopted these proposals and noted that some of these amendments were essentially corrections of errors in the original SLR package while others were improvements. GRE stressed the need to rectify the discovered errors, such as the correction of Table 9 in the RID UN Regulation (as proposed in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2018/37) and the correction of Annex 7 of the RRD UN Regulation (as proposed in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2018/38) and requested the secretariat to submit these corrections to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their November 2018 sessions as corrigenda to the original SLR package. The “improvement” amendments would be submitted to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their June 2019 sessions, as explained in para. 8 above.

78th GRE session (24-27 Oct 2017)
GRE-78-04

14. Pending the outcome of the discussion on light emitting diode (LED) substitute light sources (see agenda item 5, paras. 17-19), GRE agreed to postpone consideration of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2017/14, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2017/15 and GRE-78-04.