4. The expert from Germany, by way of GRSP-66-41 presented Amendment 1 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/26) to UN GTR No. 7 (Phase 2 of the UN GTR on head restraints) that had been prepared by the expert from Japan as technical sponsor of the informal working group (IWG). He explained that the proposal had resolved all the main issues, i.e., in square brackets: (a) text of the preamble, (b) text of the Regulation and (c) injury criteria. He added that the proposal to include the Biomechanical Rear Impact Dummy (BioRID) UN test tool in Mutual Resolution No. 1 (M.R.1) was still in final review, and that an agreement was in progress with the dummy manufacturer on disclaiming any copyright infringements. The expert from Japan introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/26 to highlight the main issues resolved by IWG.

5. GRSP recommended that (a) Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 2 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/26), as amended below, (b) the final progress report (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/21), not amended and (c) the authorization to develop the work ECE/TRANS/WP.29/AC.3/25/Rev.1 be established in the global registry. The secretariat was requested to submit the Amendment, report and authorization to WP.29 and to the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) for consideration and vote at their June 2020 session as Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 7. GRSP also agreed to suspend discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/20 since the subject was considered to not be in the IWG mandate, though future consideration would follow a new authorization to develop the work.

<i<Annex 3, paragraph 2.1.1., shall be deleted.

6. GRSP, agreed to resume consideration on this subject at its May 2020 session on the basis of a proposal of Addendum to M.R.1. to incorporate drawings, specifications and manual of the BioRID test tool. GRSP also agreed that consideration on this subject would have as a prerequisite that the dummy manufacturer provide the set of drawings for the test tool and agree to have the disclaimer on intellectual property rights removed from the drawings.

4. The expert from Germany introduced GRSP-65-32, to present the proposed Amendment 2 (GRSP-65-24 superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/5) to UN GTR No. 7 (Phase 2 of the UN GTR on head restraints), jointly prepared with the experts from Japan and the Netherlands. He explained that the proposal has removed several square brackets and therefore solving the main issues. He added that the draft amendment would introduce: (a) injury criteria focusing on Neck Injury Criteria (NIC) namely upper and lower neck flexion and extension, (b) BioRID as an option for contracting parties to Hybrid III still and © procedure for establishing the height of the head restraint based on the head contact rather than at its absolute height. He clarified that the proposal that would need still some changes, will be complemented by a proposal of Addendum 1 to the Mutual Resolution No. 1 to insert drawings and specifications of the BioRID, to be presented at the December 2019 session of GRSP. Moreover, the experts from France and Russian Federation announced that they would not need the translation of the BioRID manual or other dummy specification and can be dealt with in English only. GRSP noted that all these specifications, when they would be submitted, shall need a disclaimer letter from the dummy manufacturer concerning copyright claims and that they might be upload on the M.R.1 website without any copyright infringements.

5. [At] the same time, the expert from Japan introduced the ninth status report of the Informal Working Group (IWG) on Head Restraints (GRSP-65-31). The expert from CLEPA withdrew ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/8 and introduced GRSP-65-30 superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/10 amending the static options of the proposal.

6. Finally, GRSP experts were invited to provide comments to GRSP-65-24 to the expert from Japan by 13 September 2019. Moreover, GRSP requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-65-30 and GRSP-65-31 with an official symbol and agreed to seek consent of WP.29 and AC.3 to extend the mandate of the IWG until June 2020.