UN R79: Proposal for the Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments
Document WP.29/2019/114
30 August 2019

Proposal to introduce provisions for the approval of Remote Control Manoeuvring (RCM) systems.

Status: Superseded
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4.7. | Consideration of draft amendments to existing UN Regulations submitted by GRVA
5. (d) | Automatically Commanded Steering Function
9. | UN Regulation No. 79

56. The expert from UK introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2019/8 and
GRVA-02-08 amending it, proposing to insert technical prescriptions on Remote Control Manoeuvring (RCM) which were systems that were already installed on vehicles without being regulated to date. The expert from Germany did not support the proposal and suggested to insert one sentence in the Regulation that would forbid RCM in vehicles of category M1 and N1. The expert from OICA explained that such system already existed for vehicles of category M1G and that there would be future applications such as reverse assistant for trailers that would bring quantifiable benefits in terms of safety. Following comments and input from the experts from Australia, France and Sweden, the Chair asked GRVA whether the status quo would be acceptable, i.e. do Contracting Parties accept that such systems are permitted and do not require recognition by Regulation. The expert from the Russian Federation summed-up the discussion and suggested to adopt the proposal. GRVA adopted the proposal as amended (Annex VII). GRVA requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2019 session. GRVA unanimously agreed with this delayed submission until the November 2019, so that the dissent from the experts from Germany and the Netherlands could be considered again during the September 2019 session of GRVA, in view of reaching a broader consensus.

Related and Previous Documents
GRVA/2019/8
GRVA-02-08
WP.29-179-15
WP.29/2020/11
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