Proposal for Amendment 3 to the United Nations Global Technical Regulation No. 19 to introduce the evaporative emission test procedure for the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP EVAP).

26. The representative from EC, drafting coordinator for WLTP activities, introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/7, as amended by GRPE-80-34, as draft Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 19, together with its technical report (GRPE-80-35). He detailed most of the amendments in the proposal are a consequence of the transposition process and the inclusion of UN GTR No. 19 into the new UN Regulation on WLTP.

27. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/7 and GRPE-80-34 as amended by Addendum 3 to this report. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-80-35) as reproduced in Annex IX. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 3 and Annex IX to WP.29 and Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) for consideration and vote at their June 2020 sessions as draft Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 19.

27. The World Forum recalled the report of the Chair of GRPE on its eightieth session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/80) and approved the report.

Amendments to the formal proposal for Amendment 3 to GTR 19 introducing new OBD provisions pursuant to the Phase 2 development of the GTR 15 WLTP emissions regulation. This document proposed during the 80th GRPE is also available in .docx format and in pdf format with the track changes showing the modifications.

26. The representative from EC, drafting coordinator for WLTP activities, introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/7, as amended by GRPE-80-34, as draft Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 19, together with its technical report (GRPE-80-35). He detailed most of the amendments in the proposal are a consequence of the transposition process and the inclusion of UN GTR No. 19 into the new UN Regulation on WLTP.

27. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/7 and GRPE-80-34 as amended by Addendum 3 to this report. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-80-35) as reproduced in Annex IX. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 3 and Annex IX to WP.29 and Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) for consideration and vote at their June 2020 sessions as draft Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 19.

Proposal for Amendment 3 to the United Nations Global Technical Regulation No. 19 to introduce the evaporative emission test procedure for the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP EVAP).

58. Submitted for consideration and vote Amendments 3 to UN GTR No. 19 – EVAP WLTP (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/87, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/88, and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/AC.3/44) were adopted on 24 June 2020 by consensus vote of the following contracting parties present and voting: Australia, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom), India, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, San Marino, South Africa and Turkey. Canada, China,Tunisia and United States of America abstained from voting.