Proposal from the Informal Working Group (IWG) on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) to amend GTR 15 in accordance with Phase 2 of its mandate for the development of the regulation. Versions of this proposal are also available with track changes in pdf and docx formats.
12. The representative from EC, drafting coordinator for WLTP activities, introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14, as amended by GRPE-81-14, as draft Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15, together with its technical report (GRPE-81-15). The Chair from the IWG on Particulate Measurement Protocol (PMP) also presented GRPE-81-10 introducing revisions also to be included in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14 as part of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15 on a supplementary methodology to measure sub-23nm particulates. The Chair of the IWG on PMP also introduced GRPE-81-11 providing explanatory note on the sub-23nm procedure part of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15. He also informed GRPE that GRPE-81-11 had been included in the technical report of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15 (GRPE-81-11 is included in GRPE-81-15).
13. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14, GRPE-81-14 and GRPE-81-10 as amended by Addendum 1 to this chair’s notes. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-81-15) as reproduced in Annex V. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 1 and Annex V to WP.29 and Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15.
12. The representative from EC, drafting coordinator for WLTP activities, introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14, as amended by GRPE-81-14, as draft Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15, together with its technical report (GRPE-81-15). The Chair from the IWG on Particulate Measurement Protocol (PMP) also presented GRPE-81-10 introducing revisions also to be included in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14 as part of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15 on a supplementary methodology to measure sub-23nm particulates. The Chair of the IWG on PMP also introduced GRPE-81-11 providing explanatory note on the sub-23nm procedure part of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15. He also informed GRPE that GRPE-81-11 had been included in the technical report of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15 (GRPE-81-11 is included in GRPE-81-15).
13. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14, GRPE-81-14 and GRPE-81-10 as amended by Addendum 1 to this chair’s notes. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-81-15) as reproduced in Annex V. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 1 and Annex V to WP.29 and Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15.
12. The representative from EC, drafting coordinator for WLTP activities, introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14, as amended by GRPE-81-14, as draft Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15, together with its technical report (GRPE-81-15). The Chair from the IWG on Particulate Measurement Protocol (PMP) also presented GRPE-81-10 introducing revisions also to be included in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14 as part of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15 on a supplementary methodology to measure sub-23nm particulates. The Chair of the IWG on PMP also introduced GRPE-81-11 providing explanatory note on the sub-23nm procedure part of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15. He also informed GRPE that GRPE-81-11 had been included in the technical report of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15 (GRPE-81-11 is included in GRPE-81-15).
13. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14, GRPE-81-14 and GRPE-81-10 as amended by Addendum 1 to this chair’s notes. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-81-15) as reproduced in Annex V. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 1 and Annex V to WP.29 and Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15.
140. Submitted for consideration and vote Amendments 6 to UN GTR No. 15 – WLTP (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/127, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/128, and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/AC.3/25/44) were adopted on 11 November 2020 by consensus vote of the following contracting parties present and voting: Australia, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), India, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, the Russian Federation and South Africa.
141. Canada, Malaysia, Tunisia, the Republic of Korea and United States of America abstained from voting.