79. The expert from the Netherlands, on behalf of the Task Force on Field of Vision Assistants (FVA), introduced a proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No. 125 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/12 as amended by GRSG-121-15), containing among others, new definitions on obstruction and on the FVA, prescriptions to be considered for obstruction evaluation, prescriptions to allowed obstructing FVA, information to be presented during the driving task, and transitional provisions for the 02 series of amendments.

80. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/12, the proposal for the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 125, as amended by GRSG-121-15 and in session (remove square brackets in paras. 12.1. to 12.4.) and requested the secretariat to submit it as an official document to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2021 sessions.

54. The expert from the European Commission recalled discussions by GRSG experts under the agenda item 11 at the 118th session of GRSG (see: ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/98), which resulted in the deferral of consideration of the proposal for Supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 125 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/11) and of document GRSG-118-26 amending the official proposal, to the current session of GRSG. The objective of the proposal was to extend the scope of the UN Regulation No. 125 to allow for the possibility to apply field of vision prescriptions to N1 category vehicles.

55. The expert of OICA introduced the updated proposal for Supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 125 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/31 (based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/11 as amended by GRSG-118-26)), and document GRSG-119-23 amending the proposal.

56. Following detailed technical discussions, including further comments from experts from Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Commission and OICA, GRSG decided to defer considerations related to amendments to UN Regulation No. 125, based on a revised text of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/31 and incorporating GRSG-119-23, to its April 2021 session.