GAR | GRSG-121-17

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Document Title	UN R118: Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments
Reference Number	GRSG-121-17
Date	9 Apr 2021
Summary	Proposal to evaluate and develop the opportunity to increase the safety of M2 and M3 vehicles in case of fire, by allowing the manufacturer to use the existing requirements of UN R118 to other vehicle classes, therefore improving the requirements related to the behaviour of the materials used in those vehicles.
Source(s)	OICA
Rulemaking Area(s)	UN R118 Material Burning Behavior
Proposal Status	Superseded
Meeting(s)	GRSG \| Session 121 \| 12-16 Apr 2021 2. (b) UN Regulation No. 118 (Burning behaviour of materials) 2. Amendments to regulations on buses and coaches
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GRSG \| Session 121 \| 12-16 Apr 2021		26. The expert from Spain introduced document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/3, a proposal for Supplement 2 to the 03 and Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 118, and document GRSG-121-05 amending the original proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/3). 27. The expert from OICA introduced document GRSG-121-04 containing suggested additions to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/3, for the purpose of introducing M3 class I vehicles into the current scope of UN Regulation No. 118, on a voluntary basis. 28. GRSG considered documents GRSG-121-04, GRSG-121-05 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/3, proposals for amendments to UN Regulation No. 118, and upon detailed technical discussion with comments from the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and OICA, requested the secretariat to submit ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/3, as complemented by GRSG-121-04, as draft Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 118 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2021 sessions.