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Document Title Draft new Regulation on enhanced Child Restraint Systems
Reference Number GRSP/2011/21
Date
25 Sep 2011
Rulemaking Area(s) UN R129 Enhanced Child Restraints
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GRSP | Session 50 | 6-9 Dec 2011

38. GRSP considered the latest revision of the draft UN Regulation proposed by the informal working group on CRS (GRSP-50-22-Rev.1 superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2011/21 and GRSP-50-18).

39. GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2011/21, as amended by Annex VI [of the session report]. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as a new draft UN Regulation for consideration and vote to WP.29 and AC.1 at their June 2012 sessions, as a package together with the corresponding amendments to UN Regulation Nos. 14 and 16 (see paragraphs 20 and 23).

40. Finally, GRSP noted that the secretariat would make publicly available prior to the June 2012 session of WP.29, the full set of data of Q dummies, pending a disclaimer to be agreed upon with the dummy manufacturer. Referring to the next meeting of the informal working group, scheduled on 1 February 2012, GRSP recommended that the informal working group focus efforts on examining these dummy data and solicited the participation of experts keen on this matter.

18. GRSP noted GRSP-50-05-Rev.1, tabled by the experts from Belgium and Germany to solve errors in the current text of the Regulation concerning the anchorage angles (α1 and α2) and the seating reference point (R-point). GRSP noted that the proposal had design implication and agreed to continue discussion at its May 2012 session. The secretariat was requested to distribute GRSP-50-05-Rev.1 with an official symbol.

19. The expert from Spain introduced a proposal (GRSP-50-17) to allow the installation of safety-belt anchorages whose effective upper anchorage point is changing to fit smaller occupants such as children transported on buses and coaches. The expert from Germany argued that such systems were already present on the market and some of these were introducing risks for occupants by assuming a dangerous configuration (GRSP-50-23). GRSP agreed to resume consideration on this subject at its May 2012 session, on the basis of a revised proposal jointly prepared by the experts from Germany, Netherlands and Spain. GRSP also agreed to keep GRSP-50-23 as a reference on the agenda of its next session.

20. The expert from France, Chair of the informal working group on Child Restraints Systems (CRS), introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2011/22 prepared by his group to align UN Regulation No. 14 with the provisions of draft Regulation on child restraint systems (CRS). GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2011/22, not amended. The secretariat was requested to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1, for consideration and vote at their June 2012 sessions for the time being as draft [Supplement 4 to the 07 series of amendments]. GRSP also agreed to recommend its adoption to WP.29 and AC.1 as a full package with the draft UN Regulation on CRS (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2011/21) and the corresponding amendment to UN Regulation No. 16 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2011/23).