UN R12: Proposal for the 05 series of amendments
Document GRSP/2021/18
17 September 2021

Proposal to align UN R12 with the provisions of GTR 20 on post-crash electrical safety and the administrative provisions of Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement. The amendments only impact the approval of vehicles with an electric power train operating at high voltage.

Submitted by Netherlands
Status: Superseded
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Previous Documents, Discussions, and Outcomes
4.6.7. | Proposal for the 05 series of amendment to UN Regulation No. 12 (Steering mechanism)
5. | UN Regulation No. 12 (Steering mechanism)

8. GRSP noted the proposal tabled by expert from the Netherlands ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2021/18 as amended by GRSP-70-31 to introduce requirements for post-crash electrical safety as was agreed for UN Regulation No. 94 (Frontal collision). GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/18 as amended by Annex II to the session report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as draft 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 12 (Steering mechanism) for consideration and vote at the June 2022 sessions of WP.29 and to the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1).

5. | UN Regulation No. 12 (Steering mechanism)

9. GRSP noted the proposal tabled by expert from the Netherlands (GRSP-69-08) to introduce requirements concerning post-crash electrical safety as was agreed for UN Regulation No. 94 (Frontal collision). GRSP requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-69-08 with an official symbol at its December 2021 session, pending a further revision submitted by the expert of the Netherlands by the deadline for submission of official documents.

23. (g) | UN Regulation No. 100 (Electric powertrain vehicle safety)

44. The expert from CLEPA introduced a proposal GRSP-69-04, through a presentation (GRSP-69-03) to clarify specific conditions concerning a clear interpretation of an AC voltage (rms). GRSP adopted GRSP-69-04 as reproduced in Annex IX to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as draft Supplement 1 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 100 (Electric power-train vehicles) for consideration and vote at the November 2021 sessions of WP.29 and to the AC.1.

Related and Previous Documents
GRSP-69-08
GRSP-69-04
GRSP-70-31
WP.29/2022/69
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