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UN R13-H: Proposal for amendment
Document GRVA/2022/10
1 December 2021

Proposal to clarify the different interpretation from Authorities and Technical Services on how the requirements of paragraph 5.2.22.2. are to be understood with regard to the conditions under which the signal is still to be generated.

Submitted by CLEPA and OICA
Status: Superseded
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4.8. | Consideration of draft amendments to existing UN Regulations submitted by GRVA

130. The secretariat presented, on behalf of the GRVA Chair, the proposal for the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 131 (AEBS for heavy vehicles) pointing out its importance for road safety (item 4.8.1) according to road safety organisations. He also presented the proposal for the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 157 (ALKS) with the extension of the maximum design speed up to 130 km/h and provisions for automated lane changes (item 4.8.2).

131. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.8.1 to 4.8.8 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting, subject to the below amendment:

Agenda item 4.8.5., ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/79, title amend to read:

“Proposal for Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 13-H”

4.8.5. | Proposal for a Supplement 4 to UN Regulation No. 13-H (Braking of light vehicles)
8. (c) | Clarifications

83. The expert from OICA presented GRVA-12-25, recalling the purpose of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2022/10, aimed at clarifying paragraph 5.2.22.2. in UN Regulation No. 13-H, which dealt with deceleration thresholds generating braking light signal in the case of regenerative braking and/or automatically commanded braking. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2022/10 as amended by GRVA-12-24 (reproduced in Annex IV of the session report) and requested the secretariat to submit it as draft supplement to UN Regulation No. 13-H to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their June 2022 sessions.

8. | UN Regulations Nos. 13, 13-H, 139, 140 and UN GTR No. 8
8. (c) | Clarifications

94. The expert from OICA introduced GRVA-11-39, proposing amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP29/2021/73, recently adopted by WP.29 and AC.1. GRVA noted that the official document, currently notified by the Office of Legal Affairs to the Contracting Parties, could not be amended at this stage. GRVA requested the secretariat to distribute GRVA-11-39 as an amendment proposal to UN Regulation No. 13-H with an official symbol at the next session.

Related and Previous Documents
GRVA-11-39
GRVA-12-24
GRVA-12-25
WP.29/2022/79
Relates to UN R13-H |