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Document Title Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 34
Reference Number GRSG-101-19
Date
15 Oct 2011
Source(s) OICA
Rulemaking Area(s) UN R34 Fuel Tanks
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GRSG | Session 101 | 18-21 Oct 2011

12. GRSG noted that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/135 was on the agenda of the WP.29 session in November 2011. The expert from OICA presented GRSG-101-19, superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2009/21 and GRSG-100-11, to exempt diesel vehicles from charge dissipation devices. GRSG adopted the proposal, as reproduced below, and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their March 2012 sessions, as draft Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments of Regulation No. 34:

Paragraph 5.11., amend to read:

“5.11. The fuel tank … shall be avoided.

  • If necessary, measure(s) for charge dissipation shall be provided. However no charge dissipation system is required for fuel tanks designed for containing a fuel with a flash point higher than 55 °C as referred to in item 5.1. of the communication form in Annex 1, Appendix 2. Determination of the flash point shall be in accordance with ISO 2719:2002.

  • The manufacturer shall … of these requirements."