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EqOP Task Force on Virtual Crash Testing | Session 14 | 13 Apr
Glare Prevention | Session 7 | 13 Apr
Working Party on General Safety | Session 131 | 13-17 Apr
Task Force on Vehicle Sound Limits | Session 20 | 14 Apr
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Real-Driving Additional Sound Emission Provisions | Session 12 | 14-16 ...
Special Interest Group on UN R157 | Session 17 | 15 Apr
Simplification of Lighting and Light-Signalling Regulations | Session 77...
Task Force on Substitute and Retrofit Light Sources | Session 27 | 20 Apr
Electric Vehicles and the Environment | Session 96 | 21-22 Apr
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12 Apr 2026 | A-LCA: Overview of positions on the working draft resolution and ope...
11 Apr 2026 | ADS guidance and interpretation document: Proposal to amend ADS-20-1...
11 Apr 2026 | ADS guidance and interpretation document: Proposal to amend ADS-20-1...
11 Apr 2026 | Proposals to amend UN R13, 13-H, 79, 89, 130, 131, 152, 155, 156, 15...
11 Apr 2026 | EDR/DSSAD informal group status report to GRSG | GRSG-131-14
10 Apr 2026 | GTR 21: Draft text for an Amendment 3 | EVE-96-03
10 Apr 2026 | Automated Driving Systems : Agenda for the 20th IWG session and 17th...
10 Apr 2026 | UN R48: Baseline text for a 10 series of amendments | SLR-77-08
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A-LCA: Overview of positions on the working draft resolution and open issues
Reference Number: A-LCA-39-03
Meeting Sessions: 39th A-LCA session (28 Apr)
Document date: 12 Apr 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automotive Life Cycle Assessment
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: Proposal to amend ADS-20-12
Reference Number: ADS-20-14

Proposal to amend ADS-20-12 (consolidated guidance document). The ADS shall have strategies to detect and respond to instructions from road safety agents. For ADSF-1, this allows transfer of control to the fallback user. Manufacturers may use non-ADS strategies including remote intervention or permitting the road safety agent to drive. Examples of instructions include pull over, give way, stop after collision, move out of way, avoid specific road, and not overtake. Instructions may be issued via lights, sirens, audio messages, written signs, or light bar messages.

Submitted by: UK
Meeting Sessions: 20th ADS session (27 Apr-1 May)
Document date: 11 Apr 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: Proposal to amend ADS-20-12
Reference Number: ADS-20-13

Proposal to amend ADS-20-12 (consolidated guidance document). The terms faults, malfunctions, and abnormalities lack distinct meanings in requirement 6.1.4.2. The revised explanation clarifies that “faults, malfunctions, and abnormalities” do not have specific distinct meanings and cover any failure in the ADS’ capability to perform the DDT within the ODD. The three kinds of issues encompassed are warning signals from other systems, faults without warning signals a driver would perceive, and faults within the ADS itself.

Submitted by: UK
Meeting Sessions: 20th ADS session (27 Apr-1 May)
Document date: 11 Apr 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems
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Proposals to amend UN R13, 13-H, 79, 89, 130, 131, 152, 155, 156, 157, 171, 175, and 178
Reference Number: TFCS-37-03

Proposal to amend UN R13, 13-H, 79, 89, 130, 131, 152, 155, 156, 157, 171, 175, and 178 by introducing provisions on software identification and software updates. Amendments add new paragraphs referring to Software Identification Number definitions in Consolidated Resolution R.E.3, require manufacturers to provide Technical Services with information on hardware and software influencing performance, permit vehicle manufacturers to apply for new approvals differentiating software versions for registered versus new vehicles while avoiding test duplication, and modify production discontinuation provisions to exclude cases where manufacturers seek approval extensions for software updates of registered vehicles.

Submitted by: France
Meeting Sessions: 37th TFCS session (21-22 Apr)
Document date: 11 Apr 26
Relevant to: UN Regulation No. 13 | Heavy-Duty Vehicle Braking, UN Regulation No. 13-H | Light-Duty Vehicle Braking, UN Regulation No. 79 | Steering Equipment, UN Regulation No. 89 | Speed Limitation Devices, UN Regulation No. 131 | Advanced Emergency Braking Systems, UN Regulation No. 130 | Lane Departure Warning Systems, UN Regulation No. 178 | Emergency Lane-Keeping Systems, UN Regulation No. 155 | Cyber Security and Cyber Security Management, UN Regulation No. 156 | Software Update Processes and Management Systems, UN Regulation No. 152 | Automatic Emergency Braking for M1/N1 vehicles, UN Regulation No. 157 | Automated Lane-Keeping Systems (ALKS), UN Regulation No. 171 | Driver-Control Assistance Systems (DCAS), and UN Regulation No. 175 | Acceleration Control for Pedal Error
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EDR/DSSAD informal group status report to GRSG
Reference Number: GRSG-131-14

The IWG on EDR/DSSAD developed draft proposals for Event Data Recorder for conventional and automated/autonomous vehicles and Data Storage System for Automated Driving. Completed work includes UN R160 on light duty vehicle EDR, UN R169 on heavy duty vehicle EDR, and DSSAD requirements. Current activities address EDR Step 2 and DSSAD Phase 2. The IWG resolved assessment subjectiveness for vehicles with maximum mass up to 12t through a proposed Supplement 2 to UN R169.

Meeting Sessions: 131st GRSG session (13-17 Apr)
Document date: 10 Apr 26
Relevant to: UN Regulation No. 160 | Event Data Recorders, WP.29 Regulatory Project | Data Storage Systems for Automated Driving, and UN Regulation No. 169 | Event Data Recorders (EDR) for heavy vehicles
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GTR 21: Draft text for an Amendment 3
Reference Number: EVE-96-03

Proposal to amend UN GTR No. 21 on determination of system power of hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles having more than one electric machine for propulsion. The amendment introduces a consolidated reference point concept for identifying where mechanical power is first produced from stored energy in electrified powertrains. Two test procedures (TP1 measuring electrical power and engine parameters; TP2 measuring torque and speed at axles) are defined to determine comparable vehicle system power ratings. Key modifications include requirements for manufacturers to provide verifiable energy conversion factors (K factors), hybrid power flow descriptions, and identification of applicable reference points. Testing involves repeated maximum power measurements on dynamometers at fixed speeds with specified accuracy requirements for instrumentation.

Meeting Sessions: 96th EVE session (21-22 Apr)
Document date: 09 Apr 26
Relevant to: GTR No. 21 | Electric Vehicle System Power Determination
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Automated Driving Systems : Agenda for the 20th IWG session and 17th ADS Workshop (April 2026)
Reference Number: ADS-20-02/Rev.1
Meeting Sessions: 20th ADS session (27 Apr-1 May)
Document date: 11 Apr 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems and WP.29 Regulatory Project | Data Storage Systems for Automated Driving
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UN R48: Baseline text for a 10 series of amendments
Reference Number: SLR-77-08

UN R48 baseline text for a 10 series of amendments proposes uniform provisions for vehicle lighting and light-signalling device installation approval. The document consolidates modifications agreed at working group session through dated amendment documents and resolutions. Pending issues include determining “[any] subsequent series” terminology for frozen regulations, renumbering and cross-checking paragraphs, addressing apparent surface visibility, improving daytime running lamp visibility against stop lamps, resolving “prohibited if not allowed” language, and numbering all figures with titles. Editorial polishing includes standardizing hyphenated terminology (“driving-beam,” “passing-beam,” “retro-reflector,” “direction-indicator lamp”), applying consistent UN Regulation references, replacing “communication sheet” with “communication form,” assigning table and figure numbers consistent with similar regulations, and correcting percentage notation to “per cent.”

Submitted by: GTB
Meeting Sessions: 77th SLR session (15-17 Apr)
Document date: 10 Apr 26
Relevant to: UN Regulation No. 48 | Installation of Lighting and Lighting-Signalling Equipment
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UN R117: IWG WGWT - revised Terms of Reference
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  • UN R117 Tire Noise, Wet Adhesion, and Rolling Resistance
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GRBP | Session 75 | 8-11 Feb 2022
Agenda item 4. (d) UN Regulation No. 117 (Tyre rolling resistance, rolling noise and wet grip)
Agenda item 4. (d) UN Regulation No. 117 (Tyre rolling resistance, rolling noise and wet grip)
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GRBP | Session 75 | 8-11 Feb 2022

20. The experts from the Informal Working Group for Wet Grip on Worn Tyres (WGWT) reported on their progress (GRBP-75-27) and presented updated Terms of Reference of IWG WGWT (GRBP-75-28). GRBP adopted the revised Terms of Reference, as contained in Annex III to the session report.

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