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UN R53: Proposal for a new [04] series of amendments
Document GRE/2023/4
6 February 2023

Proposal to enable the phasing out of the installation of older lamps and devices pursuant to the simplification of lighting regulations under GRE.

Status: Superseded
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Previous Documents, Discussions, and Outcomes
4.6.1. | Proposal for the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 53 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices for L3 vehicles)
4. | Simplification of Lighting and Light-Signalling UN Regulations

9. The experts of IWG SLR introduced proposals for amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 48, 53, 74 and 86 that enabled a phasing out of the installation of older lamps/devices (respectively, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/3, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/4, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/5 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/6).

10. Subject to removal of the square brackets and keeping the text inside, GRE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/4, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/5 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/6 and requested the secretariat to submit them for consideration and vote at the November 2023 sessions of WP.29 and the Administrative Committee (AC.1) as a new 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 53, a new 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 74 and a new 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 86.

6. (b) | UN Regulation No. 53 (Installation of Lighting and Light-Signalling Devices for L3 Vehicles)

29. The experts from Czechia and Germany proposed to improve road safety by limiting the headlamp classes and to ensure the compatibility with the electric propulsion systems. (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2022/15). GRE generally supported this proposal, subject to correcting a reference in paragraph 11.12.6. GRE decided to postpone its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 in order to combine it with the amendment proposals being developed by IWG SLR into a new 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 53.

Related and Previous Documents
GRE/2022/15
WP.29/2023/91
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