France submitted this proposal to clarify the provisions for bumpers of vehicle types complying with the performances requirements specified in the new UN Regulation on pedestrian protection. This document is based on informal document GRSG-101-24.
12. The expert from France introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2012/3 proposing to align the provisions for bumpers of certain vehicle types with the performance requirements of the new UN Regulation No. 128 on pedestrian safety. The expert from Germany presented GRSG-102-15 proposing to amend the definitions of bumpers. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2012/3, as reproduced in Annex II to this report, and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their November 2012 sessions, as draft Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments of UN Regulation No. 26.