Information document to inform GRSG of the proposal to introduce provisions for the specifications and calibration procedure of the 3-D “H”-point machine and the procedure for determining the “H”-point and the actual torso angle for seating positions in motor vehicles, to be used in all referenced UN Regulations and GTR. The proposal will be formally considered by GRSP in December 2023.
8. GRSG noted that the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) at its March 2024 session had adopted the authorization (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/32) to develop amendments to UN GTRs Nos. 6, 7 (Head Restraints) and 14 (Pole side impact) which would allow the transfer of the reference, drawings and specification on the three-dimensional H- (3-D H-) point machine and calibration procedure from the UN GTRs to Mutual Resolution No. 1 (M.R.1). The expert from the Netherlands, which sponsors the amendment, introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/20 amending the UN GTR. Finally GRSG recommended ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/20, not amended, as Amendment 4 to UN Regulation No. 6 to the November 2024 session of AC.3.
10. The expert from the Netherlands introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/19 and amendment GRSG-127-16. He explained that this amendment was needed, as was for UN GTR No. 6 (see paragraph 8above), to move the reference, drawings and specification of the 3-D H-point machine and calibration procedure from the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) to M.R.1. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/19 as amended below. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as draft Supplement 12 to the 01 series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 43, for consideration and vote to the November 2024 sessions of WP.29 and the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1).
Annex 22, footnote 1 (second time), correct as annex 24, footnote 1.
12. As per paragraph 10, the expert from the Netherlands introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/21 (as amended by GRSG-127-24-17). GRSG adopted the proposal as amended below and requested the secretariat to submit them as part (see paragraph 11 above) of draft Supplement 1 to the 06 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 46 for consideration and vote to the November 2024 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.
Paragraph 8.1., amend to read:
| “8.1. | The procedures for conformity of production shall conform to the general provisions defined in Article 2 and Schedule 1 of the 1958 Agreement (E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.3) and meet the following requirements:” |
13. The expert from the Netherlands introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/24 (amended by GRSG-127-18) as per paragraphs 10 and 12. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/24, as amended by annex III to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit it as draft Supplement 4 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 158, for consideration and vote at the November 2024 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.
17. As per paragraphs 10, 12 and 13, the expert from the Netherlands introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/25, amended by GRSG-127-19. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/25 as amended below. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 166 and as part of (see paragraph 16 above) the draft 01 series of amendments to the UN Regulation for consideration and vote at the November 2024 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.
| Contents, Chapter 20, amend to read: | ||
| “20. | Penalties for non-conformity of protection production…………………………………………..” | |
| Header, Chapter 20, amend to read: | ||
| “20. | Penalties for Non-Conformity of Production” | |
19. As per paragraphs 10, 12, 13 and 17, GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/26 not amended. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as Supplement 2 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 167 and as part of (see paragraph 18 above) of the 01 series of amendments to the UN Regulation for consideration and vote at the November 2024 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.
21. The expert from Germany, Chair of TF on UN Regulation No. 46, withdrew ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2023/24.
42. The expert from the Netherlands, Chair of TF on three dimensional “H” (3-D "H) point machine, informed GRSG that TF (with the participation of experts of GRSP) had prepared a new addendum (GRSG-126-20) to the Mutual Resolution No. 1 to be discussed at the December 2023 session of GRSP. He explained that the proposal included specifications and the calibration procedure of the 3-D “H”-point machine, the procedure for determining the point “H”, and the actual torso angle for seating positions in motor vehicles which would be used in all referenced UN Regulations and GTRs. GRSG agreed that TF would prepare amendments proposals for the March 2024 session of GRSG to UN Regulations Nos. 35, 43, 46, 125, 166 and 167 and UN GTR No. 6 in the remit of GRSG which would move the references from R.E.3 and from the text of the UN GTR No. 6 to M.R.1. It was also agreed that the authorization to develop the amendments to UN GTRs Nos. 6, 7 and 14 would be coordinated with GRSP would be submitted at the March 2024 session of the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3). Th aim was to have a complete set of amendments to UN Regulations, UN GTRs and M.R.1 at the November 2024 sessions of WP.29, AC.1 and AC.3.
| GRSG/2024/20 | |
| GRSG/2024/19 | |
| GRSG/2024/21 | |
| GRSG/2024/24 | |
| GRSG/2024/25 | |
| GRSG/2024/26 | |
| GRSG/2024/22 |