WP.29/2023/111
UN R137: Proposal for a 03 series of amendments

Proposal to

  • amend para. 2.4. to 2.4.7. to define “Vehicle type” by reference to essential respects including REESS locations and compressed hydrogen storage system configuration,
  • Amend para. 2.5.2. to define “Passenger compartment for electric safety and/or hydrogen safety assessment” to include electrical protection barriers and enclosures,
  • Add new paras. 2.41. to 2.45. to define compressed hydrogen storage system, container, container attachments, hydrogen-fuelled vehicle, and shut-off valve,
  • Amend para. 5.2., renumber former para. 5.2.7. as para. 5.2.6.1., and insert new paras. 5.2.7. to 5.2.7.3. to establish hydrogen leakage rate and gas concentration requirements for compressed hydrogen-fuelled vehicles post-crash with a shut-off valve closure requirement within five seconds,
  • Amend paras. 12.1. to 12.5. to provide that as from 1 September 2027 Contracting Parties shall not be obliged to accept type-approvals according to the preceding series first issued after that date,
  • Insert new para. 12.6. regarding Contracting Parties applying the Regulation after entry into force of the most recent series,
  • Amend Annex 2 to update approval marks to reference the 03 series,
  • Insert new Annex 10 establishing test conditions and procedures for post-crash hydrogen fuel system integrity assessment,
  • Amend all references to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3.) to include document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.7 and URL, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2023/20 as amended by annex X to GRSP/73.

UNECE server
Excerpts from session reports
GRSP | Session 73 | 15-19 May 2023

40. As per paragraphs 23, 25 and 38, the expert from OICA introduced GRSP-73-30 (superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2023/20) to incorporate provisions on hydrogen- fuelled vehicles into UN Regulation No. 137. GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2023/20 as amended by annex X to the session report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as draft 03 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 137 for consideration and vote at the November 2023 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

WP.29 | Session 191 | 13-16 Nov 2023
With 38 of the 57 Contracting Parties applying UN R137 present and voting, AC.1 adopted document WP.29/2023/111 by a vote of 38 in favor, 0 opposed, with 0 abstaining.