IWVTA-09-07
Presentation on proposals for the review of the 1958 Agreement and IWVTA
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Presentation by the IWVTA group chairs on enhancing the 1958, and in particular concerning efforts to make the Agreement more accessible to new Contracting Parties such as through permitting the application of earlier versions of current UN Regulations.
EC explained the document IWVTA-09-07. EC asked whether it should be necessary to enable new CPs to move to a version between entry level and current version or not.
OICA responded that it would be necessary to give new CPs flexible approach in raising the level of UN Regulations they apply because it would be sometimes difficult for them to move to the latest version with one leap in some cases such as exhaust emission regulation.
South Africa talked about the problem they faced. Technical Services cannot perform COP audit on Euro 2, the older version of emission regulation applied in South Africa. South Africa now discusses moving to a later version of emission regulation with the vehicle manufacturers.
Russian Federation stated that the older version of UN Regulations cannot be applied under the current 1958 Agreement.
The Chairman replied that’s why the Informal Group was considering the way to make it possible.
OICA stated that it was significant to allow type approvals issued based on the older versions of UN Regulations under the 1958 Agreement because one UN type approval could replace several national type approvals based on the older version of the UN Regulation required by respective countries.
OICA stated that it was better not to limit to new CPs which are allowed to apply older versions of UN Regulations.
EC replied that the proposal targeted at new CPs was made because one of the purposes of the revision of the 1958 Agreement was to make it so attractive that emerging countries would be willing to join it. EC added that it might be possible to extend this right to the existing CPs which had not applied the concerned UN Regulation yet, if necessary.
UK asked whether the CPs applying the latest UN Regulation could issue type approvals based on the older version of the said UN Regulation or not.
EC replied that a matter of acceptance should be considered first and then matter of issuance should be addressed separately. EC also stated that rights and restrictions for CPs applying older versions of UN Regulations should also be considered.