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Document Title Reducing Noise Emissions from Motor Vehicles: New EU Commission legislative proposal
Reference Number WP.29-156-28
Date
13 Mar 2012
Summary Presentation on European Union plans for enhancing and updating EU vehicle noise regulations to take effect from 2015 and 2018.
Source(s) EU
Rulemaking Area(s) UN R51 Vehicle Noise
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WP.29 | Session 156 | 13-16 Mar 2012

41. The GRB Chair reported on the results achieved by GRB during its fifty-fifth session (for more details, see report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/53).

42. Concerning the new provisions for the audibility of quiet road transport vehicles, he informed that GRB had adopted the revised terms of reference of the informal working group aiming at developing a UN GTR on this subject (see Annex II to the GRB report). The World Forum agreed that AC.3 should consider in detail this matter (see para. 134).

43. The World Forum noted that Mr. S. Ficheux (France) had been elected as GRB Vice-Chair for the 2012 sessions.

44. The representative of EU made a presentation on the new EU Commission legislative proposal for reducing noise emissions from motor vehicles (WP.29-156-28) in a two-step approach. He indicated that the intention of EU was to align the provisions of UN Regulation No. 51 with the future EU Regulation.