Document Number WP.29/2024/28
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Document title UN R48: Proposal for a new 09 series of amendments
Date 21 Dec 2023

Proposal to introduce new requirements for headlamp levelling, in particular on the vertical inclination in relation to the dipped-beam headlamp mounting height, to permit manual levelling only for off-road vehicles, to clarify usage of daytime running lamps (DRL) with other lamps, to improve the definition of photometric stability and provisions for visibility of red light, to introduce provisions for lighting under parked condition and for manoeuvring lamps on trailers, to enable the phasing out of the installation of older lamps and devices following the measures undertaken pursuant to the simplification of lighting regulations under GRE, to introduce technology-neutral failure provisions, and to correct and otherwise clarify the text.

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09 series of amendments
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GRE-89-02/Rev.3 UN R48: Collation of proposals for the 09 series of amendments (Superseded)
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WP.29 | Session 192 | 4-8 Mar 2024

95. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.9.1, 4.9.2, 4.9.4 to 4.9.9, 4.9.11, 4.9.12, 4.9.14 and 4.9.15 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting.

96. For agenda items 4.9.3, 4.9.10 and 4.9.13, the GRE Chair proposed the following editorial corrections:

  • Agenda tem 4.9.3., ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/18, title, for ‘Proposal for Supplement 13 to the original series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 45’ read ‘Proposal for Supplement 13 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 45’.
  • Agenda item 4.9.10, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/25, Annex 10, Table A10-1, delete an empty line.
  • Agenda item 4.9.13, document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/28, paragraph 6.22.9.1., for ‘item 9.3.2.3.’ read ‘item 9.2.2.3.’

97. Subject to the above corrections, the World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.9.3, 4.9.10 and 4.9.13 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting.

98. The representative of Japan pointed out their full support to the proposal for new 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 48 under agenda item 4.9.13. (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/28) and stressed its importance to road safety.