GAR | WP.29/2024/28

WP.29/2024/28

UN R48: Proposal for a new 09 series of amendments

Source(s)

Date

21 Dec 2023

Status

Adopted

Subject

UN R48 Installation of Lighting

Impact

09 series of amendments

Meeting(s)

WP.29 | Session 192 | 4-8 Mar 2024

Agenda item 4.9.13. Proposal for new 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 48 (Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices)

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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GRE | Session 89 | 24-27 Oct 2023

18. GRE recalled that, at its previous session, it had adopted a new 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 48 and had decided to submit the proposal to the March 2024 session of WP.29, in order to editorially confirm these proposals at the present session.

19. The expert of OICA proposed to extend until 2032 the transitional provisions for heavy commercial vehicles and trailers in the draft 09 series of amendments (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/28). GRE was not in a position to support the proposal.

20. The expert of OICA also introduced improvements and clarifications for the new draft 09 series of amendments (GRE-89-18). Following an in-depth discussion, GRE adopted these proposals, as amended, and agreed to merge them with the new draft 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 48.

21. Against this background, GRE noted and endorsed a consolidated text of the draft 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 48 (GRE-89-02-Rev.3) which had been prepared by IWG SLR and compiled the following documents that had been adopted at the present and previous sessions of GRE: ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2020/08/Rev.3, Annex II to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/88, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/13, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/19, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/20, GRE-88-16-Rev.3, GRE-88-18, GRE-88-24, GRE-88-27, GRE-89-04 and GRE-89-18. The proposal would be submitted for consideration and vote at the March 2024 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

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.