Proposal to remove the possibility of different technical requirements being applied by Type Approval Authorities when mechanical couplings for agricultural tractors with a maximum speed in excess of 60 km/h are submitted for type approval testing. The amendment would align requirements with European Union approvals which are accepted to be technically correct in design and safe to use at all speeds. This is achieved by the removal of the clause in annex 6 that requires different technical requirements for mechanical couplings to be used on agricultural tractors with a maximum speed in excess of 60 km/h.
26. The expert from the United Kingdom introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/7, to remove the possibility of different technical requirements being applied when mechanical couplings for agricultural tractors with a maximum speed in excess of 60 km/h are submitted for type approval testing. The expert from France recommended to discuss agricultural vehicles exceeding 60 km/h at the future sessions of GRSG. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/7 ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/7, not amended, and requested the secretariat to submit the proposal as Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 147 for consideration and vote at the November 2024 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.