WP.29/2024/147
UN R13-H: Proposal for a 02 series of amendments

Proposal to align UN R13-H with technical advances and the emergence of a new type of braking system that employs stored electrical energy for both the control transmission and the energy transmission.

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WP.29 | Session 194 | 11-15 Nov 2024
With 37 of the 55 Contracting Parties applying UN R13-H present and voting, AC.1 adopted document WP.29/2024/147, as amended by para. 105 per the session report, by a vote of 37 in favor, 0 opposed, with 0 abstaining.
GRVA | Session 23 | 22-25 Sep 2025

56. GRVA recalled previous discussions (see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2025/43 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2025/44) on the necessary means to be provided by the vehicles equipped with Electric Transmission Braking System (ETBS) for the purpose of Periodic Technical Inspection (PTI) brake testing. The representative of CITA presented the outcome of discussions (GRVA-23-18/Rev.1) amongst the three NGOs: CITA, CLEPA and OICA. GRVA welcomed this collective effort and compromises made. GRVA noted and supported as a condition for adoption the paragraph in the justification section stipulating that all new vehicle approvals and extensions to existing type approval would need to comply the requirements after 24 months.
57. GRVA adopted GRVA-23-18/Rev.1 (see Annex V of the session report) and requested the secretariat to submit the draft supplement to the 14 and 15 series to UN Regulation No. 13 and draft supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 13-H to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2026 sessions.