GRSP-77-47
GTR 13: Draft request for authorisation to develop an amendment

Procedural request for authorisation to introduce provisions for supply lines between compressed hydrogen storage systems (CHSS) and their thermally activated pressure relief devices (TPRD) based on the outcomes from the transposition of GTR-Phase 2 (Amendment 1) transposition into UN R134.

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GRSP | Session 77 | 5-9 May 2025

6. The expert from OICA presented informal documents GRSP-77-47 and GRSP-77-48 and announced the intention of one of the contracting parties to the 1998 Agreement participating in the Task Force amending UN Regulation No. 134 (TF-R134) to submit a request for authorization to develop an amendment to UN Global Technical Regulation No. 13 to the June sessions of WP.29 and AC.3.

WP.29 | Session 199 | 22-26 Jun

124. The Chair of GRSP introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/140 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/141 with proposals for a corrigendum to UN GTR No. 9 and an amendment 2 to UN GTR No. 13, respectively.

125. The corrigendum to UN GTR No. 9 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/140) was established in the Global Registry of the 1998 Agreement on 24 June 2026 by consensus vote of Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), Japan, Republic of Korea, Nigeria, Norway, Russian Federation, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America. Tunisia abstained from voting.

126. Amendment 2 to UN GTR No. 13 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/141) was established in the Global Registry of the 1998 Agreement on 24 June 2026 by consensus vote of Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), Japan, Republic of Korea, Nigeria, Norway, Russian Federation, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and United States of America.