GRSP-78-43
UN R135: Proposal for supplement 4 to the 02 series of amendments
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Date
2 Dec 2025
Status
Approved by GR
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Impact
02 series of amendments | Supplement 4
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Proposal to amend UN R135 supplement 4 to the 02 series of amendments. The Regulation is amended to account for vehicles of category X. The Regulation is extended to vehicles without driver and without manual driving controls inside the vehicle. For vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System, in manual driving mode no special provisions or exemptions apply; in a mode where an ADS feature is active the relevant ADS requirements apply. The scope is modified to include category X vehicles and exclude category Y vehicles. Definitions are amended regarding back doors, hinges, and vehicle width. Testing procedures for side-impact pole tests are modified, including provisions for category X vehicles and vehicles with different side structures or protective systems.

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GRSP/2025/34
UN R135: Proposal for a Supplement 4 to the 02 series of amendments (GR amended and approved)
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GRSP | Session 78 | 1-4 Dec 2025

42. GRSP noted that at its November 2025 session, WP.29 reaffirmed its objective to adopt all documents related to the review of existing UN Regulations related to Automated Driving Systems (ADS) at its June 2026 session and invited the Chairs of the Working Parties to consider various strategies to ensure timely preparation of the required documents. This corresponded to option 1 in informal document WP.29-197-25 and would require all proposals under this agenda item to be adopted by GRSP on this session.

43. Following a general update by the expert from Germany on the first day of the meeting, the GRSP Task Force on Automated Vehicles Regulation Screening (TF-AVRS) continued work on the margins of the meeting to refine the proposals and submitted a number of informal documents to amend the proposals in working documents under this agenda item. GRSP adopted the following proposals :

  1. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/11 as amended by GRSP-78-48 as amended (as reproduced in annex IX), with a proposal for supplement 3 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 11,
  2. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/12 as amended by GRSP-78-38 (as reproduced in annex X), with a proposal for supplement 1 to the 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 12,
  3. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/13 as amended by GRSP-78-32 (as reproduced in annex XI), with a proposal for supplement 5 to the 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 14,
  4. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/15 as amended by GRSP-78-33 (as reproduced in annex XII), with a proposal for supplement 3 to the 10 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 16,
  5. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/16 as amended by GRSP-78-42 (as reproduced in annex IV), with a proposal for supplement 1 to the 12 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 17,
  6. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/17 as amended by GRSP-78-31 (as reproduced in annex XIII), with a proposal for supplement 6 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 21,
  7. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/18 as amended by GRSP-78-30 (as reproduced in annex XIV), with a proposal for supplement 7 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 29,
  8. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/19 as amended by GRSP-78-23-Rev.1 (as reproduced in annex XV), with a proposal for supplement 2 to the 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 94
  9. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/20 as amended by GRSP-78-40, as amended (as reproduced in annex XVI), with a proposal for supplement 2 to the 06 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 95
  10. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/33 as amended by GRSP-78-35-Rev.1 as amended (as reproduced in annex V), with a proposal for supplement 1 to the 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 100,
  11. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/36 as amended by GRSP-78-29 (as reproduced in annex XVII), with a proposal for supplement 4 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 127
  12. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/22 as amended by GRSP-78-39-Rev.1 as amended (as reproduced in annex VII), with a proposal for supplement 4 to the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 134
  13. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/34 as amended by GRSP-78-43 (as reproduced in annex XVIII), with a proposal for supplement 4 to the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 135
  14. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/23 as amended by GRSP-78-24-Rev.1 (as reproduced in annex XIX), with a proposal for supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 137
  15. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/24 as amended by GRSP-78-27 (as reproduced in annex XX), with a proposal for supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 145
  16. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/35 as amended by GRSP-78-28-Rev.1 (as reproduced in annex XXI), with a proposal for supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 153
  17. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/25 as amended by GRSP-78-41 (as reproduced in annex XXII), with a proposal for supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 173, and
  18. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/26 as amended by GRSP-78-49 (as reproduced in annex XXIII), with a proposal for supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 174,
and requested the secretariat to submit them to the June 2026 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

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