GRBP-83-06
RD-ASEP informal group status report to GRBP

IWG RD-ASEP status report to GRBP-83 after the 10th session in December 2025. Work on RD-ASEP for UN R51 is developing a mandatory procedure after the monitoring phase, while R41 work has concluded. The Data Analysis Task Force reported on database sufficiency, boundary conditions, CVT vehicle modelling, and potential inclusion of N2/N3/M2/M3 vehicles. An Editing Task Force created a consolidated R51.04 draft reviewed in December. IWG RD-ASEP recommends no monitoring requirements be approved without corresponding mechanisms to collect, analyze, and report results. M category/R51 informal document submission expected September 2026 and working document February 2027. L-category/R41 requires no further action.

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GRBP | Session 83 | 10-13 Feb

6. GRBP was briefed on the progress of the Informal Working Group on Real Driving – Additional Sound Emission Provisions (IWG RD – ASEP) (GRBP-83-06). The Chair asked if the IWG was expected to revise UN Regulation No. 138 in the near future. The Chair of the IWG on RD-ASEP informed GRBP that the need to amend UN Regulation No. 138 would depend on the outcome of the ongoing work to amend UN Regulation No. 51 but said he did not see an immediate need to amend UN Regulation No. 138.