GRBP-83-50/Rev.1
Tyre abrasion: Proposal for a list of test facilities deemed equivalent under para. 12.8.
Source(s)
EC
Date
10 Feb 2026
Status
Formal GR review
Subject
Meeting(s)

Proposal to establish a list of test facilities deemed equivalent pursuant to paragraph 12.8 of the draft UN Regulation on tyre abrasion. The list recognizes six foundational facilities that participated in the initial inter-facility campaign to develop abrasion limits for C1 tyres. The facilities are: DEKRA Test Center SA (France, circuit); IFV (Germany, circuit); Link Engineering Company GmbH (Germany, circuit); Bridgestone Corporation (Japan, indoor drum); Sumitomo Rubber Industries, LTD. (Japan, indoor drum); and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (Japan, indoor drum). These facilities generated foundational data used to define abrasion limits and are deemed equivalent for equivalence procedures under Annex 4.

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