WP.29/2026/145
UN R49: Proposal for a Supplement 4 to the 07 series of amendments

Proposal to revise definitions for malfunction indication, reference mass, unladen mass, and vehicle user; add provisions for vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System; establish documentation requirements for vehicle user warning and inducement systems; update testing procedures for in-service conformity and OBD connector location; and specify activation and deactivation mechanisms for vehicle user warning and inducement systems across multiple annexes, with references to WP.29/1045.

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GRPE | Session 94 | 17-19 Mar

29. The co-Chair of the TF-AVRS introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2026/16, as amended by GRPE-94-29.

30. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2026/16, as amended by GRPE-94-29 and during the session, and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their June 2026 sessions as draft new supplement to the 07 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 49.

WP.29 | Session 199 | 22-26 Jun

64. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.6.1 to 4.6.26. and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting, with the following amendments:

  1. For ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/54: In the title, replace “Supplement 4” by “Supplement 5”.
  2. For ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/63: Modify the amendments to paragraphs 5.8.6.1. to 5.8.6.3. to read as follows: Paragraph 5.8.6.1., replace “owner’s manual” by “user’s manual”. Paragraph 5.8.6.1.2., at the end, before the comma, add “(if applicable)”. Paragraph 5.8.6.1.3., in the second sentence, after “driver”, add “and/or ADS”.
  3. For ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/65: Modify the amendment to Annex 3, paragraph 1.4.3.11.1. to read as follows: Annex 3, paragraph 1.4.3.11.1., transfer the second sentence to a new paragraph and at the end of this new paragraph, add a new sentence to read: “For vehicles of category X, the “H” point of the most forward outboard passenger’s place shall be taken instead of the H-point of the driver’s place.”.
  4. For ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/71: Delete the amendment to Annex 9, paragraph 3.
  5. Where applicable, include the modifications as laid down in WP.29-199-10 and reproduced in Annex VI.

65. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.7.1 to 4.7.20 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting with the amendments laid down in informal document WP.29-199-10 and reproduced in Annex VI, where applicable.

66. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.8.1 to 4.8.15 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting, with the amendments laid down in informal document WP.29-199-10 and reproduced in Annex VI, where applicable.

68. The World Forum considered the draft amendments under agenda items 4.10.1 to 4.10.36, as modified, where applicable, by document WP.29-199-10 and reproduced in Annex VI. It recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting.

69. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.11.1 and 4.11.14 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting with the amendments laid down in informal document WP.29-199-10 and reproduced in Annex VI, where applicable.