WP.29/2026/89
UN R51: Proposal for a Supplement 11 to the 03 series of amendments

Proposal to introduce new definitions for Automated Driving System (ADS), Dynamic Driving Task, bidirectional vehicles, Enhanced Exterior Sound (EES), and Vehicle Master Control Switch; amend specifications for test mass, sound levels, and measurement procedures for vehicles of categories M1–M3, N1–N3, and vehicles equipped with an ADS; add provisions for vehicles electrically propelled without internal combustion engines; establish ASEP control ranges and calculation methods; and insert Annex 10 with specific provisions for testing vehicles equipped with an ADS.

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GRBP | Session 82 | 3-5 Sep 2025

8. The expert from OICA also proposed clarifications and corrections for UN Regulation No. 51 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2025/20 as amended by GRBP-82-07, GRBP-82-22, GRBP-82-23). GRBP adopted these proposals as part of draft Supplement 11 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 51 and agreed to freeze it for the time being, awaiting other amendment proposals before transmission to WP.29 and AC.1.

21. The Task Force on Automated Vehicles Regulation Screening (TF AVRS) reported on their activities (GRBP-82-16) and presented updated amendment proposals to UN Regulations Nos. 28, 51, 138, 141 and 165 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2025/21 as amended by GRBP-82-11-Rev.1, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2025/22 as amended by GRBP-82-12, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2025/23 as amended by GRBP-82-13, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2025/24 as amended by GRBP-82-14, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2025/25 as amended by GRBP-82-15-Rev.1).

22. GRBP adopted the above proposals and requested the secretariat to submit them to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at the March 2026 or June 2026 sessions, as appropriate and possibly in one package with similar amendments prepared by other WP.29 subsidiary Working Parties (GRs). GRBP also adopted updated Guidelines of TF AVRS (GRBP-82-17) and noted that its remaining amendment proposals to UN Regulations Nos. 64 and 142 would be submitted to the next session.