GAR | WP.29/2026/128

WP.29/2026/128

UN R161: Proposal for a Supplement 6

Source(s)

GRSG

Date

22 Apr 2026

Status

Adopted by WP.29

Subject

UN R161 Unauthorized Use Devices

Impact

Original text | Supplement 6

Meeting(s)

WP.29 | Session 199 | 22-26 Jun

Agenda item 4.10.29. Proposal for Supplement 6 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 161 (Devices against Unauthorised Use)

Proposal to insert new paras. 0., 0.1., 0.1.1., and 0.1.2. addressing introduction of Supplement 6 to extend application to vehicles of category X and Y₁ and other vehicles with manual mode operating at speeds above 6 km/h equipped with an automated Driving System, amend para. 1.1. footnote 1 to update reference to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8., amend para. 2.5. to define Device to prevent unauthorized use to include locking of steering, transmission, gearshift control, or brakes with provision regarding brake deactivation, insert new paras. 2.13. and 2.14. defining ADS feature of type 1 and type 2, amend para. 4.4.1. footnote 2 to update reference to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8., amend Annex 1 para. 1.4. footnote 2 to update reference to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8., amend Annex 2 para. 1.4. footnote 4 to update reference to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8., and amend Annex 9 para. 4.3.2. to exclude requirements during remote-control manoeuvring and remote-control parking, for vehicles of categories X and Y, or when ADSF-2 is activated by authorized registered digital key.

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Excerpts from session reports

GRSG | Session 131 | 13-17 Apr

37. The expert from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, on behalf of the Task Force on Automated Vehicles Regulatory Screening (TF-AVRS) introduced the status report of the TF-AVRS (GRSG-131-46). He also introduced proposals of amendments updating the regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/18, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/20, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/26, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/27 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/2 to 18) and the latest updated document from the TF superseding part of the official documents (GRSG-131-21 to GRSG-131-43). Then GRSG adopted the following documents he introduced and requested the secretariat to submit them for consideration and vote at the June 2026 session of WP.29 and AC.1:
(a) GRSG-131-22, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/18, proposal for Supplement 2 to the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 39 (Speedometer and Odometer);
(b) GRSG-131-23-Rev.1, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/2, proposal for Supplement 13 to the 01 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 43 (Safety Glazing);
(c) GRSG-131-24, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/20, proposal for Supplement 1 to the 07 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 46 (Indirect Vision);
(d) GRSG-131-25 replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/23, proposal for Supplement 5 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 61 (External Projections of Commercial Vehicles);
(e) GRSG-131-26, proposal for Supplement 3 to the 01 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 73 (Lateral Protection Devices);
(f) GRSG-131-27, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/26 proposal for Supplement 1 to the 02 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 73 (Lateral Protection Devices);
(g) GRSG-131-28 superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2025/27, proposal for Supplement 2 to the Original Version of UN Regulation No. 93 (Front Underrun Protective Devices);
(h) GRSG-131-29 superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/3, proposal for Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 102 (Close-Coupling Devices);
(i) ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/4, proposal for Supplement 2 to the 06 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 110 (CNG and LNG vehicles);
(j) GRSG-131-30, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/5, proposal for Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 116 (Protection against Unauthorised Use);
(k) GRSG-131-31, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/6, proposal for Supplement 8 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 121 (Identification of Controls, Tell-Tales and Indicators);
(l) GRSG-131-32 replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/7, Proposal for the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 122 (Heating Systems);
(m) GRSG-131-33, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/8, Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 125 (Forward Field of Vision) ;
(n) GRSG-131-34, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/9, Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 144 (Accident Emergency Call Systems);
(o) GRSG-131-35, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/10, Proposal for Supplement 5 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 151 (Blind Spot Information Systems);
(p) GRSG-131-36, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/11, Proposal for Supplement 6 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 158 (Devices for Means of Rear Visibility or Detection);
(q) GRSG-131-37, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/12, Proposal for Supplement 3 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 159 (Moving Off Information Systems);
® GRSG-131-38, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/13, Proposal for Supplement 6 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 161 (Devices against Unauthorised Use);
(s) GRSG-131-39, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/14, Proposal for Supplement 7 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 162 (Immobilisers);
(t) GRSG-131-40, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/15, Proposal for Supplement 4 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 163 (Vehicle Alarm Systems);
(u) GRSG-131-41, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/16, Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 166 (Vulnerable Road Users in Front and Side Close Proximity);
(v) GRSG-131-42, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/24, Proposal for Supplement 3 to the original version of the UN Regulation No. 167 (Vulnerable Road Users Direct Vision);
(w) GRSG-131-43, replacing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/17, Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 167 (Vulnerable Road Users Direct Vision).