WP.29/2026/154
UN R168: Proposal for a Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments

Proposal to amend UN R86 on various provisions related to vehicle scope, mass definitions, approval references, and test requirements:

  • Amend paras. 1.1. and 1.2. to modify the scope for Level 1A and Level 1B
  • Insert Footnote 1 to para. 1.
  • Amend para. 3.3. to revise the heading
  • Amend para. 3.3.3. to redefine “Mass in running order” and clarify driver mass inclusion for vehicles of categories X and Y
  • Amend Note a of Figure 3 to align the definition of mass and driver mass treatment
  • Renumber Footnote 1 to Footnote 2 in para. 5.4.1. and amend its content to reference the 1958 Agreement distinguishing numbers
  • Amend para. 8.3.1. to expand vehicle condition requirements including selectable modes, battery charge mode, ADS features, aerodynamics modifications, test mass composition, driving behaviour verification, and emissions monitoring parameters
  • Insert new para. 9.3.5. and new para. 9.3.5.1. to establish special provisions for vehicles equipped with an ADS
  • Amend Annex 1 Part 1 to add approval number references to UN Regulation No. 154 and level of approval designation
  • Amend Annex 1 Part 2 to add level of approval designation
  • Amend para. 12.10. of Annex 1 Part 2 to expand the scope of devices or systems with user-selectable modes to include electric energy consumption
  • Amend the explanatory note (h) of Annex 1
  • Amend row 21 of Table A4/1 in Annex 4 to modify acceleration demand parameters.

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GRPE | Session 94 | 17-19 Mar

26. The co-Chair of the TF-AVRS introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2026/15 and GRPE-94-16.

27. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2026/15 as amended by GRPE-94-16, 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 01 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 168.