GRSP-79-26
CLIV informal group status report to GRSP

IWG CLIV Phase 2 addresses development of UN Regulations for buses and coaches and light vehicles. The 13th through 17th sessions, held virtually and in-person in Seoul from March to June 2026, focused on drafting a bus UN Regulation and refining text on scope, definitions, visual signals, and transitional provisions. Feedback from GRE and GRSG indicated further amendments needed, particularly regarding scope clarity and vehicle exemptions. Formal submission of the bus UN Regulation is anticipated at the 80th GRSP session, with feedback requested by 10 June 2026.

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GRSP | Session 79 | 1-5 Jun

11. The expert from Australia presented the status report of the IWG on Children Left in Vehicles (IWG-CLIV) (informal document GRSP-79-26), including meetings held by the IWG, proposals discussed at other GRs and future work. He also presented informal document GRSP-79-27 with a first draft of a new UN Regulation on CLIV for buses (M2 and M3 vehicles). GRSP discussed several topics including the incorporation of data submitted by the United States of America into the work of the IWG on a new UN GTR, prevention of false alarms, differences by country in procedures of embarking and disembarking school buses, intersection with ADS and the potential for deactivation of the CLIV features when buses were not used to transport children. The expert from Australia requested GRSP experts to send him any additional feedback before 10 June 2026 so that the group could incorporate it and submit a working document to the December 2026 session of GRSP.