Guidance request on restraint systems with airbags
39. The expert from the Kingdom of the Netherlands introduced informal document GRSP-79-35 to clarify whether restraint systems approved according to UN Regulation No. 16 should bear the word “AIRBAG” in the approval mark in cases where an airbag was part of the restraint system. He argued that this would be helpful for purposes of market surveillance, periodic technical inspections and law enforcement. GRSP concluded that this was not currently required but that it was allowed. Furthermore, it concluded that it would be desirable to make this mandatory but that it would be better to wait for other amendments to this regulation in order to group them in one single proposal.