GRE-68-29
Proposal for amendment to Regulation No. 7
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UN R7 has no requirements concerning changes in luminance of a lamp. Therefore, certain lamps which could not be installed in accordance with UN R48 could nonetheless obtain type approval and be sold in the aftermarket. This proposal would prevent such an occurrence.
29. The expert from China introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2012/30 and GRE-68-33 proposing to modify requirements of the photometric performance concerning front position lamps incorporated with fog lamps as well as rear position lamps incorporated with rear fog lamps. GRE noted some comments about the need to maintain the current photometric ratios and agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its April 2013 session on the basis of a revised proposal.
30. The expert from Poland showed a lamp type approved according to UN Regulation No. 7 and clearly unsuitable to be installed on a vehicle. To prevent the use of such a lamp as aftermarket vehicle parts, he introduced GRE-68-29 and requested the secretariat to distribute GRE-68-29 with an official symbol.