The European Commission received the informal documents WP.29-158-22 and 27 too late to arrange for internal legal approval to enable vote at this session. In any case, France explains that document 22 would benefit from further review, so this document is sent back to GRSP for refinement.
Japan also explains that its proposal to permit acceleration sled testing has been passed by GRSP and so an amendment proposal is pending.
In sum, the new regulation will be voted as it exists in documents WP.29/2012/53 and its corrigendum while the corrigendum in document 22 will pass to the March session. The Japan acceleration sled amendment and a refined version of document 27 will also likely make the March agenda.
Proposal unanimously adopted.
46. GRSP noted that WP.29 at its November 2012 session referred WP.29-158-22 to GRSP concerning further amendments and correction to the draft Regulation on Enhanced Child Restraint Systems (ECRS), adopted during that session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/53 and Corr.1). GRSP noted that further changes were needed (GRSP-52-16 and GRSP-52-20, superseding WP.29-158-22). GRSP agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its May 2013 session awaiting a consolidated proposal of amendments and to keep GRSP-52-16 and GRSP-52-20 as a reference in the agenda.
47. GRSP also noted a correction to a footnote (WP.29-158-27) in the new UN Regulation, referring to the informal working group website as the temporary repository for the drawing and specifications of Q dummies (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1099, see para. 58). GRSP did not propose any change to WP.29-158-27 and endorsed the use of such specifications for application purposes of the UN Regulation. GRSP endorsed final approval of WP.29-158-27 at the March 2013 session of WP.29.
48. GRSP considered ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2012/18, proposing test conditions to have the same stringency level in the acceleration and deceleration sled lateral impact tests. GRSP agreed to remove the square brackets from para. 7.1.3.1.3.4. and adopted it not amended. The secretariat was requested to submit ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2012/18 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2013 sessions, as draft Supplement 1 to the new UN Regulation.
49. The expert from France, Chair of the informal working group on Child Restraint Systems, introduced the latest status report of his group (GRSP-52-17). He clarified that the group was working on Phase 2, to develop provisions for non-integral ISOFIX CRS (child restrained by adult safety belts). The expert from EC expressed his preference to dedicate the new UN Regulation only to ISOFIX CRS and UN Regulation No. 44 to CRS of other kinds. Also the expert from Germany made similar comments and suggested the removal of ISOFIX provisions from UN Regulation No. 44, to be dedicated only to non ISOFIX CRS.