GRB/2013/8
Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 59

Text prepared by the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) to introduce Additional Sound Emission Provisions (ASEP) into the UN R59.

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GRB | Session 57 | 5-7 Feb 2013

12. The expert from CLEPA introduced a proposal (GRB-57-27) for amendments to the UN Regulation aimed at introducing ASEP provisions. GRB agreed to defer discussion on this subject to its September 2013 session and requested the secretariat to distribute GRB-57-27 with an official symbol at that session.

GRB | Session 58 | 2-4 Sep 2013

13. The expert from CLEPA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2013/8 amended by GRB-58-05 and aimed at introducing ASEP provisions. The expert from the Russian Federation suggested that the text of the proposal should be aligned with the corresponding ASEP provisions of the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 51. GRB agreed to defer discussion on this subject to its January 2013 session awaiting a new official proposal at that session, aligned to a revised proposal on ASEP provisions of UN Regulation No. 51. It was also agreed to keep ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2013/8 and GRB-58-05 as references in the agenda of the next meeting.

GRB | Session 59 | 28-30 Jan 2014

15. In the absence of the expert from CLEPA, GRB agreed to defer discussion on this subject to its September 2014 session and to keep ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/2013/8 and GRB-58-05 as references in the agenda of the next meeting, awaiting the outcome of discussion of the IWG on UN Regulations Nos. 51 and 59.