7. The expert from Sweden, chairing the informal group on Automated Connections between Vehicles (ACV), reported on the progress made by the group (GRRF-74-42). He introduced the group’s most recent proposal (GRRF-74-22) amending ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/2 and introducing provisions for ACV. He reported that the informal group updated the previous proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/2), taking into account the concerns of GRRF on interoperability and safety provided by such systems (GRRF-74-23). He added that some additional work was still needed and sought GRRFs guidance, whether the relevant ISO standard shall be referenced or copied into the Regulation. The Chair of GRRF offered to follow up on this issue after the March 2013 session of WP.29. This item would be reviewed at GRRFs September 2013 session on the basis of a revised proposal to be submitted in due time by the ACV group.

7. The expert from Sweden, chairing the informal group on Automated Connections between Vehicles (ACV), reported on the progress made by the group (GRRF-74-42). He introduced the group’s most recent proposal (GRRF-74-22) amending ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/2 and introducing provisions for ACV. He reported that the informal group updated the previous proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/2), taking into account the concerns of GRRF on interoperability and safety provided by such systems (GRRF-74-23). He added that some additional work was still needed and sought GRRFs guidance, whether the relevant ISO standard shall be referenced or copied into the Regulation. The Chair of GRRF offered to follow up on this issue after the March 2013 session of WP.29. This item would be reviewed at GRRFs September 2013 session on the basis of a revised proposal to be submitted in due time by the ACV group.

Document ACV-11-09 was created with lots of discussion. For the outcome of the meeting see document ACV-11-09. During the drafting of this document a big discussion was also held on response time measurement.

8. The Chair of the informal working group on Automated Connections between Vehicles (ACV) introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/12 proposing to insert provisions on automated couplings into UN Regulation No. 13. He presented GRRF-75-03, containing the ISO standard which is referred to in the proposal. He also introduced GRRF-75-23 amending ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/12. He provided updated information requested during the seventy-fourth session of GRRF (GRRF-75-22). GRRF adopted this proposal, as amended by Annex II of the meeting report and requested the secretariat to submit the proposal to WP.29 and the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1) for consideration at their March 2014 sessions as draft Supplement 11 to the 11 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 13.

10. The Chair of GRRF recalled the purpose of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/13, adopted during the seventy-fifth GRRF session. The document remained on the agenda of GRRF, pending submission to WP.29 and AC.1 of the adopted text for Regulations Nos. 13 (Heavy vehicle braking), 13-H (Brakes of M1 and N1 vehicles), 79 (Steering equipment), 89 (Speed limitation devices), 130 (Lane Departure Warning Systems (AEBS)) and 131 (Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS)). At this stage, the proposal was incorporated in Regulation No. 13 (see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/3).