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Document Title Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 107
Reference Number GRSG/2014/2
Date
18 Feb 2014
Summary Proposal to clarify that “low-floor vehicles” concern only those vehicles that provide a single step from the ground into the low floor area and that any equipment that would counteract the intention of such single-step low-floor vehicles to facilitate access by passengers with reduced mobility is prohibited.
Source(s) Germany
Rulemaking Area(s) UN R107 Coach and Bus Construction
Proposal Status Superseded
Meeting(s)
Related Documents
GRSG-105-03 Proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No. 107 concerning low-floor vehicles (superseded)
WP.29/2014/69 Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 107
WP.29/2014/70 Proposal for Supplement 1 to the 06 series of amendments to Regulation No. 107
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GRSG | Session 106 | 5-9 May 2014

6. The expert from Germany introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2014/2 clarifying the technical provisions for low floor vehicles. GRSG adopted the proposal, as reproduced below, and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their November 2014 sessions, as a part (see para. 5 above) of draft Supplement 2 to the 05 series of amendments and of draft Supplement 1 to the 06 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 107.

Annex 8, paragraph 3.1., amend to read:

"3.1.Steps
The height of the first step …… of Class II, III and B. In the case where only one service door meets this requirement there shall be no barrier or sign which prevents that door from being used as both an entrance and an exit.

As an alternative for vehicles of Class I and A, the first step from the ground shall not exceed 270 mm in two door openings, one entrance and one exit.

In low floor vehicles only, a kneeling system, but not a retractable step, may be engaged.

In other vehicles either a kneeling system and/or a retractable step may be engaged.

The height of steps in ……"