20. The expert from OICA presented GRPE-69-08 introducing a proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2014/12 as amended by GRPE-69-07-Rev.1) for a new Supplement to UN Regulation No. 49 (i) harmonizing the provisions on On Board Diagnosis Threshold Limits (OTLs) with those of the EU, (ii) deleting the urea consumption motoring obligation as well as improving definitions, (iii) modifying the operating sequence definition for stop-start and hybrid vehicles and (iv) introducing an alternative service mode for LNG dual-fuel vehicles. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2014/12 as amended by GRPE-69-30 (containing GRPE-69-07-Rev.1 as well as the correction proposed by the expert from NGV Global) and reproduced in Addendum 1 to this report. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1, for consideration at their November 2014 sessions as Supplement 8 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 49. The expert from the United Kingdom noted that the proposal didn’t comply with the transitional provisions guidelines by WP.29 and would have to be amended at a later stage accordingly.

20. The expert from OICA presented GRPE-69-08 introducing a proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2014/12 as amended by GRPE-69-07-Rev.1) for a new Supplement to UN Regulation No. 49 (i) harmonizing the provisions on On Board Diagnosis Threshold Limits (OTLs) with those of the EU, (ii) deleting the urea consumption motoring obligation as well as improving definitions, (iii) modifying the operating sequence definition for stop-start and hybrid vehicles and (iv) introducing an alternative service mode for LNG dual-fuel vehicles. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2014/12 as amended by GRPE-69-30 (containing GRPE-69-07-Rev.1 as well as the correction proposed by the expert from NGV Global) and reproduced in Addendum 1 to this report. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1, for consideration at their November 2014 sessions as Supplement 8 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 49. The expert from the United Kingdom noted that the proposal didn’t comply with the transitional provisions guidelines by WP.29 and would have to be amended at a later stage accordingly.

4. There was a new document for GRPE from OICA (69-7e, amendment language and PowerPoint version 69-8, slide 7) on LNG trucks. Mr. Renaudin presented the summary of the document.

5. Alternative service mode for LNG dual-fuel vehicles currently states that the vehicle speed of a D-F truck should be limited to 20 km per hour when there is no longer gas in the LNG tank.rThe new proposal indicates to ‘Limit the power of the engine to 20% of the declared maximum power in D-F mode. It would apply only in the case when the gas has been drained out for repair reasons and would apply only to Type A dual-fuel engines (no diesel mode allowed). The rationale was that there is very poor density of LNG filling stations in some areas that would require a truck to be either towed or to operate over a long distance at 20km/h; both situations being undesirable.

6. There were no further comments and Mr. Rijnders concluded that there was consensus in the GFV regarding this amendment. He indicated it will be appropriate for OICA to mention this in their presentation at this week’s GRPE.

The European Commission informed AC.3 that this proposal is not ready for voting. A new document is being prepared with a vote on the amended proposal envisioned for the June 2015 session of the World Forum.

66. On item 4.9.1 (Regulation No. 49), WP.29 noted that GRPE was expected to review ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/74 together with WP.29-164-03 and to revert back to WP.29 and AC.1 at their March or June 2015 sessions with a revised document.