Proposal for Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 55
Document GRRF/2014/28
4 July 2014

Text prepared by the informal group of experts on Regulation No. 55 to introduce amendments on requirements for movable couplings, increased range of application of remote controls to couplings similar to C50-X and G50-X, possible increase of characteristic values of standard couplings and to include of further requirements on the mounting of couplings.

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7. | UN Regulation No. 55 (Mechanical couplings)

27. Upon the decision of WP.29 (see para. 3 above), GRSG noted a proposal transmitted by GRVA to correct UN Regulation No. 55 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2018/10). GRSG adopted the proposal and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 as Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 55 for consideration at their March 2019 sessions.

14. (b) | Mechanical couplings

60. The secretariat presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2018/10, in the absence of the expert from CLEPA, proposing to clarify some unintentional deletions introduced in UN Regulation No. 55. GRVA agreed with the proposal and requested the secretariat to clarify the follow-up action on this document with the Working Party on General Safety provisions (GRSG).

4.7.2. | Proposal for Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 55
3. (b) | Automated Connections between Vehicles ( ACV)
4. | Regulation No. 55 (Mechanical couplings)

16. The Chair of the IWG on UN Regulation No. 55 introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2014/28 (based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2014/14) and deleting references to the standard ISO 7641/1‑2012 as contained in the original proposal.

18. GRRF adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2014/28 and requested the secretariat to submit the proposal to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their March 2015 sessions as draft Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 55.

4. | Regulation No. 55 (Mechanical couplings)

19. The expert from Germany introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2014/14 on behalf of the Chair of the informal working group on Regulation No. 55. GRRF requested clarifications on the changes to the standard ISO 7641/1-2012 when compared with the current regulated version. GRRF agreed to revisit this item at its next session.

12. (b) | Revision and extension of approvals
Related and Previous Documents
GRRF/2014/14
R55-08-02
WP.29/2015/7
GRVA/2018/10
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