GRRF/2014/24
Proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 106
Source(s)
Date
4 Jul 2014
Status
Superseded
Subject
Meeting(s)

IMMA counter-proposal to the ETRTO proposal to amend Regulation No. 75 with regard to ATV tyres and replaces documents GRRF/2013/22 and GRRF/2013/20 taking into consideration the comments made at the last GRRF session in February 2014.

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GRRF | Session 73 | 18-20 Sep 2012

25. The expert from ETRTO presented a minor amendment to UN Regulation No. 106 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2012/20). GRRF adopted this document and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC. 1 as Supplement 10 to UN Regulation No. 106.

GRRF | Session 75 | 17-19 Sep 2013

32. The expert from ETRTO introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/20 and sought guidance. The expert from IMMA proposed to collaborate with ETRTO on this subject. GRRF noted, the amendments proposed in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/22 were linked to this item. GRRF agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its next session on the basis of a revised proposal by the expert from ETRTO.

GRRF | Session 76 | 17-21 Feb 2014

25. The expert from ETRTO presented GRRF-76-25, supporting ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/20 amended by GRRF-76-06 as well as ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/22 [concerning UN R106] and proposing the insertion of All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) tyres in UN Regulation No. 75.

26. In response to the proposal above, the expert from IMMA presented GRRF-76-41 supporting the insertion of provisions for ATV tyres in UN Regulation No. 106. GRRF agreed to revisit this subject at it September 2014 session on the basis of a revised proposal that the experts from IMMA and ETRTO agreed to prepare.

GRRF | Session 78 | 16-19 Sep 2014

34. The expert from ETRTO presented GRRF-78-42 supporting ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/20 as amended by GRRF-76-06 as well as ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/22 aimed at inserting All Terrain (AT) tyres in UN Regulation No. 75.

35. The expert from IMMA recalled GRRF-76-38 analysing the possible alternatives to type approve AT tyres, taking into account the technical requirements in UN Regulations Nos. 54, 75 and 106. He introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2014/24 proposing the insertion of AT tyres in UN Regulation No. 106 as an alternative to the ETRTO proposal above.

36. Following the discussion GRRF adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/22 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2013/20 as amended by GRRF-76-06, GRRF-78-45 and GRRF-78-46 and as reproduced in Annex V. The secretariat was requested to submit them to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their March 2015 sessions as draft Supplement 12 to UN Regulation No. 106 and Supplement 15 to UN Regulation No. 75, respectively.