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Proposal for clarification of Article 12 of draft Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement
Document WP.29-164-08
27 October 2014

Proposal to amend the draft agreement to address situations where a Contracting Party disagrees with an adopted amendment and ceases to apply a given UN Regulation. The proposal seeks to clarify that the Contracting Party would still be obligated to accept type approvals based on the previous versions of the regulation (i.e., approvals based on versions of the regulation that the CP had been accepting before the amendment) for one year following its notification to cease application of the regulation.

Submitted by Netherlands
Status: Superseded
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Previous Documents, Discussions, and Outcomes
4.1. | Status of the Agreement and of the annexed Regulations
4.2.2. | Guidance on amendments to Regulations annexed to the 1958 Agreement
4.4. | Consideration of and vote on draft Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement

49. The representative of Japan gave an overview of the discussions of the IWG on IWVTA. He referred to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2015/40 and recalled the discussion of WP.29 at its previous session on the voting majority threshold. He introduced WP.29-165-04 superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2015/41 aimed at amending Article 3 on special provisions. Noting that some critical comments had been received, he added that the IWG would resume discussions on this issue and report back to the June 2015 session of WP.29.

50. The representative of EU informed WP.29 that the EU Member States continue consultation on voting majority threshold and announced to provide more detailed information on a common position in the next sessions of WP.29. He raised concerns about the late submission of the amendments to Article 3 on special provisions and stressed the importance of freezing the text for the adoption process of the third Revision of the 1958 Agreement.

51. The World Forum agreed to defer discussion on this subject to its forthcoming session in June 2015. The secretariat was, thus, requested to circulate WP.29-165-04 with an official symbol.

4.2. | Guidance requested by the Working Parties on matters related to Regulations annexed to the 1958 Agreement
4.2.2. | Guidance on amendments to Regulations annexed to the 1958 Agreement
4.2.3. | Guidance on the additional application of national provisions
4.4. | Consideration of draft Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement

51. WP.29 recalled the frozen text of draft Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/53) and the additional provisions on the equal authenticity of English, French and Russian languages (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/82).

56. The World Forum recognized that the Contracting Parties would need more time to review the above proposals and agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its next session in March 2015. The representatives of Germany and the United Kingdom noted the need for a finalized text prior to submitting to their national authorities for approval and so the World Forum agreed that adoption of the revised agreement would be delayed accordingly. The secretariat was also requested to circulate WP.29-164-23 as a separate official document.

4.1. | Status of the 1958 Agreement and of the annexed UN Regulations
4.2.2. | Guidance regarding the application of Supplements to several series of amendments running in parallel.
4.3. | Development of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) system
4.4. | Consideration of draft Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement

47. WP.29 noted the revised text of draft Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/53) reflecting the discussion of the March 2014 session. The World Forum requested the secretariat to reintroduce the provisions of the equal authenticity of English, French and Russian languages which existed in the first unamended text of the Agreement. WP.29 decided to freeze the draft revision and requested the Contracting Parties to clarify their political and legal views on this draft revision. WP.29 agreed to resume consideration of the revision of the Agreement at its November 2014 session, awaiting the appropriate political and legal guidance.

17.5. | Gtr No. 9 (Pedestrian safety)
Related and Previous Documents
WP.29/2014/53
WP.29/2015/40
Relates to 1958 Agreement |