Proposal to delete the definition of “vehicles designed to fulfil specific social needs” because these vehicles no longer exist under the 07 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 83. This proposal is in line with the Euro 6 stages of European Union Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007 and implementation Regulation (EC) No. 692/2008.

14. The expert from the Netherlands introduced GRPE-69-15 proposing the deletion of the definition on “vehicle designed to fulfil specific social needs” in the 07 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 83, as the corresponding specific emission limits didn’t exist in these 07 series. GRPE agreed with this proposal and requested the secretariat to distribute this proposal with an official symbol at its January 2015 session.

Proposal to update the on-board diagnostics (OBD) requirements, to delete the definition of “vehicles designed to fulfil specific social needs” in line with the Euro 6 stages of European Union Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007 and implementation Regulation (EC) No. 692/2008, and to clarify the wording of transitional provisions and align them with the General Guidelines for UN Regulatory Procedures and Transitional Provisions in UN Regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044/Rev.1). In addition, the proposed wording would allow Contracting Parties not to accept UN type-approvals if the requirements specified in the 07 series of amendments are not met.

63. Agenda item 4.7.3, Regulation No. 83, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2015/57, correct Annex 11, para. 2.10 to read:
“2.10. A “driving cycle” consists of engine key-on, a driving mode where a malfunction would be detected if present, and engine key-off."

64 (bis). Agenda items 4.7.2 and 4.7.3, Regulation No. 83:
(a) In ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2015/57, for “Annex 11, paragraph 9.3.5.2.” read “Paragraph 9.3.5.2.”. Paragraph 9.3.5.2. shall be moved after the deletion of Footnote 3 (page 2).
(b) In ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2015/56, Paragraph 9.3.5.2. shall be moved after Paragraph 5.3.7.3. (page 4).

17. The expert from OICA presented GRPE-72-05 reproducing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/28 aimed at reintroducing a sentence that was inadvertently deleted out in the original proposal and then in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2015/57 adopted at the 166th session of WP.29. He recalled that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/28 had been already submitted by the secretariat to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their March 2016 sessions, subject to the endorsement of GRPE at this session, to reintroduce the sentence.

18. The expert from Germany agreed with ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/28 and announced the intention of Germany to submit a proposal at the next GRPE session to further improve the requirements on the total number of failures simulated when testing the malfunction indicator.

19. GRPE endorsed ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/28 to be considered by WP.29 and AC.1 at their March 2016 sessions.