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| Document Title | Proposal for Supplements to the 04, 05 and 06 series of amendments to Regulations No. 48 | ||||||||
| Reference Number | GRE/2015/21 | ||||||||
| Date |
3 Feb 2015
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| Summary | Proposal to delete the requirement for automatic leveling devices for all headlamps with light emitting diode (LED) light sources based upon the results of the GTB glare study. The proposal argues that the restriction discriminates against LED light sources based upon an erroneous understanding of light-source relevance to driver glare. | ||||||||
| Source(s) | France | ||||||||
| Rulemaking Area(s) | UN R48 Installation of Lighting | ||||||||
| Proposal Status | Superseded | ||||||||
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| Related Documents | |||||||||
| GRE/2014/34 | Proposal for Supplements to the 04, 05, and 06 series of amendments to Regulation No . 48 (superseded) | ||||||||
| VGL-01-02/1 | EC comments on the draft VGL informal group terms of reference | ||||||||
| WP.29/2016/18 | Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 06 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48 | ||||||||
| WP.29/2016/19 | Proposal for Supplement 9 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48 | ||||||||
| WP.29/2016/20 | Proposal for Supplement 16 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48 | ||||||||
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| Excerpts from session reports related to this document | |||||||||
| GRE | Session 73 | 13-17 Apr 2015 |
20. The expert from France proposed to delete a design restrictive requirement in Regulation No. 48 for an auto-levelling device for low beam produced by any LED light sources, while for other light sources this requirement exists only if their reference luminous flux exceeds 2,000 Lm (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2015/21 and GRE-73-25). According to the expert, should LED be treated in the same way as other lights sources, this would lead to more LED headlamps fitted on new vehicles, thus improving road safety and reducing CO2 emissions. The experts from Belgium, Germany, Japan and UK were of the view that this issue should be first referred to IWG VGL and be considered in one package with other proposals regarding levelling (see paras. 17 and 18 above), upon the understanding that a final solution developed by IWG VGL should be technology neutral. The experts from Italy, Spain, EC, CLEPA and OICA not only supported the French proposal as removing discrimination between various technologies of light sources, but also called for its adoption without delay, irrespective of the IWG activities. GRE agreed that the Chair would submit this issue to the June 2015 session of WP.29 for guidance and to report back to GRE at its next session. |
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