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Proposal for the 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 127
Document GRSP/2015/8
27 February 2015

Proposal from the Bumper Test Area Task Force to revise the procedure for determining the bumper test area under the pedestrian safety regulation. The proposal introduces a “bumper beam” method for determining the test area and includes a September 2017 transition date.

Status: Superseded
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4.8.8. | Proposal for 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 127
13. | Regulation No. 127 (Pedestrian safety)

28. Referring to the decision held under agenda item 3(a) (see para. 6.), the expert from EC introduced GRSP-57-16-Rev.1 (superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2015/8, GRSP-57-12 and GRSP-57-13), introducing the new bumper test method and the definition of bumper beam and meeting the needs expressed by the expert from OICA at the December 2014 session of GRSP. GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2015/8, as amended by Annex IV (including GRSP-57-16-Rev.1) to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2015 sessions, as draft 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 127.

16. | Regulation No. 127 (Pedestrian safety)

32. Referring to the decision held under agenda item 3(a) (see paragraphs 8. and 9.), GRSP endorsed in principle GRSP-56-41 (superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2014/31, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2014/32 and GRSP-56-40), introducing the new bumper test method and the definition of bumper beam. GRSP agreed to resume discussion at its May 2015 session to define proper transitional provisions and decide whether to adopt the proposal either as a new series of amendments or as a supplement. Finally, the secretariat was requested to distribute GRSP-56-41 with an official symbol at the next session of GRSP.

Related and Previous Documents
GRSP-56-41
GRSP-57-13
WP.29/2015/99
WP.29/2015/99
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