Report from the 63rd session of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (January 2012).

The text adopted by GRPE at its sixty-fourth session (see para. 35 of the session report) to amend UN Regulation No. 49 in order to extend Euro VI pollutant emission requirements to dual-fuel heavy duty engines and vehicles.

The proposed amendments redefine the class of bi-fuel vehicles to permit the simultaneous use of gas and petrol in gas mode.

This is a revised version of the proposal by the Gaseous Fueled Vehicles (GFV) informal group to redefine the class of bi-fuel vehicles under UN R83 in order to permit the simultaneous use of gas and petrol while in gas mode.

This is a revised version of the proposal by the Gaseous Fueled Vehicles (GFV) informal group to redefine the class of bi-fuel vehicles under UN R115 in order to permit the simultaneous use of gas and petrol while in gas mode.

The purpose of this proposal is to add transitional provisions to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 101, to solve a discrepancy between the 06 series of amendments to Regulation No. 83 and the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 101.

This presentation outlines European Commission plans for a new regulatory structure for motorcycles, mopeds, quadricycles, and similar vehicles (Category L vehicles), scheduled for introduction on 1 January 2014.

This documents presents a flow chart for the process of aligning the EU’s “Regulation on environmental and propulsion performance
requirements” (REPPR) for L-category vehicles with related global regulations.

This proposal seeks to align UN R96 with EU Directive 2011/87/EU, delaying by three years the introduction of Stage IIIB and IV engines for certain Category T farm tractors. These tractors are specialised machines intended to operate in vineyards and orchards in southern Europe.

The US, EU, and Japan have co-sponsored a proposal to develop harmonized safety and environmental standards for electric vehicles. This document proposes objectives for a working group to pursue the environmental aspects under the auspices of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE).

Germany has provided this proposal to revise their earlier submission (document GRPE/2012/2) pursuant to discussions held with the experts from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the European Commission.

This proposal would correct editorial errors detected in GTR 4 during the transposition of the GTR provisions into UN Regulation 49 (6 series of amendments).

This proposal was prepared by the experts from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) in order to incorporate the content of Regulation (EU) 566/2011 into UN Regulation No. 83.06.

The European Commission has proposed amending GTR No. 5 concerning on-board diagnostic systems. Japan has expressed concerns regarding OBD disablement conditions under section 5.2.2. This document from the former chair of the OBD GTR working group proposes revisions to that section.

Written overview of the status of work on heavy-duty hybrid vehicle emissions standards (complements presentation by the group to the Working Party on Pollution and Energy. See document GRPE-63-19.)

Presentation to the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE), covering the work on emissions testing standards for heavy-duty hybrid (HDH) vehicles, including status of research programs, roadmap, report on 7th and 8th HDH meetings, open items, and plans for next meetings. (See also document GRPE-63-18 for written status report.)

This proposal was prepared by the experts from the informal Heavy-Duty Dual Fuel (HDDF) Task Force within the GFV informal working group in order to enable the type approval of new EURO VI heavy duty dual-fuel engines and vehicles.

This document proposes to add the use of poly-alpha-olefin filters and to correct an error in the particle number measurement diagram in UN Regulation 49.

Progress report of the informal group working on heavy-duty dual-fuel vehicle provisions in UN Regulations 49, 85, and 115.

Status report of the informal group developing a Mobile Air-Conditioning emissions Test Procedure.

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Overview of proposals for amending the plans for establishing the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicle emissions Test Procedure (WLTP) in light of progress to date.

Excel spreadsheet showing the WLTP roadmap, including the current and proposed WLTP organization, as well as tentative meeting schedule.

Presentation to the Working Group on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) on the status of work on a new regulation concerning Retrofit Emissions Control (REC) devices.

Presentation by the Sustainable Energy Division of the UN Economic Commission for Europe on UNECE activities in support of the UN’s 2012 “International Year for Sustainable Energy for All”.

Status report on efforts towards the “development and implementation of a monitoring and assessment tool for CO2 emissions in inland transport to facilitate climate change mitigation” under the UNDA’s “For Future Inland Transport Systems” (forFITS) project.

This is the summary of the 8th session of the WLTP subgroup on development of the test procedures presented to the Working Party on Pollution and Energy. (This document is identical to the DTP meeting wrap-up document WLTP-DTP-08-05. Only the reference number has been changed.)

Schedule of informal group meetings to be held in Geneva at the time of the June GRPE sessions.

Revised schedule of informal group meetings to be held at the time of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy June 2012 session.

Second revised version of the schedule for the various informal group meetings to be held during the week of the June 2012 GRPE session.

Invitation and draft agenda stakeholder consultation workshop – study on the revisions and amendments of international L-category vehicle requirements in the area of environmental and propulsion performance

Proposal to align UN R96 with European Directive 97/68/EC as amended in 2012 and to align table of 8 mode cycle with 2010/26/EU.

Letter from the Retrofit Emissions Control Devices (REC) informal group to solicit input regarding the proposed two-stage implementation of stringency levels in the new REC regulation under development.

Corrections to align the unit of each factor in the equations 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, and 8-10 in paragraph 8 and to Annex 13, paragraph 1, Figure A13-1 where, in the upper figure for “gear use during acceleration phases”, the acceleration gear 1 incorrectly starts from zero.

Submission prepared by the Chair of the informal group on Gaseous Fuelled Vehicles (GFV) to correct a measurement error contained in documents GRPE/2012/6 (concerning UN R83) and GRPE/2012/7 (concerning UN R115) when weighing method and G25 reference fuel are used.

Summary report (identical to document HDH-10-03) on the assessment of the hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) methodology for heavy-duty hybrid emissions proposed by Japan.

IWVTA informal group presentation on the status of their work to establish a global vehicle type-approval system and explanation of the proposed approach towards confirming the various regulations to be included in this whole vehicle approval system.

Introduction to the EC intentions regarding L-category vehicles (powered cycles, mopeds, motorcycles, tricycles and quadricycles) in preparation for the stakeholder workshop scheduled for June 8, 2012.

Presentation prepared for the stakeholder consultation workshop scheduled for 8 June 2012 reviewing the aims of the EC’s International environmental and propulsion performance requirements (IEPPR) of L-category vehicles initiative.

Draft proposal for the terms of reference (aims, organization, and procedures) of a WP.29 informal working group for the revision and amendment of international L-Category vehicle requirements in the area of environmental and propulsion performance.

Introduction to the research program developed to support the European Commission’s “Revision and Amendments of International L-category Vehicle Approval in the Area of Environmental Performance and Propulsion Requirements” (IEPPR) initiative.

Progress report on the effort to introduce heavy-duty hybrid emissions and related performance requirements into GTR No. 4.