Text as adopted by GRE at its 68th session related to the sensitivity of automatic/adaptive driving beam (ADB) sensor systems, requirement for mandatory manual override for ADB control, elimination of mandatory retro-reflector detection and of the 1cd requirement for geometrical visibility.

Text as adopted by GRE at its 68th session related to the sensitivity of automatic/adaptive driving beam (ADB) sensor systems, requirement for mandatory manual override for ADB control, elimination of mandatory retro-reflector detection and of the 1cd requirement for geometrical visibility.

Text as adopted by GRE at its 68th session related to the sensitivity of automatic/adaptive driving beam (ADB) sensor systems, requirement for mandatory manual override for ADB control, elimination of mandatory retro-reflector detection and of the 1cd requirement for geometrical visibility.

Proposal for Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 10 to the 04 series of amendments, to Supplement 3 to the 05 series of amendments and to Supplement 1 to the 06 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48.

Corrigendum to the proposed Supplement 10 to the 04 series of amendments to UN R48.

This document contains editorial corrections to document GRE/2012/42 to amend the geometric visibility provisions of Regulations No. 3, 6, 7, 48, 77 and 91 following a review with the GRE secretariat to ensure that the proposal aligns with the latest state of the regulations.

Revised OICA presentation on document GRE/2012/27, a proposal for Supplement 3 to the 05 series of amendments to UN R48 from Poland to replace the artificial 2,000 lm borderline and LED automatic leveling requirements with performance-based distance and glare criteria for headlamps.

Table showing the status of the revisions to selected UN Regulations, including the new UN R127 (LED lighting) and R128 (Pedestrian safety). Revisions consolidate and update regulations as a single text.

Update on the CAVGS task force activities.

Presentation reviewing flasher signals and technological advances in support of developing clearer parameters within UN R6 and R48 to govern variations of light signals.

Presentation on the GTB’s Coordination of Automotive Visibility and Glare Studies (CAVGS) task force activities.

Presentation on GTB survey of literature related to glare and visibility issues including accident data, visual acuity research, lamp aiming, etc.

Presentation with additional refinements to the submission from Poland to replace the artificial 2,000 lm borderline and LED automatic leveling requirements with performance-based distance and glare criteria for headlamps.

GRE/2012/42 is a GTB proposal to amend the geometric visibility provisions. This document corrects GRE/2012/42 in line with the latest state of the subject regulations including amendments submitted for consideration at the November WP.29 session.

Poland’s response to comments submitted by OICA (document GRE-68-20) regarding document GRE/2012/27 concerning the influence of headlamp initial aiming and leveling tolerances on road illumination distance.

Presentation of Polish opinion poll results in support of document GRE/2012/27, the proposal to replace the artificial 2,000 lm borderline and LED automatic leveling requirements with performance-based distance and glare criteria for headlamps.

Proposal to delete the exemption for category M1 and N1 vehicles from the requirement for a minimum distance between the inner edges of two adjacent lighting surfaces.

Document GRE-68-04 is a proposal to insert provisions for the use of light source control gear in the case of halogen incandescent light sources. This proposal deletes limits on the main passing beam and responds to concerns raised by IEC in document GRE-67-30.

OICA presentation on document GRE/2012/27, a proposal for Supplement 3 to the 05 series of amendments to UN R48 from Poland to replace the artificial 2,000 lm borderline and LED automatic leveling requirements with performance-based distance and glare criteria for headlamps.

Document GRE/2012/28 is a proposal from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to further clarify the test conditions for the requirements on the sensitivity of the sensor system for automatic/adaptive driving beam. This OICA document notes that the presence of position lamps is optional.

Document GRE/2012/29 proposes to clarify the requirements for the mandatory manual override of the automatic/adaptive driving beam (ADB) function. While agreeing with the sub-menu prohibition, OICA proposes to delete the prohibition on “multi-step operations” so as not to restrict future designs.

Document GRE-68-02 from the Working Party “Brussels 1952” (GTB) proposes to amend the geometric visibility provisions of multiple lighting regulations. Since manufacturers have already developed lighting in line with the current definitions, OICA seeks a 48-month transition period.

Updated proposal to clarify the deletion of distributed lighting systems (DLS), or rather light generators, from the Regulations No. 19, 48 and 98, because the provisions for the DLS systems are incomplete. This deletion was never fully complete while these systems have become obsolete.

Proposal to permit manufacturers to restrict the ability of the driver to permanently turn off manually the main beams and their automatic controls. This proposal would permit the use of time-delay systems that would reactivate the automatic system, tentatively suggesting a 10-second delay.

Proposal from the WP.29 secretariat to correct the proposal for Supplement 10 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48 pursuant to errors identified by OICA. Document WP.29/2012/73 seeks to align UN R48 with changes made to related lighting regulations.

During the 64th GRE session, GTB was charged to review and update the transitional provisions of Regulation 48. This draft proposal has been developed by the GTB Installation Working Group in close cooperation with OICA.

Update by the IEC of the German proposal for revisions to align IEC 60809 and 60810 with UN Regulations for signalling devices to address risks in the use of low-quality non-replaceable filament lamps.

Update by the IEC of the German proposal for revisions to IEC 60809 and 60810 in accordance with UN Regulations for signalling devices to address risks in the use of low-quality non-replaceable filament lamps.

Proposal from Germany, prepared with support from the Netherlands, to insert provisions for the use of light source control gear in the case of halogen incandescent light sources.

GTB proposal to amend the geometric visibility provisions. Subsequent to the preparation of the proposed amendments in document GRE/2012/42, several editorial corrections have been identified by GTB experts. This document replaces that original submission.

Proposal from the Working Party “Brussels 1952” (GTB) to delete the 1 candela requirement for geometric visibility. In the original document, the strikethrough proposed for the contents of paragraph 6.2.5 was omitted. This document corrects that omission.

Proposal from the Working Party “Brussels 1952” (GTB) to amend the geometric visibility provisions.

Proposal from the Working Party “Brussels 1952” (GTB) to delete the 1 candela requirement for geometric visibility.

Proposal as adopted by the Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE) at its sixty-seventh session to eliminate certain inconsistencies concerning reversing lamps in the existing text.

Proposal as adopted by the Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE) at its sixty-seventh session to correct an editorial error in the 04 series of amendments to the Regulation.

GRE proposal to correct a conflict between UN R48 and the device Regulations introduced by Supplement 8 to the 04 Series, clarify the “fixed position of a movable component”, introduce a definition of Gonio(photo)meter and to define when voltage control gear may be used with filament light sources.

Proposal from the Working Party “Brussels 1952” (GTB) to revise paragraph 5.23 to clarify the requirements on the replacement of light sources approved according to UN R37.

Proposal from the Netherlands to clarify the requirements for the mandatory manual override of the automatic/adaptive driving beam (ADB) function, revising document GRE/2012/23 from the last GRE session.

Proposal from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to further clarify the test conditions for the requirements on the sensitivity of the sensor system for automatic/adaptive driving beam, revising document GRE/2012/22.

Submission from Poland to replace the artificial 2,000 lm borderline and LED automatic levelling requirements with performance-based distance and glare criteria for headlamps.

Proposal from Japan, pursuant to GRE deliberations, to delete mandatory installation of sensors for the adaptive main beam and Adaptive Front-lighting System (AFS) to detect and react to retro-reflecting devices.

GTB perspectives on the GRE proposal for Supplement 1 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48.

Corrections to the earlier proposal revising the title from “Supplement 8 to the 04 series” to read “Supplement 1 to the 06 series” and changing “90 months” read “84 months”.

Submission by the chair of the Task Force on Conspicuity Marking presenting the compromise agreed at GRE-67 for commercial vehicle markings: cumulative horizontal marking length of 70% and allowing alternative minimum marking of the cab by retro-reflectors.

Revised version of Poland’s proposal (GRE/2012/21) to introduce performance-based distance and glare criteria for headlamps, replacing the fixed 2000 lm luminous flux condition as a criterion of the automatic leveling requirement.

Comments from OICA on the German proposal to reconcile views on conspicuity markings for commercial vehicles (document GRE-67-04).

IEC response to the GTB proposal to define the conditions under which voltage control gear may be used in conjunction with filament light sources.

Presentation of the Polish Motor Transport Institute in support of the proposal to replace fixed values for headlamp aiming and tolerances with performance-based specifications.

Proposal from Japan, based upon the request from OICA and superceding document GRE/2012/14, to clarify the “fixed position of a movable component”.

Regulation No. 48 will soon be made mandatory in the EU. This proposal aims mainly at launching a discussion on consistency and management of the transitional provisions of Regulation No. 48.

OICA presentation raising numerous concerns with the Polish proposal (document GRE/2012/21) to introduce performance-based requirements for headlamp aiming/leveling and glare tolerances.

Proposal from OICA to further clarify the test conditions regarding the requirements for the sensitivity of the sensor system for ADB (automatic/adaptive driving beam).

Proposal to improve the wording of the informal document GRE-67-08 submitted by France to align provisions in UN R48 with those of UN R121 with regard to the hazard warning telltale.

Proposal from CLEPA submitted as an alternative to the German proposal (document GRE-67-04) concerning conspicuity markings for the cab of commercial vehicles.

Illustrations to accompany the CLEPA proposal concerning conspicuity markings for commercial vehicles (document GRE-67-28).

Proposal to clarify the deletion of distributed lighting systems (DLS), or rather light generators, from the Regulations No. 19, 48 and 98, because the provisions for the DLS systems are incomplete. This deletion was never fully completed and in the meantime these systems have become obsolete.

IEC has serious concerns with the proposal to clarify the conditions under which voltage control gear may be used in conjunction with filament light sources because halogen filament light sources should not be operated permanently outside the specifications, at a too low or at too high voltage.

Proposal that would delete references to ‘retro-reflecting devices’ purusant to a decision of the Working Party on Lighting and clarify that testing of capabilities to detect and react to retro-reflecting devices is not required.

Correction of an editorial error in Supplement 7 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation 48.

Proposal that would align provisions in UN R48 with those of UN R121 (vehicle controlrs, telltales and indicators) with regard to the hazard warning telltale (para. 6.6.8.).

GRE created a Task Force on Conspicuity Marking to reconcile proposals concerning commercial vehicles contained in documents GRE/2011/53 and GRE/2011/62. The chair of the group offers this text as a compromise for GRE review.

Proposed revisions to IEC 60809 and 60810 in accordance with UN Regulations for signalling devices to address risks in the use of low-quality non-replaceable filament lamps.

Submission by the Working Party “Brussels 1952” (GTB) to clearly define the conditions under which voltage control gear may be used in conjunction with filament light sources.

Proposal from Poland to introduce performance-based distance and glare criteria for headlamps, making automatic levelling provisions independent of the luminous flux of the light source.