Notes on Working Party 1 consideration of WP.29/GRE proposals to update the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic in line with advances in automated lighting technologies.

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).

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Proposal from the Secretariat to add a definition for the term “manufacturer” to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (RE3) and to the Special Resolution No. 1 (SR1). RE3 and SR1 respectively define the terms used in UN Regulations and Global Technical Regulations.

The HRD was conceived as a repository for lighting requirements shared across multiple rules. However, active support has been insufficient to move forward. This submission proposes to suspend the effort pending an EC-sponsored WP.29 effort to improve the Forum’s rule development processes.

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

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.

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.

Proposed changes to the SAE proposal (GRE/2011/48) to clarify requirements for the special warning lamp while allowing for harmonization with the requirements for emergency warning lamps as prescribed by SAE.

Presentation on priorities and work of the GTB (International Automotive Lighting
and Light Signalling Expert Group).

Presentation on priorities and work of the GTB (International Automotive Lighting
and Light Signalling Expert Group).

Presentation on priorities and work of the GTB (International Automotive Lighting
and Light Signalling Expert Group).

Presentation on priorities and work of the GTB (International Automotive Lighting
and Light Signalling Expert Group).

Report from the March 2012 session of the Working Party on Lighting and Light-signaling Equipment.

Proposal to update UN R27 in accordance with technological progress by establishing provisions for the use of fluorescent retro-reflective strip, enabling the consolidation of currently separate fluorescent (daytime) and retro-reflective (nighttime) striping.

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.

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 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.

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.