Text prepared by the Chairman of the LNG Task Force (Netherlands) in response to questions raised by France concerning the proposed amendment to introduce LNG provisions into UN R110 (document GRSG/2013/7). The amendments aim to improve the internal consistency of the proposed amendments.

Priority of Discussion on Technical Requirements for IWVTA

This document was prepared by the informal group on the introduction of plastic glazing for windscreens and laminated plastic panes other than windscreens in Regulation No. 43 (IGPG). It supersedes the informal document GRSG-103-20.

Request to extend the mandate of the informal group working on type approval test procedures for plastic glazed windows.

Proposal to extend the mandate of the informal group from April 2013 to October 2014.

Project schedule for completion of amendments to introduce the type approval of plastic glazing into UN R43.

Presentation in support of revisions to the current underrun protection vehicle specifications.

Position paper arguing for improvements in rear underrun protection.

At the 100th GRSG session, Germany presented the document GRSG/2011/19 to propose more demanding requirements for rear underrun protection devices on heavy goods vehicles. The target is to ensure a higher level of safety for passenger car occupants, who have a high risk to get severely or fatally injured in case of hitting the rear of a truck or trailer. This document provides a cost-benefit analysis in support of the proposal.

Text prepared by Germany to reintroduce 1) special type-approval tests and 2) special requirements regarding conformity of production to rigid plastic planes and rigid plastic double glazed units. Two further corrections are proposed in deleting 3) a false approval mark and 4) references to tests in the table of tests to be applied to safety glazing.

Japanese explanation of its field of vision requirements and test specifications under UN R125 and R46 pursuant to enabling Japan’s participation in IWVTA.

Review of UN R34 and Japan Safety Regulation 35 in view of the latter’s use of 50 km/h collision speeds in test procedures and the interest in harmonizing procedures to enable IWVTA.

Text prepared by the Chair of the Task Force on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vehicles (based on document GRSG/2013/7) to introduce type approval provisions for vehicles equipped with LNG propulsion systems. The proposal has been prepared as a new consolidated version (Revision 3) of UN Regulation No. 110.

Background paper on the proposal to specify the rear field of vision such that the driver, when starting the vehicle, can notice an object in a blind spot and stop the vehicle before the object comes in contact with the rear wheel.

Categorical decisions on the documents discussed during the GRSG-104 session.

Text from Belgium to amend the annex on additional safety prescriptions for trolleybuses in order to update these with regard to the respective electrical standards.

Agreed changes to the series of amendments resulting from the work of the Informal group on Service Doors, Windows and Emergency Exits (SDWEE) to update and improve UN R107, including passenger entry/exit, driver compartments, passageways, use of signs, and emergency lighting.

Various corrections and amendments, including SDWEE revisions, to UN R107 and
series of corrections to UN R43, as approved by the GRSG.

Proposal to introduce requirements to prevent accidents when the flap covering the engine compartment is open.

Proposal to amend requirements for the minimum number of priority seats: four in Class I, two in Class II and Class III and one in Class A and Class B and disallowing the priority designation for folding seats.

Proposal to insert provisions in Annex 3 to facilitate access to a roof escape hatch in the event that the vehicle is lying on its side. This proposal supplements document WP.29/2013/100 as submitted by GRSG to the World Forum.