Proposal to:

• Amend para. 1.4. to clarify recording obligations when sensors cannot provide data in specified formats,
• Amend para. 2.20. to align terminology with throttle data element,
• Amend para. 2.73. to remove reference to “first” trigger activation,
• Amend para. 5.4.3. to clarify crash test requirements and reference UN Regulations 95 and either 94 or 137,
• Insert new transitional provisions paras. 12.12. through 12.17. establishing acceptance dates for type-approvals with entry into force immediately for 03 series and mandatory acceptance ceasing 1 September 2035 for preceding series,
• Amend Annex 4 Table 1 to add data elements for frontal air bag deployment times (driver and front passenger), pretensioner deployment, occupant size classification, lateral and longitudinal post-crash acceleration, trigger activated, advanced driver distraction

Proposal to:

• Amend para. 1.4. to clarify recording obligations where sensors cannot meet format requirements specified in Annex 4 but data elements are available,
• Amend para. 5.3.1.2. to permit writing Last Stop trigger data to volatile memory accommodating at least five most recent stops on a first-in first-out basis until another trigger occurs or vehicle master control switch is deactivated,
• Amend paras. 2.5., 2.48., and 2.49. for clarity and consistency with UN R160.

Status report on the Informal Working Group on Event Data Recorder and Data Storage System for Automated Driving. The IWG has developed requirements for UN R157, UN R185/GTR, UN R160, and UN R169. DSSAD activities will be removed from the IWG on EDR/DSSAD and assumed by a new IWG on ADS2, pending WP.29 decision. EDR Step 2 work includes proposals for a 03 Series of Amendments to UN R160 and Supplement 3 to UN R169. EDR Step 3 will consider data survivability, triggering sensitivity, data elements, and EDR for category L vehicles, with a proposal planned for April 2027.

Proposal to amend para. 2.3. to clarify that devices mandated by other UN Regulations are not seen as surveillance camera-monitor-recording devices if not explicitly mentioned in the respective other Regulation. The definition has existed since Supplement 2 to the 04 series entered into force on 18 June 2016. Camera-based systems have become widely used for fulfilling reversing motion monitoring requirements of UN R158, creating unintended regulatory overlap. The 07 series of amendments clarified this distinction, but the 06 series did not. The proposal introduces the same clarification into the 06 series and improves legal certainty and consistency across amendment series without introducing new technical requirements or affecting the current level of safety.

Proposal to amend para. 2.7. and Figure 1a to clarify the definition of external original surface, insert new para. 2.10. to define protruding support, insert new para. 2.11. to define opaque obscuration, amend para. 6.1.1.6. to reference the external original surface and Figure 1a, amend para. 6.1.1.9. to specify mounting height requirements for mirrors, insert new para. 6.1.1.10. to establish requirements for protruding supports when the device is in folded position, amend para. 6.2.2.1.4. regarding hardness exemptions for camera and monitor parts, amend para. 6.2.2.1.5. to add exemptions for interior components and clarify CMS requirements, insert new para. 6.2.2.1.6. to clarify CMS mounting height requirements, amend para. 6.3.2. to specify exterior devices not requiring impact testing, amend para. 6.3.2.1.1. and Figure 1c regarding pendulum test rig specifications, amend para. 6.3.2.2.5. to address displacement of impact point, amend para. 12.6. to define ocular reference point, insert new para. 12.10. with a table listing devices not required for overall width determination, amend para. 15.1.4. regarding fields of vision establishment, amend para. 15.2.2.6. regarding projection limits for devices less than 2 m high, amend para. 15.2.4.4.2. and Figure 7 regarding wide-angle view device specifications, amend para. 15.2.4.9.1. to clarify obstruction calculations for Class I devices, amend para. 15.2.4.9.2. to address obstruction limits for Classes II through VII, amend para. 16.1.1.3. to establish overlay requirements, amend para. 16.1.1.3.1. to define safety-related rearward indirect vision information, amend Annex 5 approval mark examples to reflect the 08 series, reorganize transitional provisions in para. 22, delete former para. 22.24., 22.25., 22.31., 22.32., 22.33.6., and 22.33.7., renumber existing transitional provision paragraphs, and insert new para. 22.347. with transitional provisions for the 08 series specifying that as from 1 September 2030, Contracting Parties shall not be obliged to accept type approvals to preceding series first issued after that date, and as from 1 September 2032, shall not be obliged to accept type approvals to any preceding series.

Proposal to amend para. 22.33.5. to expand the list of series of amendments under which type approvals remain valid to include the 02 and 03 series, provided the transitional provisions of the respective preceding series permit it.

Agenda for the 132nd session of the Working Party on General Safety Provisions, scheduled 28 September to 2 October. The session will address amendments to UN R107, UN R43, UN R46, UN R67, UN R110, UN R116, UN R161, UN R162, UN R163, UN R151, UN R158, UN R159, UN R166, UN R121, UN R122, UN R125, UN R0, UN R160, UN R169, UN R58, UN R105, UN R73, UN R39, and UN R58. The session will also cover vehicle automation, periodical technical inspections, driver distraction and drowsiness warning systems, and door open warning systems.

Proposal to amend para. 2.12. to replace the reference to ISO [CD] 19206-4 with ISO 19206-4:2020 and specify an adult bicyclist target, and amend para. 5.3.2. to replace the reference to ISO [CD] 19206-4:2018 with ISO 19206-4:2020, clarify requirements for demonstrating BSIS performance for smaller bicycles and smaller bicyclists differing by up to 36 per cent from nominal dimensions for the adult bicyclist target through physical testing using a child bicyclist target, simulation sufficiently validated by physical testing, or another documented means sufficiently valid and accurate to establish BSIS performance for a child bicyclist target.

Proposal to amend para. 5.12. to require the manufacturer’s management system encompassing cyber security to comply with the relevant requirements of UN R155 with regard to total distance indicated and total distance values, and to require threat and associated vulnerabilities to be analysed according to the management system with regard to total distance indicated and total distance values, with proportionate mitigations implemented including or equivalent to mitigation 7 referred to in Annex 5, Part B, Table B5, threat 20.4. of UN R155. The proposal aligns odometer anti-tampering and security management requirements with UN R155 and clarifies that mitigating measures must be implemented regardless of risk value assessment.

Provisional agenda for the 132nd session of the Working Party on General Safety Provisions to be held at the Palais des Nations from 28 September to 2 October 2026. The agenda covers amendments to regulations on buses and coaches (UN R107), safety glazing (UN R43), awareness of proximity of vulnerable road users (UN R46, UN R151, UN R158, UN R159, UN R166, UN R167), gas-fuelled vehicles (UN R67, UN R110), devices against unauthorized use and alarm systems (UN R116, UN R161, UN R162, UN R163), identification of controls (UN R121), heating systems (UN R122), event data recorders (UN R160, UN R169), international whole vehicle type approval (UN R0), and vehicle categories. The agenda also includes exchanges of views on vehicle automation, election of officers, and other business items.

Proposal to amend the table in para. 5.1. to add rows for battery master switch de-energizing electrical systems, thermal shield for endurance braking system, electric power train, vehicle endurance braking, hydrogen fuel cell, and tyre pressure monitoring system; amend para. 5.1.1.8. to 5.1.1.8.2. to modify de-energizing electrical circuits systems requirements and add control device requirements for vehicles equipped with camera monitoring systems according to UN R461; amend para. 5.1.3.5.1. to modify general provisions for electric power train systems; amend para. 5.1.3.6. to modify thermal shield requirements for vehicle endurance braking systems; renumber para. 5.1.3.7. to 5.1.3.6.; amend para. 5.1.3.7.3. to modify shut-off devices requirements for hydrogen containers; insert new para. 5.1.7. to require tyre pressure monitoring systems according to UN R1412; restructure para. 10. transitional provisions to align with WP.29 guidelines and ADR-2027 implementation dates; and amend Annex 2 approval mark models.

Proposal to amend paragraph 5.10 of the Russian version to clarify provisions on the protection of the tank according to collision references for tank integrity, aligning the Russian version with the English and French versions.

Analysis of door opening warning systems (DOWS) fitted in 150 independently rated Euro NCAP models from 2023–2026. DOWS is offered in 87% of models (67% as standard, 19% as option), with 13% unavailable. Systems vary widely in capability, from information-only functions to door retention, with some not enabled by default. Harmonised minimum requirements aligned with the Euro NCAP dooring test would build on systems already on the market.