Corrected draft minutes from the first Electric Vehicle Safety informal working group session as submitted to the 51st session of the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP).

Corrected draft scope, objectives, and rules of procedure for the EVS working group as submitted for the May 2012 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety.

Revised EC submission (from document GRSP-51-10) intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Downloadable Powerpoint presentation on the status of the new draft regulation.

Updated proposal from the Netherlands to prevent different interpretations of the phrase “positively guide the lap strap” during the dynamic test.

Draft for a special resolution concerning test tools and devices necessary for the assessment of compliance under UN Regulations and GTR. This resolution would be the repository for current information on the specifications of dummies and other tools referred to in the regulations.

Updated submission by the secretary of the informal group on the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Safety to correct editorial errors in and improve the clarity of the draft GTR

Proposal from France to prevent users or other vehicle occupants from unintentionally disengaging ISOFIX child restraint systems from their anchor points.

Updated revised EC submission (from document GRSP-51-10) intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

JASIC presentation, including embedded video clip, on the results of the comparison of CRS side-impact tests using an acceleration-type sled and a deceleration-type sled. (Non-video version available at: http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2012/wp29grsp/GRSP-51-38e.pdf.)

Japanese proposal to add an additional corridor and specifications for the aceleration-type sled procedure used in Japan per the testing using acceleration and deceleration-type sleds.

Proposed language to amend the draft new regulation on child restraint systems per the recommendations resulting from Japanese tests using acceleration-type sled procedures.

Revised proposal from Russia to delete the phrase “with separate driver’s cab” from the scope of UN R29 in order to affirm that the regulation applies to all N1 and N2 category vehicles.

Twice updated revised EC submission (from document GRSP-51-10) intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

GRSP/2012/11 proposes to correct text for electric vehicles in UN Regulation Nos. 12, 94, 95 and 100, replacing the word “power train” with “occupants” in the referenced rules. This document replaces ‘registration’ with ‘approval’ in transition provisions in accordance with WP.29 guidelines.

Revised proposal from France to prevent users or other vehicle occupants from unintentionally disengaging ISOFIX child restraint systems from their anchor points.

Official minutes of the May 2012 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety.

Proposal from the Netherlands to prevent different interpretations of the phrase “positively guide the lap strap” during the dynamic test prescribed in UN R44.

Proposal from the EC to amend GTR No. 9 with regard to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures.

Proposal from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) to include requirements for automatic door locking systems. This OICA proposal would allow for ‘mixed configuration’ of both locked and unlocked doors during testing.

Proposal from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) to include requirements for automatic door locking systems. This proposal would allow for “mixed configurations” of locked and unlocked doors in the test procedures.

Proposed language to amend the lateral impact test of the draft new regulation on child restraint systems per the recommendations resulting from Japanese tests using acceleration-type sled procedures.

Proposal from Russia to delete the phrase “with separate driver’s cab” from the scope of UN R29 in order to affirm that the regulation applies to all N1 and N2 category vehicles, reverting the regulation scope to the text of the 02 series of amendments.