Complete marked-up working draft of the revised 1958 Agreement pursuant to the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system following the 3rd session of the IWVTA subgroup on revision of the 1958 Agreement.

Complete version without markups of the revised 1958 Agreement pursuant to the work on an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system and following the 3rd session of the subgroup on revision of the 1958 Agreement.

Complete working draft of the proposed revisions to the 1958 Agreement in view of the implementation of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system pursuant to the 4th session of the IWVTA subgroup on revisions to the 1958 Agreement.

Complete working draft of the revised 1958 Agreement pursuant to the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system prior to the start of the 5th session of the IWVTA subgroup on revisions to the 1958 Agreement.

Comments on the consolidated working draft of the revised 1958 Agreement in view of the proposed implementation of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Outcomes of the 4th session of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval subgroup on revision of the 1958 Agreement.

Proposed amendments to the proposed revisions to the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the international whole vehicle type approval project.

Revision by the SG58 subgroup chair of paragraph 6 in the preamble proposed in document S58-02-02/Rev.1.

Responses from the UN Office of Legal Affairs to questions posed by the International Whole Vehice Type Approval (IWVTA) informal group concerning the ramifications of possible amendments under discussion within the group.

Clarification to affirm CLEPA’s understanding that the proposed new numbering system applies only to the numbering of type approval certificates and not to the approval mark to be put on each approved components.

Clarification by Russia to affirm its understanding that when new requirements are introduced by a later series of amendments to a UN Regulation, type approval can only be granted if a vehicle type complies with the new requirements.

The Netherlands has proposed to introduce a harmonized numbering system for the approvals granted according the UN regulations without the need for any changing of the type approval markings on the approved vehicles, systems, components and parts.

Responses from the UN Office of Legal Affairs to questions posed by the International Whole Vehice Type Approval (IWVTA) informal group concerning the ramifications of possible amendments under discussion within the group.

Proposal for a procedure through which a manufacturer could receive an exemption from WP.29/AC.2 for a new technology which is incompatible with one or more requirements of a UN Regulation from those requirements.

Comments on the consolidated draft proposal for revision of the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the development of the IWVTA system.

Comments concerning certain revisions and editorial changes to the 1958 Agreement proposed by Japan.

Comments on the consolidated draft proposal for revision of the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the development of the IWVTA system.

Presentation from the WP.29 secretariat.

Australian proposal to allow for a “not to apply at this time” notification rather than the current term expressing “disagreement”. Australia notes that a Contracting Party can perfectly agree with a regulation, but be unable to implement it until a date later than the UN date of “entry into force”.

Japan comments on the proposal for a procedure by which a new technology could be exempted from certain requirements of a UN Regulation with which it is incompatible.

Japan comments on the proposal for a procedure by which a new technology could be exempted from certain requirements of a UN Regulation with which it is incompatible.

Proposal for Article 12.2 of the revised 1958 Agreement.

OICA presentation of views on the proposed amendments to the convention government UN Regulations and mutual recognition of type approvals.

The proposed introduction of an international whole vehicle type approval system has raised a number of technical questions regarding the scope and obligations inscribed within the 1958 Agreement. UN Office of Legal Affairs counsel was requested to provide answers these questions.

The European Commission position on the Japanese proposal (document SG58-07-04) for amendments to the 1958 Agreement (within the context of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system).

Updated draft version of the amended 1958 Agreement pursuant to the establishment of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

UN Office of Legal Affairs responses to questions raised by the expert group preparing revisions to the 1958 Agreement concerning conditions for the delegation of voting authority to another Contracting Party and on amendment of the title of the agreement.

Russian explanation that its laws require documentation to be in the Russian-language. Russia does not accept type-approval documents directly, but first transposes the documents into an acceptable Russian form. Therefore, Russia proposes to delete the direct acceptance of “documentation”. Russia also raises a concern over possible contradictory clauses with regard to “if-fitted” equipment such as TPMS.

Document prepared by the WP.29 Secretariat reviewing 1958 Agreement procedures as they would be revised under the proposals being considered by the IWVTA 1958 Agreement subgroup.

Discussion paper concerning the approval markings that might be used under the international whole vehicle type approval system in association with approval codes, numbers, or markings required by individual UN Regulations.

Draft proposal for a procedure to allow for the exemption of new technologies from relevant existing regulatory requirements in cases where those existing requirements present incompatible, inapplicable, and/or unwarranted burdens.

Proposal to replace the term “climate of trust” with a “risk assessment methodology” in addressing conformity of production assessments.