Revised draft proposal to amend Schedule 7 for the 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.

Updated revised draft proposal to amend Schedule 7 for the 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.

Agenda for the ninth session of the expert group preparing revisions to the 1958 Agreement as part of the program to establish an international whole vehicle type approval system.

Comments from Australia and the UK on the draft “Proposal for Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement”.

Australia and the UK propose:

• New text for Article 4 (rights and obligations in cases of a non-conforming approval to a UN regulation), particularly to clarify the terminology used (threat to road safety or to the environment….) and to strengthen the provisions;
• New text in Schedule 7, Section 5 to allow the granting of individual “exemption approvals” without committing Contracting Parties to accept such approvals within their own market;
• Changes to Article 3 to clarify that the acceptance of a UN regulation that has been applied is also subject to it meeting any discretionary options allowed for within the regulation;
• Changes to Article 8 so that approvals issued by a CP automatically cease to be valid after a defined period should the CP withdraw from the Agreement; and
• UK acceptance of text proposed by Australia to address CP’s that do not have approval authorities.

Proposal from the Netherlands for editorial improvements and clarifications to the draft text of Schedule 7 concerning exemptions from UN Regulation provisions where warranted for new technologies.

Actions and decisions taken during the 9th session of the expert group amending the 1958 Agreement in order to accommodate the proposed international whole vehicle type approval system.

Proposal to define procedures for resolving differences in cases where a Contracting Party determines that a product approved by another Contracting Party does not conform with the requirements of the regulation under which it was approved.

Summary of items from the 11th meeting of the working group on revising the 1958 Agreement, especially with regard to the introduction of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval System, use of the Data Exchange for Type-Approval information, and changes aimed at improving accessibility to the agreement worldwide.

Proposed changes to the article concerning the procedure for amendments to UN Regulations.

Draft proposals prepared by the WP.29 Secretariat to address concerns raised over certain amendments to regulations. Given the plans to revise the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the international whole vehicle type approval project, these proposals are presented for consideration as part of the revision of the Agreement.

Draft text for Revision 2 to the “General Guidelines for UN regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN regulations” (Document WP.29/1044).