Table of personnel, positions, and responsibilities within the WP.29 secretariat.

Phase 2 of GTR No. includes proposals for injury assessment reference values (IARV). The United States has asserted that the IARV have not been sufficiently validated through cost-benefit analysis, which is a requirement in US rulemaking. Therefore, the US has proposed to permit regulators to select IARV that correspond to their local vehicle populations. However, adding this qualification (through a footnote) would create a precedent for future GTR and OICA has lamented that such diversity in application hampers the goal of harmonization. Therefore, the GTR 9 informal group and GRSP are putting this issue before the World Forum for guidance.

Latest version (superceding WP.29/2014/26) of the revision of the 1958 Agreement to enable the deployment of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system and to facilitate the global application of the Agreement and its system for the mutual recognition of type approvals. This version proposes solutions to all the remaining open issues except the question of two-thirds voting raised as a measure to address concerns of non-EU governments over the current simple majority procedure.

Submission of the wet grip limit values for Class C3 tires as agreed to within the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF). These values were originally proposed in document WP.29/2013/66.

Voting form for the adoption vote on light vehicle emissions and tires.

Status of the 1998 Agreement of the global registry and of the compendium of candidates.

Proposal to extend the mandate of the informal working group on heavy-duty hybrids to allow for the adaptation of the hybrid provisions developed for GTR No. 4 (WHDC heavy-duty emissions test cycle) to GTR No. 11 (Non-road vehicle emissions).

Note from the WP.29 secretariat to convey concerns received from the Netherlands and Romania on the planned vote to amend UN Rules Nos. 1 and 2 on vehicle inspections.

Presentation on proposed changes to the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the establishment of the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Working draft of the proposed UN regulation on whole vehicle type approvals transmitted by the chair of the subgroup on development of UN Regulation 0.

Update by the chair of the subgroup on the development of UN R0 of the IWVTA informal group.

Update by the chair of the subgroup on the development of UN R0 of the IWVTA informal group.

Status report on the introduction and application of the 14 current UN Global Technical Regulations into European Union directives.

Notification on the status of the transposition of UN Global Technical Regulations into Korean law.

Presentation on Korea’s automotive safety agencies, recall system, and investigation into shattering of panoramic sunroofs.

Presentation on Korean steps to address concerns over emissions of volatile organic compounds including formaldehyde, toluene, ethylbenzene, styrene, benzene, and xylene emanating from materials used in vehicle interior components such as dashboards, carpeting, and seats.

Update on WP.29 secretariat efforts to implement the data exchange for type approvals system, including requests for a decision on database software selection, financial support for project implementation, and support for the proposal to include DETA in the regular UNECE budget.

Overview by the Forum secretariat of changes to the guidelines for amendments to UN Regulations to address concerns over multiple/parallel series of amendments being in force at the same time.

Presentation outlining proposals to include performance testing of in-vehicle emergency call systems under frontal (or possibly UN R12 steering requirements) and side impact regulations.

Motor vehicle manufacturer perspectives and recommendations towards defining uniform classifications, terms, and references to facilitate discussions on requirements for autonomous vehicle technologies.

Presentation on crash testing results of selected Indian passenger cars and efforts to improve minimum safety levels for the most basic passenger cars on the Indian market.

Tentative 2015 schedule of WP.29 and subsidiary working party sessions.

The Government of Ecuador is facing substantial opposition to its proposed use of UN Regulations, Global Technical Regulations, and type-approval process to improve vehicle safety in its domestic market, including from automakers. Ecuador, therefore, is seeking written expressions of support for the use of these international standards from participants in WP.29, including OICA.

Editorial corrections to document WP.29/2014/50.

Amendment prepared by the secretariat to correct an omission in the proposal as submitted in document WP.29/2014/41 (consolidated 250+ page version of the regulation) and based upon GRPE/2014/2.

Amendment to correct the omission of text concerning the transitional provisions.

At its 76th session, GRRF agreed on amendments to the transitional provisions of Regulation No. 13-H. When preparing the official document GRRF/2014/16, the text presented in this amendment was inadvertently omitted.

Table of staff assignments, including the vacancy at the head of the Vehicle Regulations and Transport Innovation Section with the retirement of Juan Ramos Garcia from 1 July.

OICA raises a number of concerns over the direction of the AECS discussions including implications for all “connectivity” technologies. OICA stresses need for AECS to establish true harmonization through performance (rather than design) requirements and for mutual recognition under the 1958 Agreement as well as to maintain the focus on vehicles (as opposed to unwarranted digressions into broader infrastructure, telecommunications systems, bandwidth, etc.).

Draft proposal transposing the provisions of the pole side-impact protection Global Technical Regulation into a UN Regulation as approved by the Working Party on Passive Safety (document GRSP/2014/9, as amended by Annex VII to the report of the 55th GRSP session). This proposal is submitted with a request for guidance on the use of references to an ISO Standard (ISO 15830:2013) instead of preparing an Addendum to the Mutual Resolution No. 1 (M.R.1.) for the WorldSID 50th male specifications.

Proposal for an 01 series of amendments to the proposed new UN Regulation on pole side-impact protection (transposing GTR No. 14). This proposal would permit contracting parties to to require a vehicle-to-pole impact speed of 32 ± 1 km/h regardless of the “vehicle width” and is based upon document GRSP/2014/12 and amends the draft PSI regulation as proposed in document WP.29/163/14. The Working Party on Passive Safety approved this proposal provided that Australia would seek guidance on its transitional provisions (since this amendment would, in principle, be adopted at the same time as the original PSI regulation at the November 2014 WP.29 session). This draft incorporates comments from Germany, Japan, and OICA received after the GRSP 55th session.

Explanatory document on the deliberations and outstanding issues concerning the draft UN Regulation and its proposed 01 series of amendments. These issues concern the references to an ISO standard and transitional provisions for the amendment.

Amendments to the proposals to harmonize the provisions of UN Rules Nos. 1 and 2 with those of the latest UN Regulations annexed to the 1958 Agreement and EU Directives.

Set of explanations and requests for WP.29 approval of a questionnaire to solicit contracting party input on regulations to include in the whole vehicle type approval and handling of replacement parts under certain conditions, amendment of the 1958 Agreement status report to communicate whether contracting parties accept only ‘universal’ or accept ‘limited’ whole vehicle type approvals, to set English as the documentation language, and for comments on the proposed Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement.

Proposed questionnaire for 1958 Agreement contracting parties to solicit input towards resolving open issues related to the IWVTA and revision 3 to the agreement.

Progress report on the efforts to achieve convergence in worldwide regulations governing the in-use and post-crash safety of equipment and subsystems specific to electrified vehicles via the development of UN Global Technical Regulations.

Calendar of meetings pending final confirmation from the UN Geneva office of conference services.

List of World Forum Working Parties, subsidiary groups, chairpersons, and mandate expirations.

Proposal by the WP.29 secretariat for an editorial correction to align the text with current drafting guidelines.