First progress report of the informal group developing the Flex-PLI legform impactor test tool for use in the GTR on pedestrian safety.

Guidelines on the scope, administrative provisions and alternative requirements in Regulations annexed to the 1958 Agreement.

Proposal adopted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) at its seventy-second session recommending changes in the definition of the measuring rim for C1, C2 and C3 tyres.

Proposal adopted and submitted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) at its seventy-second session in order to add specific performance requirements for C2 snow Tyres.

Formal text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fiftieth session proposing a new UN Regulation on Child Restraint Systems.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) at its seventy-second session to align the French text with the English and Russian versions of the regulation.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) at its seventy-second session identifying tyres for use in specialized applications in the field (e.g. cyclic field operations and cyclic harvesting operations).

Text adopted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) at its seventy-second session inserting a reference to Regulation No. 54 into Regulation No. 64 and adapting the speed limit of type 4 spare units.

Proposal for establishing two informal working groups addressing the safety and environmental requirements for electric vehicles to enhance regulatory cooperation including developing global technical regulations in the framework of the 1998 Agreement.

September 2011 notice of final NHTSA fuel consumption standards and final EPA carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions standards for Combination Tractors; Heavy-duty Pickup Trucks and Vans; and Vocational Vehicles, corresponding with the request to list these regulations in the Compendium of Candidate GTR.

July 2011 notice of the US EPA and NHTSA joint final rule establishing new requirements for the fuel economy and environment label posted on the window sticker of all new automobiles sold in the U.S., corresponding with the US request to list this rule in the Compendium of Candidate GTR.

Table reviewing the status of the proposals adopted at the March 2012 World Forum session under the 1958 Agreement.

Corrections to the earlier proposal revising the title from “Supplement 8 to the 04 series” to read “Supplement 1 to the 06 series” and changing “90 months” read “84 months”.

OICA proposal to transpose EU Directive 2005/64/EC on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability and its amendment, Commission Directive 2009/1/EC, into international legislation.

Updated text pursuant to the 16 March 2012 meeting of the informal working group on Intelligent Transport Systems.

The Secretariat has noted an error to be corrected in footnote 1 of the scope of Revision 3 of Regulation No. 98 vis-à-vis the French version of the text.

Side-by-side comparison of the provisions of the EU directive on vehicle roadworthiness inspections and those of UN Rule No. 2 under the 1997 Agreement on periodical technical inspections.

Document prepared by the secretariat to provide participants with a template for the preparation of official documents for the sessions of the WP.29 working parties. It also contains a model for the proposal of a new UN Regulation or a consolidated text of an existing one.

WP.29 agreed to extend the scope of UN Rule Nos. 1 and 2 to cover light vehicles to render the Agreement more useful for emerging economies and for those countries not having a periodical technical inspection (PTI) system. CITA proposes an ‘upgrade’ based on corresponding EU directives.

UK and USA proposal for a new WP.29 document that would maintain specifications for test tools and devices used in UN Regulations and GTR. The resolution would permit a streamlining of references to test devices prescribed in the regulations.

Times and places for meetings of the DETA informal working group, EU Member States coordinating session, tyre industry, and informal working group on a GTR for tyres.

Form for noting the results of voting on the amendment to the GTR on door locks.

Calendar, pending confirmation, of the World Forum and of its six Working Parties for 2013.

Update from India on the status of work with the United States on the preliminary report on aspects of environmentally friendly vehicles, such as automotive technologies, alternate fuels, electric, hybrid, fuel cell, solar, and air vehicles, aerodynamics, consumer labeling, tires, etc.

List of the chairpersons of the WP.29 working parties and expert groups working on regulatory initiatives.