WP.29 secretariat summary of the status of the various GTR and activities towards their development and the development of new GTR.

GTB perspectives on ways to simplify and streamline the complex body of lighting regulations in response to EU concerns expressed at the 156th WP.29 session.

GTB perspectives on the GRE proposal for Supplement 1 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48.

Proposal to develop amendments to UN GTR No. 12 on motorcycle controls, tell-tales and indicators in order to make editorial changes and introduce a gear shift pattern that had been discussed but had been overlooked in the introduction of GTR 12.

The APEC Automotive Dialogue is a forum to map-out strategies for increasing the integration and development of the automotive sector within the Asia/Pacific region. This presentation was delivered by the WP.29 chairman at the 16th Automotive Dialogue meeting of 28-29 May 2012 in Kazan, Russia.

Agenda for the first working session (second meeting following the organizational session) of the informal group formed to exchange information on enforcement and compliance issues.

Report on the first session of the informal working group established to develop a global technical regulation for electric vehicle safety.

Proposed guidelines for the scope, objectives, and procedures of the informal group established to develop a global technical regulation on electric vehicle safety.

Status report on the effort to introduce the FlexPLI lower legform impactor test tool into the global technical regulation on pedestrian safety.

Progress report from the group working to establish an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Presentation on the significance of WP.29 within the EU’s Competitive Automotive Regulatory System for the 21st Century program and strategic vision for 2020.

Presentation on changes to the WP.29 website to permit informal group leaders to upload documents directly onto the site.

List of subjects under consideration by the World Forum and each of the six subsidiary working parties.

Document proposing regulations for inclusion in the pending regulation on International Whole Vehicle Type Approvals and providing guidance to the Working Parties in their respective reviews of this work.

Report (“CARS 21 High Level Group on the Competitiveness and Sustainable Growth of the Automotive Industry in the European Union”) referenced during the EU presentation on the CARS 21 program, provided by GAR for your convenience.

Guidance for the chairs and/or secretaries of the WP.29 informal working groups on how to use the UN World Forum website to upload documents of their groups.

Review of Global NCAP activities and priorities.

Templates for documents to be submitted to the Working Parties (GRs) and to the World Forum WP.29

Text adopted by the GRSP to correct the text for electric vehicles in UN R12, replacing the word “power train” with “occupants” in the referenced rules, ‘registration’ with ‘approval’ in transition provisions in accordance with WP.29 guidelines, and correcting use of the acronym “RESS” to “REESS”.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) to update provisions of UN Regulation No. 14 in order to delete erroneous cross-references in text, making reference only the “adjusting system” which is defined in section 2 of the Regulation.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) aimed at preventing unintentional disengagement of ISOFIX child restraint systems from their anchor points.