Proposal to insert new paragraphs 0. and 0.1. to 0.1.2. introducing Supplement 10 to the 01 series of amendments to UN R97 to account for vehicles of categories X and Y and vehicles with a manual mode operating at speeds above 6 km/h equipped with an Automated Driving System, to add footnote 1 at the end of paragraph 1.1., and to amend paragraph 32.4. regarding immobilizer setting procedures.

Proposal to amend UN R158 based on GRSG-131-36. The supplement renumbers the introduction’s first paragraph to 0.1, describing the regulation’s purpose for rear visibility and detection devices. New paragraphs 0.2–0.2.3 address vehicles of categories X and Y, including exemptions for automated driving systems and manual operation modes. Paragraph 1.4 is amended to exempt category Y vehicles and category X vehicles without on-board manual modes. Amendments modify paragraphs 5.4.1, 12.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.2.2, and Annex 9, paragraph 1.3.3.2, addressing safety concepts, rear-view field vision requirements, and vehicle load specifications.

Proposal to insert new paragraphs 0., 0.1. to 0.1.2., 1.4., 2.21., and 5.6., amend paragraph 1.1. footnote 1, paragraph 4.4.1. footnote 4, paragraph 5.1.3.4., and paragraph 5.1.3.5., based on GRSG-131-33. The supplement introduces provisions for vehicles of categories X and Y and vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System, defines Safety Concept, addresses Field of Vision Assistant requirements, and establishes alternative requirements for category X vehicles with manual modes operated on-board the vehicle not using a driver’s seat.

Proposal to:

• Insert new paragraphs 0. and 0.1. to 0.1.4. providing introduction to the 01 series of amendments regarding vehicles of categories X and Y and alignment of provisions for all occupants,
• Amend paragraphs 0.1., 0.1.1., 0.1.3., 1.1. and 2.2., footnote 1 to define terms according to Consolidated Resolution R.E.3.,
• Amend paragraph 2.7. to define passenger compartment,
• Amend paragraph 4.4., footnote 2 to reference Consolidated Resolution R.E.3.,
• Amend paragraph 5.2.1. to require heating systems in each passenger compartment,
• Insert new paragraphs 12. and 12.1. to 12.2.4. providing transitional provisions,
• Amend Annex 5, paragraph 2. to establish surface temperature requirements and allow manufacturers to justify higher temperatures through safety concept demonstration,
• Amend Annex 5, paragraph 2.1. to limit surface temperature to 70°C for uncoated metal or 80°C for other materials,
• Delete Annex 5, paragraphs 2.2. and 2.3.,
• As from official entry into force, Contracting Parties shall not refuse type approvals under the 01 series,
• As from 1 September 2028, Contracting Parties shall not be obliged to accept approvals to the original version first issued after that date,
• Contracting Parties shall continue accepting original version approvals first issued before 1 September 2028 and equipment/parts approvals issued under the original version.

Proposal to insert new paragraphs 0., 0.2. to 0.2.2. to introduce Supplement 1 to the 02 series of amendments taking into account vehicles of categories X and Y and vehicles with a manual mode operating at speeds above 6 km/h equipped with an Automated Driving System, amend footnote 1 to paragraph 1. to reference the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3.), document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev. 8, and amend footnote 2 to paragraph 5.3.4.1. to reference Annex 3 to that document.

Proposal to insert new paras. 0, 0.1 to 0.1.3, amend paras. 1, 5, 6, 6.17.2.1, 16, 17, 17.1.7.1, 17.8.8, 17.8.8.1, 17.10.2, 17.11.4, and 17.13.2.3, insert new para. 14.1.4, and amend Annex 14 para. 6 to address vehicles of categories X and Y and conventional vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System, extend application to vehicles without driver compartment and manual driving controls, clarify occupant compartment provisions, update electrical connection protection standards, and modify fault indication requirements to include logic signals to ADS and limp home mode activation.

Proposal to address automated driving systems, vehicles of categories X and Y, steering control alternatives, test procedures, and ESC system operational requirements.

Proposal to establish minimum inspection criteria for used vehicles before importation into countries. The Resolution provides inspection requirements across nine main categories including braking equipment, steering, visibility, lamps, axles, chassis, safety equipment, environmental emissions, and supplementary tests for passenger vehicles and battery/hybrid electric vehicles. The recommended inspection method includes visual inspections, functional checks, and performance testing using available techniques and equipment without vehicle dismantling. A Certificate of Roadworthiness and Communication Form example is provided for communication between importers and testing facilities.

Proposal to enable the approval of vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System and to optimize the measurement accuracy requirements for chassis dynamometer equipment and the measurement acquisition of the intake manifold pressure in system power testing for high-performance vehicles and makes editorial corrections.

Proposal to amend paragraph 1.1., footnote 1 to update the reference to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3.); amend paragraph 4.4.1. to establish requirements for a dual-fuel operating mode indicator including visual and audio signals, with restrictions on indicator design and safety alert priority; amend paragraph 4.4.1.1. to require warnings when engine operation is forced to diesel mode and signals to an ADS feature; and amend paragraph 7.1. to specify OBD system requirements for diesel and dual-fuel operation modes, including malfunction detection and driver notification procedures.

Proposal to amend UN R86 to address Automated Driving Systems:

• Insert new paragraphs 0, 0.1 to 0.1.2 introducing Supplement 3 to address vehicles of categories X and Y and conventional vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System (ADS)
• Amend paragraph 1.1 footnote 1 to reference ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8
• Amend paragraph 1.3 subparagraph (a) to include control by an ADS
• Insert new paragraph 2.9.4 defining “Presence of an ADS”
• Amend paragraph 2.12 to expand immunity related functions to include ADS-related functions and functions related to charging mode when coupled to the power grid
• Delete paragraphs 2.26 and 2.27
• Renumber paragraphs 2.28 to 2.33 as 2.26 to 2.31
• Insert new paragraph 2.32 defining “ADS test configuration”
• Renumber paragraph 2.34 as 2.33
• Insert new paragraph 3.1.9 requiring specification of seating position if driver’s seat is not the front seat nearest to opposing traffic
• Insert new paragraph 6.11 and subparagraphs 6.11.1 to 6.11.3 establishing special requirements for ADS-equipped vehicles including alternative test methods and ESA immunity testing
• Amend paragraph 9.3.2 to reference ADS degradation in conformity verification
• Amend Appendix 8 paragraph 2 figures 3, 4, 5 and paragraph 3 figure 6 to correct charging notation from “>” to “<” and adjust time from 60 to 20 seconds
• Add new items 74 and 75 to Annex 2A addressing ADS presence and description
• Insert new paragraph 7 to Annex 3A Appendix and renumber former paragraph 7 as 8
• Amend Annex 4 paragraph 2.1.2 to reference ADS capability to switch equipment
• Amend Annex 5 paragraph 2.3 to reference ADS
• Amend Annex 6 paragraph 2.1.1.2 to establish “50 km/h mode”, “Brake mode” and “Active ADS Mode” test conditions with corresponding failure criteria including ADS operational state requirements
• Amend paragraph 2.1.1.3 to reference ADS
• Amend paragraph 2.1.1.4 to reference ADS features control
• Delete paragraph 2.1.1.5
• Amend paragraph 2.1.2 to permit manufacturer evidence for systems not operating under specified conditions
• Amend paragraph 2.2.1.3 to reference ADS for equipment switched OFF

Corrections to proposals WP.29/2026/63, WP.29/2026/65, and WP.29/2026/71.

Proposal to amend UN GTR No. 9 (Pedestrian safety). In Part B, chapter 6, paragraph 6.3.1.2.4., replace “675 Nm 25 Nm” by “a minimum of 650 Nm but no more than 850 Nm”. In Part B, chapter 8, paragraph 8.2.4.1., replace “675 Nm 25 Nm” by “a minimum of 650 Nm but no more than 850 Nm”.

Proposal to amend ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/139 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/1:

• Insert new paragraph 5.2.1.8.1 requiring manufacturers to document the scope of each simulation toolchain and identify its limitations,
• Remove paragraph 5.2.1.3.1.,
• Amend paragraph 5.3.1.16. to describe how the ADS feature responds to failure situations including fallback operation, redundancy, diversity of systems, or removal of automated driving functions,
• Amend paragraph 6.3.2.2.3. to read assessment instead of approval authority or its designated technical service,
• Amend paragraph 6.3.3.3.1. to clarify that paragraphs 6.3.3.3.2. to 6.3.3.3.9. apply when confirmatory track testing is conducted or required,
• Amend Annex 5 table 3 to replace bracketed values with examples,
• Replace square brackets with parenthesis in Annex 5 table 4 row 2,
• Remove square brackets from Annex 5 table 4 row 3,
• Amend Annex 7 table 5 rows 2 and 3 column 7 to describe fallback to mitigated risk condition and deceleration limits,
• Correct reference in Annex 6 table from 7.3.1.15 to 5.3.1.15,
• Remove brackets in Annex 6 paragraph 5.3.1. and amend paragraph 5.3.2. to remove brackets around table and record visual images mandatory from -7 to +7 seconds,
• Amend paragraph 137 in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/1 to describe the seventeenth workshop in Bangkok and agreement to finalize remaining open items at the July 2026 Brussels workshop.

Proposal to amend ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/86:

• Renumber reference to para. 5.3.7.2.1.1.1. to 5.3.7.2.4.10.,
• amend para. 5.3.7.2.4.2. to replace “Further” with “The”,
• amend para. 5.3.7.2.5.3.1. to insert “or highway-like road”,
• amend para. 5.3.7.2.6.1. to delete maximum operating speed language and revise testing conditions,
• amend para. 6.4.2. to add “for more than 2 seconds immediately prior to the drive off”,
• amend Table 1 item 4.c in para. 7.2.3.1. to add “while the driver is detected to be disengaged”,
• replace “definitely” with “definitively” in para. 14.2. and Annex 3,
• insert new para. 16.2.3. establishing 1 September 2029 date for non-acceptance of type approvals,
• amend Annex 1 para. 6.4. to renumber and revise highway-like roads language,
• renumber reference in Annex 3 para. 3.5.7.,
• amend Appendix 2 of Annex 3 para. 2.3.2.,
• amend and delete multiple Annex 4 diagrams and test conditions,
• amend test execution requirements.

Proposal for editorial modifications to official documents introducing ADS-related amendments to WP.29/2026/59, WP.29/2026/61, WP.29/2026/62, WP.29/2026/48, WP.29/2026/63, WP.29/2026/64, WP.29/2026/65, WP.29/2026/66, WP.29/2026/50, WP.29/2026/53, WP.29/2026/57, WP.29/2026/67, WP.29/2026/68, WP.29/2026/69, WP.29/2026/70, WP.29/2026/71, WP.29/2026/72, WP.29/2026/162, WP.29/2026/163, WP.29/2026/147, WP.29/2026/148, WP.29/2026/149, WP.29/2026/150, WP.29/2026/151, WP.29/2026/154, WP.29/2026/101, WP.29/2026/102, WP.29/2026/103, WP.29/2026/104, WP.29/2026/105, WP.29/2026/106, WP.29/2026/107, WP.29/2026/108, WP.29/2026/109, WP.29/2026/110, WP.29/2026/111, WP.29/2026/112, WP.29/2026/113, WP.29/2026/114, WP.29/2026/115, WP.29/2026/116, WP.29/2026/118, WP.29/2026/117, WP.29/2026/119, WP.29/2026/120, WP.29/2026/121, WP.29/2026/122, WP.29/2026/125, WP.29/2026/126, WP.29/2026/127, WP.29/2026/129, WP.29/2026/130, WP.29/2026/131, WP.29/2026/132, WP.29/2026/165, WP.29/2026/166, WP.29/2026/134, WP.29/2026/159, WP.29/2026/124, WP.29/2026/133, WP.29/2026/158, WP.29/2026/89, WP.29/2026/90, WP.29/2026/95, WP.29/2026/98, and WP.29/2026/145.

Proposal to amend Appendix 1 to Annex 1 to revise the model of declaration of compliance for Software Update Management System Manufacturers and amend Annex 4 to revise the model of Certificate of Compliance for Software Update Management System.

GRVA reviewed the advance copy of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/137 circulated in April 2026 and proposed modifications integrated in the final version in June 2026. The amendments replace [ADS], [This Regulation], [XXX], and [number of this Regulation] with [185]; amend Contents, paragraph references, and numbered paragraphs; add periods and remove brackets; renumber paragraphs 1.4.11.5, 1.4.11.5.1., and 1.4.11.5.2. as 1.4.12., 1.4.12.1., and 1.4.12.2.; replace square brackets with parentheses and examples in tables; and amend fallback requirements and data recording specifications.

The Working Party on Passive Safety discussed a proposal to delete transitional provisions 15.1.2. and 15.1.3. from UN R22 on the basis that they contradicted article 12.4. of revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement. GRSP concluded that in case of contradiction between the provisions of Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement and those of UN R22, the provisions of the 1958 Agreement should prevail. This interpretation matter is being brought to the attention of WP.29 because it may affect other UN Regulations with similar provisions under the purview of other subsidiary working parties. GRSP requested guidance on the correct interpretation of transitional provisions 15.1.2. and 15.1.3.