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(Latest 15 November 2019)
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The deadline for the submission of formal documents for this session is 17 June 2019.

Attendance
1. Adoption of the agenda
GRBP/2019/12 | Annotated provisional agenda for the 70th (September 2019) GRBP session
GRBP-70-05 | Running order of the agenda for the 70th GRBP session
GRBP-70-13 | GRBP 70th session: WP.29 highlights and general information
2. UN Regulation No. 9 (Noise of three-wheeled vehicles)
GRBP/2019/22 | UN R9: Proposal for a Supplement to the 08 series of amendments Proposal to correct inconsistencies on the exemption conditions for the additional sound emission provisions (ASEP) for vehicles with variable gear ratios or automatic transmission with non-lockable gear ratios.
GRBP/2019/23 | UN R9: Proposal for a Supplement to the 08 series of amendments Proposal to introduce mandatory additional sound emission provisions (ASEP) testing.
GRBP/2019/22 | UN R9: Proposal for a Supplement to the 08 series of amendments Proposal to correct inconsistencies on the exemption conditions for the additional sound emission provisions (ASEP) for vehicles with variable gear ratios or automatic transmission with non-lockable gear ratios.
3. UN Regulation No. 41 (Noise emissions of motorcycles)

GRBP will consider proposals submitted by the expert from IMMA which aim to correct an omission and to minimize a proliferation of approval numbers from models with differences in vehicle exhaust and silencing systems.

GRBP/2019/24 | UN R41: Proposal for a Supplement to the 04 series of amendments Proposal is to correct an omission regarding the compensating resevoir fill time thereby aligning UN R41 with the other noise UN Regulations Nos. 9, 51 and 63.
GRBP/2019/25 | UN R41: Proposal for a Supplement to the 04 series of amendments Proposal to allow multiple exhaust and/or silencing system configurations to be explicitly listed under the same motorcycle type approval in order to reduce redundancy and number of separate approvals and documentation.
GRBP/2019/25/Rev.1 | UN R41: Proposal for a Supplement to the 04 series of amendments Proposal to minimize proliferation of approval numbers from models with differences in vehicle exhaust and silencing systems.
4. UN Regulation No. 51 (Noise of M and N categories of vehicles)
GRBP/2019/13 | UN R51: Proposal for Supplement 6 to the 03 series of amendments Proposal from the ASEP II informal group for clarifications to the Regulation.
GRBP-70-06 | UN R51: Proposal to amend GRE/2019/13 Proposal for amendments to the draft Supplement 6 to the 03 series of amendments submitting clarifications to the text from the ASEP II informal group.
GRBP-70-08/Rev.1 | UN R51: Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 03 series of amendments Proposal to align UN R51 with ISO 5130:2019 and thereby set requirements for the microphone position as a function of the exhaust outlet configuration.
GRBP-70-12 | Status report of the ASEP informal group
GRBP-70-15 | UN R51: Status report of the Task Force on Measurement Uncertainties
GRBP/2019/13 | UN R51: Proposal for Supplement 6 to the 03 series of amendments Proposal from the ASEP II informal group for clarifications to the Regulation.
5. UN Regulation No. 59 (Replacement silencing systems)
GRBP/2019/15 | UN R59: Proposal for a Supplement to the 02 series of amendments Proposal to transpose the modified requirements for non-original replacement exhaust silencing systems (NORESS) from UN R92 (Replacement exhaust silencing systems for motorcycles) into UN R59.
6. Tyres
6. (a) UN Regulation No. 106 (Tyres for agricultural vehicles)
GRBP/2019/18 | UN R106: Proposal for amendment Proposal to:<ol class="alpha"><li>include the load variation with speed for IF and VF tyres in Table A of Annex 7</li>introduce a new paragraph (2.18.13) and amend paragraph 3.1.9.and Annex 3,part D to reconcile contradictions</li><li>clarify Annex 6 “Test method for measuring tyre dimensions” via references to other provisions</li><li>Correct example in Annex 3, part C by introducing the dimension “b” for the tyre size designation, and</li><li>Modify inflation pressure markings.</li></ol>
GRBP/2019/18 | UN R106: Proposal for amendment Proposal to:<ol class="alpha"><li>include the load variation with speed for IF and VF tyres in Table A of Annex 7</li>introduce a new paragraph (2.18.13) and amend paragraph 3.1.9.and Annex 3,part D to reconcile contradictions</li><li>clarify Annex 6 “Test method for measuring tyre dimensions” via references to other provisions</li><li>Correct example in Annex 3, part C by introducing the dimension “b” for the tyre size designation, and</li><li>Modify inflation pressure markings.</li></ol>
6. (b) UN Regulation No. 108 (Retreaded tyres for passenger cars and their trailers)
GRBP/2019/16 | UN R108: Proposal for amendment Proposal to align the provisions for retreaded tyres to be tested and marked with the three-peak-mountain snow-flake (3PMSF) symbol with the amendment proposals to UN R117 (document GRBP/2019/19).
6. (c) UN Regulation No. 109 (Retreaded tyres for commercial vehicles and their trailers)
GRBP/2019/17 | UN R109: Proposal for amendment Proposal to align the provisions for retreaded tyres to be tested and marked with the three-peak-mountain snow-flake (3PMSF) symbol with the amendment proposals to UN R117 (document GRBP/2019/19).
6. (d) UN Regulation No. 117 (Tyre rolling resistance, rolling noise and wet grip)

GRBP is invited to consider a proposal submitted by the group of interested experts on snow tyre provisions.

GRBP-70-22 | Snow tyres provisions: status report Report on discussions within the Group of Interested Experts on provisions for UN R117.
GRBP-70-23 | Status report of the Worn Tyres informal group
GRBP-70-23 | Status report of the Worn Tyres informal group
GRBP-70-23 | Status report of the Worn Tyres informal group
GRBP/2019/14 | UN R117: Proposal for a Supplement to the 02 series of amendments Proposal from the group of interested experts to allow for the type approval of special-use tyres designed for severe snow conditions.

GRBP will recall that, at its previous session, the expert from ETRTO requested a postponement of consideration of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2018/5 and GRB-68-12. GRBP is invited to resume the discussion and to address a complementary proposal by the experts of ETRTO (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2019/19).

GRB-68-12 | UN R117: Comments on the Supplement proposal GRVA/2018/5
GRB/2018/5 | Annotated provisional agenda for the 68th GRB session
GRB/2018/5/Add.1 | GRB-68: Addendum to the annotated provisional agenda Addendum to integrate agenda items taken over from GRRF following its "conversion" into GRVA.
GRBP-70-23 | Status report of the Worn Tyres informal group
GRBP/2019/19 | UN R117: Proposal for an amendment Proposal for an amendment to complement the content of working document GRVA/2018/5. The proposal includes amendments to:<ol><li>The Standard Reference Test Tyre (SRTT) denominations</li><li>Remove the discrimination between the two Class C3 tyres</li><li>Clarify that there are no C3 tyres in the scope of this UN Regulation "not marked with speed symbol"</li><li>Align Annex 6 with the most recent amendments made to standard ISO 28580</li><li>Define "standard deviation" as appropriate in the text</li><li>Clarify that, in the cases of C2 and C3 tyres, the “Reference (test) pressure” and the value “Pr” correspond to the indication of the inflation pressure which is always marked on the sidewall</li><li>Use "repeatability" in lieu of inaccurate "reproducibility"</li><li>Update test report forms</li><li>Include the date on which the new proposed supplement of UN Regulation No. 117 will apply</li><li>Improve the description of the evaluation of the rolling sound emission test</li>Correct the figure in Annex 2, Appendix 2, and</li><li>Update cross references pursuant to paragraph renumbering.</li></ol>

GRBP will be briefed on the activities of the IWG on Wet Grip Performance of Tyres in a Worn State (IWG WGWT).

GRBP-70-03 | Revised Terms of Reference of the Working Group on Worn Tyres (WGWT)
GRBP-70-23 | Status report of the Worn Tyres informal group

[ETRTO presentation on ISO and tyre industry work to improve wet-grip test methods for passenger car (C1) tyres.]

GRBP-70-20 | Wet grip test method improvement for C1 tyres
GRBP-70-23 | Status report of the Worn Tyres informal group
GRBP-70-23 | Status report of the Worn Tyres informal group
GRBP/2019/19 | UN R117: Proposal for an amendment Proposal for an amendment to complement the content of working document GRVA/2018/5. The proposal includes amendments to:<ol><li>The Standard Reference Test Tyre (SRTT) denominations</li><li>Remove the discrimination between the two Class C3 tyres</li><li>Clarify that there are no C3 tyres in the scope of this UN Regulation "not marked with speed symbol"</li><li>Align Annex 6 with the most recent amendments made to standard ISO 28580</li><li>Define "standard deviation" as appropriate in the text</li><li>Clarify that, in the cases of C2 and C3 tyres, the “Reference (test) pressure” and the value “Pr” correspond to the indication of the inflation pressure which is always marked on the sidewall</li><li>Use "repeatability" in lieu of inaccurate "reproducibility"</li><li>Update test report forms</li><li>Include the date on which the new proposed supplement of UN Regulation No. 117 will apply</li><li>Improve the description of the evaluation of the rolling sound emission test</li>Correct the figure in Annex 2, Appendix 2, and</li><li>Update cross references pursuant to paragraph renumbering.</li></ol>
GRBP-70-22 | Snow tyres provisions: status report Report on discussions within the Group of Interested Experts on provisions for UN R117.
GRBP/2019/19 | UN R117: Proposal for an amendment Proposal for an amendment to complement the content of working document GRVA/2018/5. The proposal includes amendments to:<ol><li>The Standard Reference Test Tyre (SRTT) denominations</li><li>Remove the discrimination between the two Class C3 tyres</li><li>Clarify that there are no C3 tyres in the scope of this UN Regulation "not marked with speed symbol"</li><li>Align Annex 6 with the most recent amendments made to standard ISO 28580</li><li>Define "standard deviation" as appropriate in the text</li><li>Clarify that, in the cases of C2 and C3 tyres, the “Reference (test) pressure” and the value “Pr” correspond to the indication of the inflation pressure which is always marked on the sidewall</li><li>Use "repeatability" in lieu of inaccurate "reproducibility"</li><li>Update test report forms</li><li>Include the date on which the new proposed supplement of UN Regulation No. 117 will apply</li><li>Improve the description of the evaluation of the rolling sound emission test</li>Correct the figure in Annex 2, Appendix 2, and</li><li>Update cross references pursuant to paragraph renumbering.</li></ol>
GRBP-70-25 | Tyre performance study: noise vs. other performance
GRBP-70-21/Rev.2 | UN R117: Modification to document GRBP/2019/19
6. (e) UN Global Technical Regulation No. 16 (Tyres)
GRBP/2019/20 | GTR 16: Technical Report for Amendment 2
GRBP/2019/21 | GTR 16: Proposal for Amendment 2
GRBP-70-02 | GTR 16: Consolidated GTR incorporating draft Amendment 2 TyreGTR informal group draft highlighting amendments, including provisions for LT/C tyres.
GRBP-70-18/Rev.1 | GTR 16: Presentation on draft Amendment 2
GRBP-70-17/Rev.1 | GTR 16: Proposal for amendments to document GRBP/2019/21 Latest changes from the TyreGTR informal group to the draft Amendment 2.
7. Draft UN Regulation on reversing alarm
GRBP-70-24 | Status report of the Reversing Warning task force
8. Exchange of information on national and international requirements on noise levels
9. Influence of road surface on tyre rolling sound emissions
GRB/2019/2 | Revised proposal for a draft Resolution on road surface labelling
GRBP-70-11 | Road surface labeling: Feedback from GRBP experts
GRBP-70-11 | Road surface labeling: Feedback from GRBP experts
10. Proposals for amendments to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles
11. Development of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system
12. Highlights of the March and June 2019 sessions of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
GRBP-70-13 | GRBP 70th session: WP.29 highlights and general information
13. Exchange of views on the future work of the Working Party on Noise and Tyres

Based on the outcome of an informal meeting convened by the Chair on 21 May 2019, GRBP may wish to resume its discussion on issues that should be included in the future work.

GRBP-70-10 | Allocation of the GRBP priorities Table of GRBP regulatory priorities and timelines.
GRBP-70-10 | Allocation of the GRBP priorities Table of GRBP regulatory priorities and timelines.
GRBP-70-25 | Tyre performance study: noise vs. other performance
GRBP-70-25 | Tyre performance study: noise vs. other performance

GRBP is also expected to be informed by the expert from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) about the outcome of their study that aims to find out if lowering the rolling sound limits would affect other tyre parameters which are essential for vehicle safety and CO2 reduction (GRB-69-25-Rev.1).

GRB-69-25/Rev.1 | Tyre performance study
GRBP-70-10 | Allocation of the GRBP priorities Table of GRBP regulatory priorities and timelines.
GRBP-70-10 | Allocation of the GRBP priorities Table of GRBP regulatory priorities and timelines.
GRBP-70-25 | Tyre performance study: noise vs. other performance
GRBP-70-25 | Tyre performance study: noise vs. other performance
GRBP-70-10 | Allocation of the GRBP priorities Table of GRBP regulatory priorities and timelines.
GRBP-70-25 | Tyre performance study: noise vs. other performance
14. Other business

The Inland Transport Committee (ITC), at its eighty-first session in 2019, adopted the ITC Strategy until 2030, invited its subsidiary bodies to follow-up by aligning their work with the strategy and requested the secretariat to take the necessary actions to promote the implementation of the strategy (ECE/TRANS/288, paras. 15 (a), (c) and (g)). Furthermore, the Committee expressed its concern for the limited progress globally in meeting the Sustainable Development Goal targets on road safety and those of the United Nation Decade of Action for Road Safety (ibid, para. 64). To help countries, particularly new contracting parties, to further implement legal instruments in the area of road safety, the secretariat has prepared the draft ITC Recommendations for Enhancing National Road Safety Systems for comments by the Working Parties. Against this background, GRBP is invited to provide its contribution.

GRBP-70-09 | ISO 16254 Technical Measurement Development Presentation on the status of the 2019 update to ISO 16254 (Acoustics - Measurement of sound emitted by road vehicles of category M and N at standstill and low speed operation - Engineering method). ISO 16254 specifies an engineering method for measuring the sound emitted by M and N category road vehicles at standstill and low speed operating conditions.
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-19 | New traction definition

GRBP may also wish to resume its discussion on how to implement the new provisions of Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement on “Unique Identifier” (UI).

GRBP-70-09 | ISO 16254 Technical Measurement Development Presentation on the status of the 2019 update to ISO 16254 (Acoustics - Measurement of sound emitted by road vehicles of category M and N at standstill and low speed operation - Engineering method). ISO 16254 specifies an engineering method for measuring the sound emitted by M and N category road vehicles at standstill and low speed operating conditions.
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-19 | New traction definition

GRBP will consider any other subjects, if necessary.

GRBP-70-09 | ISO 16254 Technical Measurement Development Presentation on the status of the 2019 update to ISO 16254 (Acoustics - Measurement of sound emitted by road vehicles of category M and N at standstill and low speed operation - Engineering method). ISO 16254 specifies an engineering method for measuring the sound emitted by M and N category road vehicles at standstill and low speed operating conditions.
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-19 | New traction definition
GRBP-70-04 | UN R138: Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments Proposal to reconcile UN R138 with UN R51 with regard to maximum sound pressure levels at speeds greater than 20 km/h by clarifying that the 75 dB(A) limit for AVAS under UN R138 concerns only the 0-20 km/h speed range.
GRBP-70-09 | ISO 16254 Technical Measurement Development Presentation on the status of the 2019 update to ISO 16254 (Acoustics - Measurement of sound emitted by road vehicles of category M and N at standstill and low speed operation - Engineering method). ISO 16254 specifies an engineering method for measuring the sound emitted by M and N category road vehicles at standstill and low speed operating conditions.
GRBP-70-16 | Statement on emission of particulate matters
GRBP-70-14 | Study on requirements and test procedures for TPMS for vehicle categories M2, M3, N2, N3, O3 and O4
GRBP-70-19 | New traction definition
15. Provisional agenda for the seventy-first session
16. Election of officers