7. The representative from OICA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/10 amended by GRPE-81-21 permitting the usage, in UN Regulation No. 83, of the calibration and maintenance intervals from UN GTR No. 15 for test facilities capable of testing to that UN GTR. GRPE endorsed the proposal to amend the 05, 06 and 07 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 83, as amended by Annex IV of the session report.

8. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Annex IV to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft Supplements 13, 15 and 12 to the 05, 06 and 07 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 83 respectively.

27. The expert from Liquid Gas Europe introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/11, as amended by GRPE-81-37. The proposal was supported by the representative from Italy. The representative from the UK requested some clarifications around the notion of special provisions in the context of UN Regulation No. 115. The expert from Liquid Gas Europe agreed to add more clarity in forthcoming amendment proposals and to ease the processing in the case of specific vehicle technologies for Type Approval Authorities (TAAs).

28. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/11 and GRPE-81-37, as amended by Annex VI and requested the secretariat to submit Annex VI to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft Supplement 9 to UN Regulation No. 115 (LPG and CNG retrofit systems).

48. The representative from the United States, drafting coordinator for the proposed new UN GTR, presented GRPE-81-33 as a brief introduction to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/12, as amended by GRPE-81-27 on a proposal for a new UN GTR on DEVP. The representative from the Netherlands requested if there was any evidence on the equivalence between Test Procedure 1 (TP1) and Test Procedure 1 (TP2), as described in the proposal. The drafting coordinator of the proposal highlighted tests performed by the Joint Research Centre of the EC on vehicles where both TP1 and TP2 test could be performed. He emphasized the test results were closely related and finally added that in the majority of hybrid vehicle architecture, only one of the test procedure can be performed, depending on software/hardware configurations.

49. The representative from OICA asked how family concepts was being tackled in the proposal, especially thinking about which and how many vehicles should be tested when approaching type approval authorities. The drafting coordinator acknowledged the issue had been raised and that final solutions were still being considered; he wondered if other family concepts from other legislative texts (for example using WLTP family concepts) could be used when applying the proposed UN GTR requirement as part of other regulatory needs. The Chair of GRPE reminded GRPE that UN GTRs are not related to type approval and the relating administrative provisions, and that the proposed UN GTR on DEVP would still need to be transposed into the 1958 Agreement, for example as part of UN Regulation No. ¹⁵⁴ on WLTP or UN Regulation No. 85. He proposed to have such discussion during forthcoming sessions of GRPE.

50. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/12 and GRPE-81-27 as amended by Addendum 4 to this chair’s notes, as draft new UN GTR No. [XX] on DEVP, together with Annex VII as its technical report that will be extracted from the adopted documents, as proposed by the secretariat. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 4 and Annex VII to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft new Un GTR No. [XX] on DEVP.

26. The expert from OICA informed GRPE that OICA wished to withdraw ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/13 from consideration by GRPE. He detailed recent findings could allow the scope to be enlarged and the document therefore to be more comprehensive for the forthcoming sessions of GRPE. GRPE took note of OICA’s decision.

12. The representative from EC, drafting coordinator for WLTP activities, introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14, as amended by GRPE-81-14, as draft Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15, together with its technical report (GRPE-81-15). The Chair from the IWG on Particulate Measurement Protocol (PMP) also presented GRPE-81-10 introducing revisions also to be included in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14 as part of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15 on a supplementary methodology to measure sub-23nm particulates. The Chair of the IWG on PMP also introduced GRPE-81-11 providing explanatory note on the sub-23nm procedure part of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15. He also informed GRPE that GRPE-81-11 had been included in the technical report of Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15 (GRPE-81-11 is included in GRPE-81-15).

13. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/14, GRPE-81-14 and GRPE-81-10 as amended by Addendum 1 to this chair’s notes. GRPE also adopted the technical report (GRPE-81-15) as reproduced in Annex V. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 1 and Annex V to WP.29 and Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15.

140. Submitted for consideration and vote Amendments 6 to UN GTR No. 15 – WLTP (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/127, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/128, and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/AC.3/25/44) were adopted on 11 November 2020 by consensus vote of the following contracting parties present and voting: Australia, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), India, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, the Russian Federation and South Africa.

141. Canada, Malaysia, Tunisia, the Republic of Korea and United States of America abstained from voting.

17. The Chair of the IWG on RDE introduced the status report of the IWG (GRPE-81-17); mainly focusing on the development of the draft new UN Regulation on RDE submitted to GRPE as ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/15 as amended by GRPE-81-16. She also introduced GRPE-81-26 complementing the draft text of the UN Regulation with a template of the data report file that shall be used to gather the data collected during the test and to check some of the trip validity conditions, specifically designed for the RDE tests contained in the draft new UN Regulation. She finally informed GRPE that some elements remained in square brackets as there are still regulatory work going-on at the European which might have an impact on the text proposed and might lead to a postponement to later session of WP.29 if the EU regulatory process is not finalized by then. GRPE noted those considerations.

18. The representative from OICA sought further clarifications on the update to UN Regulation No. 83 needed as a consequence of the new UN Regulations on WLTP and RDE. The expert from the EC stated there was a need to further evaluate the changes for UN Regulation No. 83 also taking the EU legal framework into account. She clarified such assessment was expected to be finalized before the next GRPE session in January 2021, especially with respect to in-service conformity provisions. The representative from Japan agreed the inclusion of in-service conformity into UN Regulation No.83 should be looked after carefully as it could also be part of WLTP provisions.

19. The Chair congratulated the IWG on RDE for the achievements in such limited time frame, getting consensus so that the draft UN regulation reaches full harmonization.

20. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/15 and GRPE-81-16 as amended by Addendum 2 to this chair’s notes and complimented by GRPE-81-26 that will be uploaded on the UN Regulation webpage once it is available. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 2 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft new UN Regulation No. [XXX] on RDE. The representative of the EC informed some elements were left in square brackets waiting for the outcome of local discussions in the region. She indicated that the square bracket would be removed prior to the adoption by WP.29/AC.1.

21. She finally updated GRPE on the latest development and forthcoming plans for the development of a draft new UN GTR on RDE still being discussed with a larger group of stakeholders involved.

22. GRPE noted the request for a meeting room for half a day during the GRPE week in January 2021.

Note: GRPE withdrew its request for a vote to adopt the proposal for the new UN Regulation on RDE due to on-going discussions concerning the conformity factor.

121. The World Forum approved the two documents amending Resolution R.E.6 on requirements for testing equipment, for skills and training of inspectors and for supervision of test centres.

57. The Chair of IWG on Vehicle Interior Air Quality (VIAQ) presented a status report on the ongoing activities of the group (GRPE-81-08). He detailed the proposed revision to Mutual Resolution No. 3 (M.R.3) as found in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/16 containing new provisions to measure interior vehicle air quality, for example the description of the test procedure for emissions entering to the vehicle cabin with exhaust gases.

58. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/16 and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as a proposal for Amendment 1 to M.R.3.

67. The Chair of IWG on Vehicles Interior Air Quality (VIAQ) presented a status report on the ongoing activities of the group (GRPE-80-23). He also encouraged GRPE to review and provide comments and feedback on the draft Revision 1 to Mutual Resolution No. 3 (GRPE-80-21 and GRPE-80-22). He informed about on-going collaboration and information exchange with other groups working on vehicle interior air quality measurement procedures.

68. The representative from OICA asked if a Round Robin tests had been carried to confirm the draft Revision 1 to M.R.3 works and is practical. The Chair of IWG on VIAQ confirmed some tests in different facilities showed good correlation between the results.

69. GRPE acknowledged the progress made by IWG on VIAQ and noted no room had been requested for the GRPE week in June 2020.

151. Submitted for consideration and vote Amendments 1 to Mutual Resolution No.3 Concerning Vehicle Interior Air Quality (VIAQ) was adopted on 11 November 2020 by consensus vote of the following contracting parties present and voting: Australia, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), India, Japan, the Russian Federation and South Africa.

152. Canada, Nigeria, Tunisia and United States of America abstained from voting.

43. The Chair of IWG on Environmental and Propulsion Performance Requirements for L-category vehicles (EPPR) introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/17, as amended by GRPE-81-24-Rev.2, containing a draft Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 18. He added that the technical report coming together with draft Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 18 would be submitted subsequently by some of the CPs involved in the development of this new amendment. He thanked the contributions from all parties.

44. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/17 and GRPE-81-24-Rev.2 as amended by Addendum 3 to this chair’s notes. GRPE also took note regarding the later submission of the technical report. GRPE requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 3 to WP.29 and Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) for consideration and vote at their November 2020 sessions as draft Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 18.

142. Submitted for consideration and vote Amendments 1 to UN GTR No. 18 – On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) systems for L-category vehicles (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/129, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/130, and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/AC.3/36/Rev.1) were adopted on 11 November 2020 by consensus vote of the following contracting parties present and voting: Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), India, Japan, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America.

143. Malaysia, Norway, Tunisia and the Republic of Korea abstained from voting.