Proposal for a task force to identify regulatory aspects that can be improved to make tampering more difficult and easier to detect, along with the identification and definition of the most effective methods to detect tampering.

Input from the GRPE Ambassador to the WP.29 International Whole Vehicle Type Approval informal group.

Proposal for corrections and clarifications to the amendments in WP.29/2022/42/Rev.1 based on GRPE/2021/21 addressing particle number emissions, including handling of electric vehicles and Conformity of Production.

Proposal for corrections and clarifications to the amendments in WP.29/2022/41/Rev.1 based on GRPE/2021/21 addressing particle number emissions, including handling of electric vehicles and Conformity of Production.

• UN R154
• Current status regarding reviewing Japan proposal on CoP section
• Current status regarding reviewing Japan proposal on PHEV calculations

• GTR 15: Annex 13
• Current status regarding GTR No.15 Annex 13

Proposal to introduce levels in the draft new UN Regulation on Real Driving Emissions type approvals based on the following:

1. Since RDE testing has been introduced in the European Union, there has been criticism of the difficulties encountered when planning a valid RDE test.
2. This situation would be worsened by introducing the requirement for a test to be suitable for analysis according to both 3-phase and 4-phase concepts.
3. As levels have already been introduced in Regulation No. 154 and these are becoming accepted and understood by technical services and approval authorities, the introduction of these levels in this Regulation would be a clear alignment.
4. As the temperature boundary conditions from this draft Regulation are already being transposed into European legislation, OICA members see no need to differentiate between boundary conditions for the proposed levels.
5. The inclusion of these few amendments would return the planning burden to that currently experienced in the EU, at least for markets which apply the 4-phase WLTP concept.

Proposal to clarify and improve the text of the new Real Driving Emissions type approval regulation per the following justifications:

1. In paragraph 3.3.7. the text in brackets is a repeat of content in an Annex. It is good practice to keep definitions to one sentence where possible. Adding “of the tested vehicle” avoids any confusion with family test mass definitions.
2. The syntax of the term “power-to-mass-ratio” (with hyphens between all words) should be consistent throughout the document.
3. Where a requirement only applies to the approval authority which issued the approval this should be made clear in the text.
4. Additional to the technical specifications listed in Annex 5, the Regulation assumes measurement accuracy of PEMS equipment. It therefore appears reasonable that the PEMS equipment is required to also deliver these measurement accuracy.
5. As vehicles are designed to be driven predominantly forwards, and rearwards driving although normal practice is an exceptional situation, the possibility to drive rearwards for extended periods should be removed.
6. “Velocity” as a physical term is a vector and has to be accompanied by a direction. For clarity this should be replaced with “speed”.
7. A large (> 20 K) ambient temperature difference between one day and the next is not representative of real life and can result in unrepresentative catalyst performance. The possibility of a preconditioning at 23 °C followed by a test at below freezing should therefore be removed.

Proposal to correct inconsistencies in the time between the measurement of the end temperature and the end of the Type 1 test at 23°C for the ATCT family criterion check and in the f_jDyno force calculation.

Proposal to harmonize the requirements for the determination of CO2, fuel, and electric energy consumption of the discharge requirement for OVC-HEV with an operating mode switch with its stop criterion and the preconditioning requirement with the 01 series of amendments to UN R101 and 06 and 07 series of amendments of UN R83 (Annex 14, provisions for emissions test procedures for HEV). The intention is to reach consensus towards approving a proposal during the 88th (June 2023) GRPE session.

Proposal to align with UN R48 08 series of amendments (to introduce the possibility to switch OFF rear position lamps and other lamps when ambient light conditions outside the vehicle are above 7,000 lux in order to avoid unnecessary fuel consumption). The aim of the document is to reach consensus to enable adoption of a proposal during the next GRPE session (88th session in June 2023).

Proposal to align with UN R48 08 series of amendments (to introduce the possibility to switch OFF rear position lamps and other lamps when ambient light conditions outside the vehicle are above 7,000 lux in order to avoid unnecessary fuel consumption). The aim of the document is to reach consensus to enable adoption of a proposal during the next GRPE session (88th session in June 2023).

Proposal to harmonize the requirements of the 06 and 07 series of amendments, align with UN R48 wording to ensure consistent type-approval test conditions with the introduction of the 08 series of amendments (to introduce the possibility to switch OFF rear position lamps and other lamps when ambient light conditions outside the vehicle are above 7,000 lux in order to avoid unnecessary fuel consumption). The aim of the document is to reach consensus to enable adoption of a proposal during the next GRPE session (88th session in June 2023).

Proposal from the PTI informal group to add the possibility to perform a particle number (PN) test on diesel cars of categories M and N into Resolution R.E.6.

Proposal to permit the use of hydrogen (H2) as fuel for type approval of heavy-duty vehicles and to explicitly permit the usage of the reference fuel required for emission testing when the manufacturer applies for UN Regulations Nos. 24 and / or 49 type approval at same time.

Proposal to permit the use of hydrogen (H2) as fuel for emissions type approval of heavy-duty vehicles.

Proposal to correct drafting errors within the 06 and 07 series of amendments.

Proposal from the PMP informal group to establish harmonized provisions for the measurement of brake wear particle emissions.

Proposal to update the previously adopted text (GRPE/81/Add.2 and in document WP.29/2020/120) with changes introduced into European legislation on RDE. This document is available with tracked changes in pdf version and docx format.

Proposal based on the 07 series of amendments to remove elements which covered by UN R154 (WLTP), to include references to the draft UN Regulation on Real Driving Emissions (RDE), and to update In-Service Conformity (ISC) requirements for the purposes of establishing regional type approval equivalence. The proposal is incomplete. The EC expects to provide missing elements before the 87th GRPE session in January 2023. This document is available with mark-ups in pdf version and in docx format.