Provisional agenda for GRSP’s eightieth session to be held 7–11 December 2026 in Geneva. The session will address UN Global Technical Regulations No. 1, 13, and 20; UN Regulations Nos. 11, 17, 21, 22, 95, 100, 127, 129, 134, 145, 170, 173, and 174; a new UN Regulation and authorization request for a GTR on children left in vehicles; collective amendments to UN Regulations affecting automated vehicles; Mutual Resolution No. 1; equitable occupant protection; and other business items including vehicle automation, software updates, airbags, child restraint systems, and bus protection.
Proposal to amend para. 5.1.1.3. to adjust the lower vertical datum point from 5 degrees to 4 degrees below the horizontal and update the corresponding figure in Annex 4, Figure 1. This harmonizes the location of the lower datum point with the angle of obstruction requirement in para. 5.1.3., resolving an inconsistency between the allowed area of obstruction and the mandated transparent area of the windscreen.
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Proposal to amend para. 3.3.1.2. to specify that the value for ‘a’ in the approval marking shall be at least 5 mm, and add a new para. 3.3.4.4.1. establishing requirements for labels used for additional approval markings specific to the device, including durability for the useful life of the device, legibility, indelible letters and figures, and durable fixing that cannot be removed without destroying or defacing the labels.
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Note by the secretariat summarizing outcomes from the June 2026 sessions of WP.29 Administrative Committees. AC.1 adopted amendments to UN Regulations including a new UN Regulation on ADS and 92 ADS fitness amendments, plus 02 series amendments to UN R171. AC.3 established a new UN GTR on ADS and agreed to continue ADS follow-up work. AC.2 welcomed a new WP.29 Secretary, authorized SAE China participation, and provisionally invited IADS to attend GRVA sessions.
Document presents automated shuttles as vehicles designed for public transport with autonomy by design, typically featuring fewer than 10 seats and often limited to 50 km/h maximum speed. Shuttles are deployed globally but are incompatible with current UN vehicle categories: category M1 does not accommodate standing passengers and is incompatible with crashworthiness regulations, while M2/M3 Class A construction alignment is prevented by the fewer-than-10-seat threshold. Proposal calls for a workshop organized by the GRSG/GRVA task force on automated vehicle categories to engage stakeholders and confirm need for an international category or class, addressing administrative questions, alignment with M2/M3 regulations, seating capacity, dimensions, weight, speed limits, and bidirectionality options.
Proposal to establish terms of reference and rules of procedure for the Task Force on Exchange of Scenario-Relevant Information. The TF on ESRI shall propose procedures to facilitate sharing of information under WP.29 that can support the use of traffic scenarios for assessment of vehicles, equipment, and parts performing the dynamic driving task, and shall develop proposals concerning information structuring, information exchange management, public availability of information, and application recommendations. The TF on ESRI shall not propose scenarios for use in regulations, propose a regulatory database or catalogue, propose requirements for scenario use in regulations, or develop regulatory provisions. The TF on ESRI shall aim to develop procedures facilitating continuous improvement of vehicle safety, exchanges among Contracting Parties, application of scenario-related provisions, and efficient procedures for information exchange. The TF on ESRI shall present outcomes within two years from approval of these terms of reference by GRVA. The TF on ESRI is a subsidiary body of GRVA, open to all WP.29 participants, managed by a chairperson or co-chairs from Contracting Parties. Meetings shall be held in public, either in person or online. Decisions shall be reached by consensus.
116. The expert from Italy recalled the decision from AC.3. The expert from IMMA suggested to wait for further amendments to UN Regulation No. 78, to collect them and introduce them collectively in UN GTR No. 3 for alignment.