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GRPE/90 GRPE: Report of the 90th (January 2024) session

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5. UN Regulations Nos. 24, 85, 115, 133, and 143

46. The representative from OICA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2024/15.

47. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2024/15 to amend UN Regulation No. 85 to clarify and bring up to date the requirements for fitment of auxiliaries when testing the net power or 30 minutes power of electric drive trains and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their June 2024 sessions as draft new supplement to UN Regulation No. 85 (Measurement of the net power and the 30 min. power).

48. The representative of France informed GRPE that France had noticed recent numerous request for retrofit of light-duty vehicles engines similar to the ones defined in UN Regulation No. 143 for heavy-duty vehicles. She requested GRPE for guidance and if an harmonized approach to enlarge the scope of UN regulation No. 143 would be of interest to GRPE.

49. The representative of Sweden noted his country had similar requests and agreed an harmonized approach would be desirable. The representative of Italy and Spain showed interested to exchange on this topic.

50. GRPE agreed to host a hybrid workshop, under the leadership of France, in conjunction with the 91st session of GRPE in October 2024 on the topic of a potential enlargement of the scope of UN regulation No. 143.

51. The representative of OICA introduced GRPE-90-37. The representative of the EC agreed this would be a good topic to be considered promptly by GRPE. The representative of Japan informed his country was conducting an investigation on the correlation between UN Regulation No. 85 and UN GTR No. 21. He added that might be too soon to provide conclusive outcomes of this study.

52. The representative of the EC noted Japan concerns, and proposed the workshop to focus on brainstorming, insisting that no concrete regulatory proposals would be expected at a later stage. The representative of Germany thanks OICA for the proposal and supported the idea of a brainstorming workshop in May 2024.

53. GRPE agreed to hold a half-day Hybrid workshop on the future of power determination regulations, to take place on 23 May 2024 in Geneva and virtually.