Proposal to insert provisions on Software Identification Numbers and software updates across UN R13, R13-H, R79, R89, R130, R131, R152, R155, R156, R157, R171, R175, and R178 by adding definitions referencing Consolidated Resolution R.E.3 Annex 7 paragraph 2, requiring manufacturers to provide Technical Services with information on hardware and software influencing performance with test reports, permitting vehicle manufacturers to apply for new approvals differentiating software versions for registered vehicles from new vehicles where type approval regulations are updated or hardware changes occur in series production with test duplication avoided where possible, clarifying that production is not considered definitively discontinued if manufacturers obtain subsequent extensions for software updates of registered vehicles, renumbering and inserting new items in approval communication annexes for R13SWIN, R13-HSWIN, R79SWIN, R89SWIN, R130SWIN, R131SWIN, R152SWIN, R155SWIN, R157SWIN, R171SWIN, R175SWIN, and R178SWIN information including whether held on vehicle and relevant parameter identification lists, and amending R157 and R171 to align software update requirements with R156 technical specifications and transitional provisions.

Proposal to insert a new para. 5.1.12. requiring that manufacturers provide information on the method by which the initiation signal of any system intervention required by the Regulation can be objectively identified and retrieved, including specific flags, status bits, or event codes on in-vehicle networks, and that manufacturers provide clear instructions and all necessary tools for the technical service to extract and interpret the signal, with the procedure for identifying the initiation of the system intervention and corresponding data appended to the test report.

Proposal to amend para. 5.1.6.3.4. to specify that the intervention shall generate the signal to activate hazard warning lights and to clarify that for verification of timing requirements applicable to Risk Mitigation Functions, the signal to activate hazard warning lights is deemed to start the intervention, and amend Annex 8, para. 3.6.1.(b) to specify that the signal to activate hazard warning lights is generated at the earliest five seconds after the warning signal specified in para. 5.1.6.3.2. has been generated.

Proposal to insert a new sub-paragraph 5.6.1.1.4.1 to establish exemptions for Automatically Commanded Steering Function Category A functions designed for off-road low-speed vehicle recovery manoeuvres, and amend para. 5.6.1.2.7 to increase the specified maximum Remote-Control Parking operating range from 6 m to 15 m.