This status report summarizes work by expert groups on regulatory fitness for Automated Driving Systems presented to WP.29 at its 198th session. Expert groups screened UN Regulations and GTRs to determine relevance for automated vehicles and drafted amendments. As of June 2026, 92 amendment proposals across 88 Regulations have been submitted. Key closed items include overlap with ADS capabilities, test modes, monitoring passengers, and user roles. Ongoing tasks include crashworthiness regulation for category Y, ADS marker lamps, and EMC refinements. The groups concluded that urban shuttles and delivery robots represent use cases potentially requiring future category consideration based on Contracting Party and stakeholder input.

Proposal for editorial modifications to official documents introducing ADS-related amendments to WP.29/2026/59, WP.29/2026/61, WP.29/2026/62, WP.29/2026/48, WP.29/2026/63, WP.29/2026/64, WP.29/2026/65, WP.29/2026/66, WP.29/2026/50, WP.29/2026/53, WP.29/2026/57, WP.29/2026/67, WP.29/2026/68, WP.29/2026/69, WP.29/2026/70, WP.29/2026/71, WP.29/2026/72, WP.29/2026/162, WP.29/2026/163, WP.29/2026/147, WP.29/2026/148, WP.29/2026/149, WP.29/2026/150, WP.29/2026/151, WP.29/2026/154, WP.29/2026/101, WP.29/2026/102, WP.29/2026/103, WP.29/2026/104, WP.29/2026/105, WP.29/2026/106, WP.29/2026/107, WP.29/2026/108, WP.29/2026/109, WP.29/2026/110, WP.29/2026/111, WP.29/2026/112, WP.29/2026/113, WP.29/2026/114, WP.29/2026/115, WP.29/2026/116, WP.29/2026/118, WP.29/2026/117, WP.29/2026/119, WP.29/2026/120, WP.29/2026/121, WP.29/2026/122, WP.29/2026/125, WP.29/2026/126, WP.29/2026/127, WP.29/2026/129, WP.29/2026/130, WP.29/2026/131, WP.29/2026/132, WP.29/2026/165, WP.29/2026/166, WP.29/2026/134, WP.29/2026/159, WP.29/2026/124, WP.29/2026/133, WP.29/2026/158, WP.29/2026/89, WP.29/2026/90, WP.29/2026/95, WP.29/2026/98, and WP.29/2026/145.

Corrections to proposals WP.29/2026/63, WP.29/2026/65, and WP.29/2026/71.

Proposal to amend UN R86 to address Automated Driving Systems:

• Insert new paragraphs 0, 0.1 to 0.1.2 introducing Supplement 3 to address vehicles of categories X and Y and conventional vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System (ADS)
• Amend paragraph 1.1 footnote 1 to reference ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8
• Amend paragraph 1.3 subparagraph (a) to include control by an ADS
• Insert new paragraph 2.9.4 defining “Presence of an ADS”
• Amend paragraph 2.12 to expand immunity related functions to include ADS-related functions and functions related to charging mode when coupled to the power grid
• Delete paragraphs 2.26 and 2.27
• Renumber paragraphs 2.28 to 2.33 as 2.26 to 2.31
• Insert new paragraph 2.32 defining “ADS test configuration”
• Renumber paragraph 2.34 as 2.33
• Insert new paragraph 3.1.9 requiring specification of seating position if driver’s seat is not the front seat nearest to opposing traffic
• Insert new paragraph 6.11 and subparagraphs 6.11.1 to 6.11.3 establishing special requirements for ADS-equipped vehicles including alternative test methods and ESA immunity testing
• Amend paragraph 9.3.2 to reference ADS degradation in conformity verification
• Amend Appendix 8 paragraph 2 figures 3, 4, 5 and paragraph 3 figure 6 to correct charging notation from “>” to “<” and adjust time from 60 to 20 seconds
• Add new items 74 and 75 to Annex 2A addressing ADS presence and description
• Insert new paragraph 7 to Annex 3A Appendix and renumber former paragraph 7 as 8
• Amend Annex 4 paragraph 2.1.2 to reference ADS capability to switch equipment
• Amend Annex 5 paragraph 2.3 to reference ADS
• Amend Annex 6 paragraph 2.1.1.2 to establish “50 km/h mode”, “Brake mode” and “Active ADS Mode” test conditions with corresponding failure criteria including ADS operational state requirements
• Amend paragraph 2.1.1.3 to reference ADS
• Amend paragraph 2.1.1.4 to reference ADS features control
• Delete paragraph 2.1.1.5
• Amend paragraph 2.1.2 to permit manufacturer evidence for systems not operating under specified conditions
• Amend paragraph 2.2.1.3 to reference ADS for equipment switched OFF

Proposal to enable the approval of vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System and to optimize the measurement accuracy requirements for chassis dynamometer equipment and the measurement acquisition of the intake manifold pressure in system power testing for high-performance vehicles and makes editorial corrections.