GRSP held its 79th session from 1–5 June 2026 in Geneva and adopted multiple proposals. GRSP endorsed creation of an Informal Working Group on Emergency Door Opening and requested AC.3 authorization to amend UN GTRs Nos. 1 and 14 at the November 2026 session. GRSP endorsed amendments to UN GTR No. 20 on electric vehicle safety and requested secretariat submission to November 2026 WP.29 and AC.3 sessions. GRSP adopted amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 95, 127, 129, 153, and 174, and requested their submission to June 2026 WP.29 and AC.1 sessions. GRSP discussed streamlining UN Regulation No. 100, amendments to UN Regulation No. 134, proposals for safer transport of children in buses and coaches, and collective amendments for automated vehicles, requesting further development as working documents for December 2026 session.

The draft provisional agenda for the December 2026 session includes adoption of the agenda; UN Global Technical Regulations No. 1, No. 13, and No. 20; children left in vehicles including a new UN Regulation and request for authorization to develop a new UN Global Technical Regulation; UN Regulations No. 11, No. 17, No. 21, No. 22, No. 95, No. 100, No. 127, No. 129, No. 134, and No. 170; collective amendments to UN Regulations that impact automated vehicles; Mutual Resolution No. 1; equitable occupant protection; and other business items including exchange of information on passive safety, UN Regulation No. 0, vehicle automation, software updates, airbags and pyrotechnic systems, child restraint systems, bus frontal protection, and election of officers.

Proposal to amend para. 2.1. to define “appropriate adaptor” as specified by the CHSS manufacturer and clarify container valve and end plug components, amend paras. 5.1.1., 5.1.2., 5.2., 9.2.1., 9.2.3.2. and Annex 3 para. 2.1. to specify that connections between supply lines for additional TPRDs and appropriate adaptors meet test requirements and are within scope, delete “hydraulic” in para. 9.2.1. to permit gas as test option, and amend Annex 3 para. 5.1. to remove reference to appropriate adaptors for fire testing.

Proposal to amend para. 9.(a) to clarify expansion of the protection scope of electrical and battery safety, including thermal propagation in cases of V2X, parking, and charging. The modification addresses new vehicle functionalities like V2X, defined in UN GTR No. 22, where traction batteries cover external power and energy demand. Additional requirements must be added, including isolation resistance requirements for coupling systems for charging the REESS, as defined in para. 5.1.1.2.4.4. of UN GTR No. 20.

Proposal to insert a new para. 5.1. requiring that features for design or aerodynamics in the head impact zone shall not impose an additional cause of danger to pedestrians and other vulnerable road users and shall not exhibit openings or contain materials that may increase the risk or seriousness of injury, and renumber paragraphs 5.1. to 5.2. as paragraphs 5.2. to 5.3. This aims to maintain pedestrian safety as requirements become mandatory for small-series vehicles according to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2236 from 7 January 2026, addressing hazards from openings in the head impact zone that may trap impacted heads or permit head intrusion and from bonnet materials like plastics that may deform or fracture, creating injury risks not currently addressed by UN R127’s component tests.