The 79th SLR Informal Working Group Meeting will be held 7–11 September 2026 at AP Ichigaya, 8th Floor, AP Ichigaya, Ichigaya Osato Building, 1–10 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102–0076, Japan. A reception is scheduled for 9 September 2026 at 18:00–20:00. The meeting includes sessions on Task Force on Glare Prevention and Task Force on Lamps Under Parked Conditions and Task Force on Autonomous Vehicle Signalling Requirements, though it has not yet been decided whether the latter two task forces will be held during the Tokyo meetings. Participants should complete the registration form.

Proposal to amend, restructure, and clarify UN R86:

• Update the regulation title and scope to reference vehicles of category T, R, S, agricultural and forestry NRMM vehicles regarding installation of lighting and light-signalling devices
• Restructure and reorganize para. 2 (Definitions) by consolidating lamp definitions, deleting outdated definitions, and reorganizing vehicle-related and lamp-related definitions into separate sections
• Revise para. 3 (Application for approval) to clarify submission requirements and add reference to Annex 1 documentation
• Amend para. 4 (Approval) to reference Schedule 4 of the 1958 Agreement and update approval mark procedures in Annex 2
• Restructure para. 5 (General specifications) by reorganizing and renumbering provisions relating to lamp position (para. 5.5.), geometric visibility (para. 5.6.), single lamps (para. 5.9.2.), tell-tale requirements (para. 5.14.), concealable lamps (para. 5.15.), and lamps of variable position (para. 5.17.), and revise provisions regarding electrical connections for front and rear position lamps, driving-beam and passing-beam headlamps, and daytime running lamps
• Restructure and revise para. 6 (Individual specifications) by introducing para. 6.0. as a general introductory provision, renaming driving-beam and passing-beam headlamps throughout, reorganizing direction-indicator lamp arrangements as A, B, C, D, E with detailed geometric visibility specifications in para. 6.5.5., revising stop lamp position and geometric visibility requirements in para. 6.7., restructuring front and rear position lamp requirements, revising rear fog lamp electrical connections, clarifying parking lamp requirements, restructuring rear and front retro-reflector specifications to include separate sections on electrical connections, tell-tale, and other requirements, reorganizing side-marker lamp provisions, clarifying conspicuity marking requirements, revising SMV rear marking plate specifications, restructuring exterior courtesy lamp and manoeuvring lamp requirements, and updating all light colour specifications
• Amend para. 8 (Conformity of production) to include reference to the Agreement Schedule 1 and clarify the conformity requirements
• Clarify para. 10 (Production definitively discontinued) regarding notification requirements
• Revise para. 12 (Transitional provisions) to replace existing series-specific provisions with general transitional provisions applicable to all series of amendments and add new transitional provisions for the 04 series of amendments with dates specified as 1 September 20xx (pending confirmation)
• Update Annex 1 (Communication) to reference the 04 series of amendments in the approval mark examples and add informative tables (TableA4-1 and TableA4-2) in Annex 4 (previously Annex 3) summarizing lighting and light-signalling installation rules for tractors/agricultural and forestry NRMM (vehicles of category T) and vehicles of categories R and S
• Revise Annex 2 (Examples of arrangements of approval marks) to reference the 04 series of amendments and update marking examples
• Delete Annex 3 (The relevant parts of Annex 3 to UN Regulation No. 48 apply) and replace with visibility zones diagrams in new Annex 3
• Reorganize former Annex 5 (Direction-indicator lamps – Geometric visibility) and incorporate into new Annex 4 as summary tables with footnotes explaining special conditions
• Update Annex 5 (Signalling panels and signalling foils) to clarify dimensions, arrangement, number and reflecting surface requirements with references to updated figures and table

The document addresses simplification of the definition of “apparent surface” and single lamp distance requirements in UN R48. It presents a new CAD-based concept defining apparent surface using light emitting surface with clear outer lens disregarded. The document notes that current regulation allows multiple ways to define apparent surface resulting in different distances, with existing approvals having distances significantly larger than 75mm between distinct parts without known safety issues. GTB agrees on simplifying the apparent surface definition to describe function contours as seen by road users, while acknowledging this should not restrict possible designs. The document references a 1999 INF Milano study concluding symmetric appearance is relevant for vehicle identification and larger distances are acceptable for symmetric compared to asymmetric constellations.

This document proposes draft provisions for a 05 series, updating the previous baseline (SLR-71-07). Key changes include simplification of definitions by referencing UN R48 where applicable; consolidation of geometric visibility requirements with uniform formatting; incorporation of electric vehicle (EV) provisions; inclusion of rear-end collision alert signal (RECAS); replacement of legacy terminology with hyphenated forms (e.g., “direction-indicator lamp,” “type-approved”); use of scientific notation for luminous intensity values; and reduction of transitional provisions to retain only the 05 series requirements. Annex 3 has been reserved and deleted. The regulation applies to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on motorcycles and prescribes mandatory and optional devices with specifications for position, geometric visibility, orientation, electrical connections, and tell-tales. Transitional provision dates remain undecided.