This document presents the draft agenda for the 8th meeting of the GRE Task Force on Glare Prevention, scheduled for 9 June 2026 at CLEPA Headquarters in Brussels. The agenda includes welcome remarks, adoption of the agenda, approval of the previous meeting report, feedback from GRE-94, and status updates on HWT on PTI, ADB/AFS, and Regulation 48. Discussion topics cover horizontal adjustment of passing- and driving-beam and AFS-ADB, vehicle preparation for passing-beam measurement, and updates from the GTB Task Force Glare Control. Future meetings are scheduled for Tokyo in September 2026 and Brussels in December 2026.

The Homework Team on ADB/AFS status report to the GRE Taskforce “Glare prevention” documenting timeline activities from February to June 2026, including seven HWT meetings and three TFGP sessions. The team listed system descriptions, benefits, disadvantages, conducted literature review, identified elements causing glare, negative effects to ADB/AFS performance, and improvable requirements. The team drafted recommendations addressing enforcement of headlamp cleaning, reduction of 2000lm limit, manual override requirements, improved detection and camera specifications, motorway ADB usage, cleaning systems, beam pattern dimming, and adaptive beam patterns for various driving conditions.

The Homework Team on Adaptive Driving Beam/Adaptive Front-lighting Systems prepared a status report identifying elements causing glare in activated ADB/AFS systems, including wet road conditions, external objects obstructing sensors, soiled headlamps, camera positioning, and detection limitations. The report examined literature and expert inputs to determine negative performance effects and recommend improvements such as enhanced detection capabilities, stricter cleaning requirements, increased safety margins, predictive beam adjustment, mandatory motorway ADB usage, and driver instruction on manual override functions. Knowledge gaps and potential research needs were identified for consideration in draft recommendations to the Taskforce on Glare Prevention.

OICA opposes introducing a regulatory requirement for horizontal adjustment of passing-beam/driving-beam and for AFS/ADB to the current SLR agenda. The proposal does not contribute to simplification of lighting regulations, no identified safety concern or ambiguity justifies this requirement, and it lacks a formal proposal from a Contracting Party, NGO, or other stakeholder. The SLR group is managing several longstanding unresolved issues, and introducing this topic risks further delaying progress. Harmonized requirements require comprehensive understanding of Periodic Technical Inspection specifications across all Contracting Parties, which are currently unavailable.

Annex 6 specifies methods for measuring variations in motor vehicle passing-beam inclination caused by changes in vehicle attitude due to loading. Para. 4 establishes vehicle preparation requirements: vehicles shall have travelled between 1,000 km and 10,000 km; tyres shall be inflated to full-load pressure with full fuel replenishment; parking brake released and gearbox in neutral; conditioning for at least 8 h at specified temperature; and headlamps with well-defined passing-beam cutoff should preferably be installed. Comments on para. 4 question compatibility with periodic technical inspection (PTI) requirements.