The IWG on ACPE shall review UN Regulations on ACPE, modify them if necessary, add provisions for a new draft UN GTR on ACPE, and prepare a draft UN GTR on ACPE for submission to GRVA for adoption. The text shall be performance based and technology neutral. The IWG will be managed by three Co-Chairs (Japan, Germany, and Canada) and a Secretary (OICA), report to GRVA, remain open to all WP.29 participants, conduct work in English, and reach decisions by consensus. The IWG will deliver a new UN GTR on ACPE for the September 2028 session of GRVA, with adoption expected at WP.29’s 206th session in March 2029.
The agenda includes discussion of research outcomes and possible conclusions, other business, and list of action items and next meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for 12-14 January 2027 in Japan with 15 January 2027 for leadership to prepare report for GRVA.
Document presents proposed text for Emergency Door Opening requirements to be discussed by Canada and Korea at the next EDO meeting. Proposals address owner’s manual provisions requiring detailed information on door opening and confirmation that the door opening system is intuitive and door handles are readily identifiable; secondary power supply requirements for latch release controls with warnings of failure; intuitiveness of latch release controls and door handles; replacement of the term ‘close vicinity’ with objective boundary criteria within the perimeter of the door frame; and inadvertent operation provisions for side doors with front-mounted hinges requiring interior door handles to be inoperative at vehicle speeds of 4 km/h or greater and provision of door closure warning systems.
Proposal for an updated justification section.
Proposal from the EDO task force on “unlocking” to amend the working draft for the 05 series (EDO-Intermediate-03-02).
53. The secretariat introduced GRRF-78-09, reporting on the highlights of the February 2014 session of ITC.