Transmitted by the experts of the subgroup on UN R0 pursuant to their 9th session held during 21-22 January 2014 (Document SGR0-08-13-rev.1).

Proposal for the answer to question 7 of the draft Q&A: How can a Contracting Party use the international whole vehicle type approval scheme?

This proposal concerns documents SGR0-02-04-Rev.4 and IWVTA-SGR0-08-08, paragraph 13.4. Both documents contain provisions whereby Contracting Parties accepting approvals to earlier versions of individual regulations or accepting the absence of such approvals shall notify the UN secretariat. This proposal clarifies that this obligation applies both to parties using the Limited IWVTA (i.e., approvals to lower stringency levels) and the Universal IWVTA (i.e., approvals to the latest versions of each regulation).

Proposed changes to documents SGR0-05-03-Rev.2 (“IWVTA Explanatory Note") and SGR0-06-06-Rev.2 (“Request for guidance from WP.29 on upgrade of UN Regulation No. 0”).