This document lists the decisions taken during the GRVA session in Montreal. These decisions will be formally considered and likely adopted during a session on 23 June in Geneva.
Proposal to:
Proposal to amend GRVA/2026/16, based on GRVA-25-46. Insert new Introduction paragraph 17 regarding DCAS technology development and continuous review; amend paragraph 2.11. to define Target Lane; amend paragraph 5.3.5.1. to specify system boundary detection and feature transition requirements; amend paragraph 5.3.7.1.4. regarding steering support at boundary conditions; amend paragraph 5.3.7.2.1.1. to clarify driver disengagement detection timing; insert new paragraph 5.3.7.2.1.13. regarding manufacturer description of system behaviour during driver disengagement; amend paragraph 5.3.7.2.3.1. regarding driver confirmation time; amend paragraph 5.3.7.3.1. concerning risk mitigation function compliance; amend paragraph 5.3.7.5.1.1.2. regarding headway configuration notification; insert footnote 3 defining initiation of powertrain; amend paragraph 5.5.3.1. to clarify system off mode default status; amend paragraph 5.5.4.1.1. removing reference to system-initiated manoeuvres; amend paragraph 5.5.4.2.2.3. regarding warning escalation strategy; amend paragraphs 5.5.4.2.5.2. and 5.5.4.2.5.2.1. regarding visual disengagement assessment; amend paragraphs 5.5.4.2.7. and 5.5.4.2.7.1. regarding disengagement detection strategies; amend paragraph 5.5.4.2.8.1. regarding system activation disabling; amend paragraph 6.2.4.1. regarding approaching vehicle deceleration at speeds up to 60 km/h; amend paragraph 14.2. regarding production discontinuation; delete Annex 3 paragraphs 2.15. and 2.16. defining Highway and Non-Highway roads; amend Annex 3 paragraph 3.1.1. regarding documentation package retention; renumber Annex 3 paragraph 3.5.7. to 3.4.5. and insert new paragraph 3.4.5. regarding system information strategy; insert new paragraph 3.5.5. regarding safety management processes during operation phase; renumber former paragraphs 3.5.5. and 3.5.6. to 3.5.6. and 3.5.7. respectively; insert Annex 3 Appendix 2 with new definitions section; amend Annex 4 Introduction regarding test requirements and extended tests; amend paragraph 4.2.2.1. regarding longitudinal control distance; insert new paragraph 4.2.2.2. regarding non-repeatable outcomes; amend paragraphs 4.2.5.2.8.1.2., 4.2.5.2.10.1.1., and 4.2.5.2.12.1.1. regarding bicycle target specifications; delete paragraph 4.2.5.2.14.1.2.; amend paragraph 4.2.5.2.14.2.1. regarding test execution requirements; and amend Annex 5 paragraphs 3.4.8.2. and 3.5.5.1. regarding M&S data and simulation tool criticality assessment.
Proposal to amend para. 5.3. to require that the effectiveness of ELKS shall not be adversely affected by magnetic or electrical fields, demonstrated by fulfilling the technical requirements and respecting the transitional provisions of the 06 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 10.
Amends para. 5.3. to insert requirements that ELKS effectiveness shall not be adversely affected by magnetic or electrical fields, demonstrated through UN Regulation No. 10 (06 or later) series; para. 6.2.2.1. to require vehicle operating instructions include situations where ELKS is automatically deactivated; para. 6.5.2., 7.2.1., and 8.2.1. to reference UN Regulation No. 130 in its 01 series of amendments; para. 7.2.2.3. to insert “(the latest occurring warning)”; para. 8.3.3.1. to reference para. 6.6.2.1.; and inserts para. 14. establishing transitional provisions applicable from entry into force until 1 September 2030.
Proposal to amend para. 5.3.3.2. to clarify that steering shall remain possible with performance laid down in para. 6. for the intact steering system in case of control transmission failure, amend para. 6.1.1. to specify that tests shall be conducted on a level surface affording good adhesion at ambient temperature between 0°C and 45°C, with provisions for deviating conditions at manufacturer request with Technical Service agreement, and insert new para. 6.2.5.1.1. to permit vehicle manufacturers to request at least 10 “figure of eight” manoeuvres with 40 m diameter loops at 10 km/h speed prior to measurement of steering efforts with steering equipment failure.
For the purposes of type approval under any UN Regulation requiring the verification of the timing of a system intervention, manufacturers shall provide to the approval authority or its designated technical service information on the method by which the initiation of any system intervention can be objectively identified and retrieved, including specific flags, status bits, event codes on in-vehicle networks, or visual indications on screens; clear instructions and all necessary tools for the Technical Service to extract, access and interpret the signal identifying the initiation; documented procedures including corresponding data sources, resolution, and timing accuracy appended to the type approval test report; and, where a visual indication displayed on a screen is used, documented latency between the earliest internal point at which the system initiates the function and the moment the visual indication becomes visible on the screen, expressed as a fixed value with associated uncertainty, with the documented latency value used to correct the observed timing of the screen indication appended to the type approval test report.
Proposal to amend GRVA/2026/14 and GRVA/2026/18: insert new paragraph 2.28.1. defining “Highway-like road” as a non-highway section with at least two lanes, designated speed limit of at least 80 km/h, no prohibition of pedestrians and cyclists, physical separation dividing opposite traffic, and no at-grade marked pedestrian crossings, rail crossings, or road intersections; amend paragraphs 5.3.7.2.3.1. and 5.5.4.2.6.5. to address highway-like road operation and withholding of HORs; insert new paragraph 4.2.5.2.16. to Annex 4. specifying testing for longitudinally moving bicycle targets; amend Annex 1. to add items 6.4. and 6.4.1. regarding withholding of HORs; and insert new paragraph 16.2.3. establishing that as from 1 September 2029 Contracting Parties shall not be obliged to accept type approvals issued to the preceding series of amendments for systems capable of withholding HORs on highway-like roads.
MVC-04 21-22 April 2015 Brussels (CLEPA) MVC-05 30 June - 1 July 2015 Oslo