Presentation on European Union plans for enhancing and updating EU vehicle noise regulations to take effect from 2015 and 2018.

EU perspectives on the outlook and prospects for adoption and integration of the new child restraint systels regulation into EU law.

EU comments on the implications of replacing UN R44 with a new regulation (i.e., with a new number) on the transposition of the new child restraint systems regulation into EU law.

Proposal for establishing two informal working groups addressing the safety and environmental requirements for electric vehicles to enhance regulatory cooperation including developing global technical regulations in the framework of the 1998 Agreement.

Presentation on the significance of WP.29 within the EU’s Competitive Automotive Regulatory System for the 21st Century program and strategic vision for 2020.

Correction to the original text of the 02 series of amendments to UN R100 (…Approval of a vehicle type with regard to the High Voltage System) to avoid inadvertent exclusion from safety requirements for vehicles with an electric drive train without a high voltage system.

Updated proposal originally from OICA to transpose EU legislation on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability into a new UN Regulation.

Proposed revisions to the draft regulation on the recyclability of motor vehicles.

Request for a mandate to amend UN GTR No. 2 and to develop new UN GTRs and UN Regulations in the area of Environmental and Propulsion Performance Requirements (EPPR) for light vehicles

The main objective of this proposal is to establish an amendment to global technical regulation No. 2 on the Worldwide harmonized Motorcycle emissions Certification-test procedure (WMTC) to insert Environmental and Propulsion Performance Requirements (EPPR), currently only applicable for two-wheeled motorcycles. Should an amendment to GTR No. 2 be deemed inappropriate, alternatives including development of a new GTR will be considered.

The objectives also include development of requirements and/or test procedures to create synergies and uniform provisions with related 1958 Agreement UN Regulations, exchange information on current and future regulatory EPPR, e.g. for
“category 3 vehicles” or “L-category vehicles”, minimize differences between these regulatory EPPR, with the view to facilitate the development of light vehicles complying with such internationally harmonized requirements, and to assess coherence with other regulatory requirements and groups activities, such as those on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP) and on Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE).

Request to continue development, through a second phase following adoption of the current draft GTR, of the light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption test cycle in order to improve certain technical aspects in the current cycle.

The main objective of this proposal is to establish an amendment to GTR No. 2 on the Worldwide harmonized Motorcycle emissions Certification-test procedure (WMTC) to insert Environmental and Propulsion Performance Requirements (EPPR), currently only applicable for two-wheeled motorcycles. Where warranted, other amendments or proposals for new regulations may be developed.

Proposal for a further “phase 1b” in the development of the GTR on light vehicle emissions. In order to meet Contracting Party objectives, the draft GTR has been submitted for adoption by the Forum in March 2014. Although the current draft offers a complete test cycle, the WLTP experts want to improve the regulation by further addressing a number of technical elements that were set aside due to time and resource constraints.

Proposal to extend the mandate of the informal working group on heavy-duty hybrids to allow for the adaptation of the hybrid provisions developed for GTR No. 4 (WHDC heavy-duty emissions test cycle) to GTR No. 11 (Non-road vehicle emissions).

Authorization prepared to enable the amendment of GTR No. 15 and to prolong the mandate of the WLTP informal working group as adopted by the Administrative Committee of the 1998 Agreement at its March 2014 session.

This document is a progress report to the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) on the development of the draft gtr for electric vehicle safety (EVS), as recommended by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its May 2014 session. An extension of the mandate for the informal working group (IWG) is requested.

The European Commission proposes to amend the draft EVE mandate in order to avoid overlap in the scope of work with other GRPE informal working groups whose scope includes aspects of electric vehicle environmental performance. In addition, the EC proposes an extended duration for the mandate given its assessment of the complexity of this effort.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework through which the delegates to the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and other interested stakeholders can examine the experience with the 1998 Global Agreement and agree on ideas and processes for improvement in its implementation.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework through which the delegates to the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and other interested stakeholders can examine the experience with the 1998 Global Agreement and agree on ideas and processes for improvement in its implementation.

Progress report on the development of GTR concerning safety aspects of electric vehicles.

Proposal to begin work on the second phase development of the light vehicle emissions GTR, covering:

• Remaining items from the original authorization (WP.29/AC.3/26)
• Open issues remaining under Phase 1b
• Durability of internal combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles
• Evaporative emissions
• Low ambient temperature emissions
• Test procedure for the determination of additional CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from mobile air conditioning systems
• On-board diagnostics requirements
• Development of criteria for ex-post assessing of road load parameters (document WLTP-12-29-rev1e), and
• “Other items” as may arise.

Proposal to develop an amendment to GTR No. 1 to provide alternatives to ensure adequate protection against accidental opening of the rear door while the vehicle is in motion.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework through which the delegates to the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and other interested stakeholders can examine the experience with the 1998 Global Agreement and agree on ideas and processes for improvement in its implementation. This version supersedes the previous documents WP.29-167-12 and WP.29/2015/108.

Proposal from the European Union to provide clarifications and correct errors in the 06 and 07 series of amendments to Regulation No. 83.

Proposal for a Special Resolution to provide a framework within which the representatives of the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and other interested stakeholders can work to improve the implementation of the 1998 Global Agreement.

Request for authorization to develop an amendment to GTR No. 1 to ensure adequate protection against accidental opening of the back door while the vehicle is in motion.

Proposal to begin work on the second phase development of the light vehicle emissions GTR, covering:

• Remaining items from the original authorization (WP.29/AC.3/26)
• Open issues remaining under Phase 1b
• Durability of internal combustion engine vehicles and electric vehicles
• Evaporative emissions
• Low ambient temperature emissions
• Test procedure for the determination of additional CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from mobile air conditioning systems
• On-board diagnostics requirements
• Development of criteria for ex-post assessing of road load parameters (document WLTP-12-29-rev1e), and
• “Other items” as may arise.

Proposal to introduce provisions for seat-belt reminders for all vehicle seating positions pursuant to the outcome of the Task Force on Seat-belt Reminders discussions.

Final clean draft proposal for GTR provisions regarding “Protection against Water Effects” (superseding EVSTF-07-03e, EVS-08-17, EVS-10-05e, EVS 11-27e) prepared by the EU.

Joint proposal supported by Canada, the EU, OICA, and the USA.

Updated document EVS-11-27 in clean version prepared by the EU.

Proposal for the Phase 2 development of GTR No. 13, including

1. Further consideration of items in the original authorization (document WP.29/AC.3/17);
2. Potential revision of the scope to address additional vehicle classes;
3. Requirements for material compatibility and hydrogen embrittlement;
4. Requirements for the fueling receptacle;
5. Evaluation of performance-based test for long-term stress rupture proposed in Phase 1 (including assessment of a procedure to evaluate the risk of long-term stress rupture of storage containers made from composite fiber reinforced polymers);
6. Consideration of research results reported after completion of Phase 1 – specifically research related to electrical safety, hydrogen storage systems, and post-crash safety;
7. Consideration of 200 per cent Nominal Working Pressure (NWP) or lower as the minimum burst requirement; and
8. Consider Safety guard system for the case of isolation resistance breakdown.

Proposals for amendments to Regulations Nos. 4, 6, 7, 19, 23, 38, 48, 50, 77, 87, 91, 98, 112, 113, 119, 123 to clarify requirements for light sources in lighting and light-signalling Regulations listed in Annex 4 to UN Regulation No. 0. The proposed UN R0 on whole vehicle type approval requires submission of approval certificates for components and systems. Vehicle manufacturers work directly with UN R48 approvals, but lamp and device approvals are generally handled by lighting suppliers. UN R48 includes provisions for listing approvals of lighting units, but not for approvals of light sources (presently UN R37, R99, and R128). This set of proposed amendments introduces provisions for light-source approvals under the device regulations.

Proposal to remove the amendment to the heat test cycle related to the movement of the passing beam proposed in the draft supplement (document WP.29/2017/39). The EU views the proposed test cycle changes (based on document GRE/2016/32) as a substantial revision of the procedure amounting to a new requirement. Therefore, the EU will only agree to the proposed Supplement 7 to the 01 series if the requirement concerning the heat test cycle is removed from the proposal WP.29/2017/39.

Proposal to clarify transitional provisions including clarification of the definition and treatment of Supplements to UN Regulations.

Joint EU/Japan/US proposal for the program of work, segmented into

• Existing GTRs – High priority
• Existing GTRs – Low priority
• Existing GTRs – No activities identified for PoW, and
• New priorities
.

Proposal of a consolidated revision of UN R96 to align the UN Regulation with Regulation (EU) 2016/162 concerning gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery.

Proposal of subjects for work from the EU and Japan.

Proposal to establish a WP.29 program to develop a UN GTR specifying a methodology for determining the real driving emissions of light-duty vehicles based on the European RDE methodology appropriately adapted for specific regional traffic conditions and boundaries.

Proposal of minor corrections to the draft Amendment 1 to GTR 19 (WP.29/2018/73).

This version of the programme developed by Japan and the European Union supersedes the previous versions and substitutes for planned formal document WP.29/2018/78.

Update of document WP.29/2018/80.

Proposal by the USA, European Union, Japan and the Republic of Korea to request revision of the authorization to develop a future proof global technical regulation of Real Driving Emissions based on Phase 2 work by the RDE informal working group.

The proposed amendments are also available in a consolidated text with tracked changes in pdf format and in docx format.

The consolidated text with amendments also available with tracked changes in pdf format and docx format.

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2236 of 20 June 2022 amending Annexes I, II, IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the technical requirements for vehicles produced in unlimited series, vehicles produced in small series, fully automated vehicles produced in small series and special purpose vehicles, and as regards software update.

Request for authorisation to develop a new GTR.

Draft Terms of Reference for an Ad-hoc Special Interest Group on model regulation regarding the safety of electric vehicles with a focus on thermal propagation requirements. The purpose is to set up a special interest group (SIG TP) that will deliver a draft regulatory text proposal for a model regulation regarding the safety of electric vehicles with a focus on a thermal propagation test method. This proposal is intended to serve as the basis of relevant UN and national regulations with widely harmonized technical provisions and will be used for a proposal of a new series of amendments to UN Regulation No.100.

Draft request prepared by the EU proposing a Phase 3 covering:

1. Expansion of protection scope of thermal propagation test;
2. Post-crash REESS safety assessment, stabilization procedures and nonoccupant and surroundings safety;
3. Maintaining the EV battery safety during the in-use phase;
4. Safety of swappable batteries;
5. Micromobility, light-category vehicles, e-trailers safety;
6. Quantitative criteria on flammability, toxicity and corrosiveness of vented gases and smoke; and
7. Bottom protection.