The mandate of IWVTA Informal Group will terminate by the end of the year 2017. This document is the first tentative draft proposal of “Rules of Procedure and Terms of Reference for IWVTA Phase 2 Informal Group” to be further scrutinized and refined by IWVTA Informal Group, taking into account views expressed in the June session of WP. 29. IWVTA Informal Group plans to submit final proposal to WP.29 for consideration at its November session.

Comments on document WP.29/2013/101 (draft Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 110) raising concerns over safety issues regarding LNG systems.

(Originally submitted as GRSG-105-31 and reproduced here as LNG-12-04.)

This document is also available with comments.

Proposal for changes to the draft text of amendments to UN R107 concerning Service Doors, Windows and Emergency Exits (SDWEE).

German proposal to set the transitional provisions for new type approvals at 36 months and existing type approvals at 48 months, with the exception of the hatch size (para. 7.6.3.1.5) changes which would be 48 months and 60 months, respectively.

Proposal to ensure that EDR record collisions involving vulnerable road users.

Proposal to amend UN R160:

• Amend definitions 2.8., 2.10., and 2.11. to clarify that automatically commanded steering function categories B2, D, and E are not part of a DCAS
• Delete definition 2.25.
• Amend definition 2.35. to simplify non-volatile memory
• Amend para. 2.45. to change service brake terminology
• Amend para. 2.51. to clarify time interval between events
• Amend para. 2.65. to abbreviate vulnerable road user
• Insert new definitions 2.71.–2.83. for rollover protection system, advanced emergency braking system, trigger activated, pre-event synchronization timer, blind spot monitoring system, emergency stop signal, turn signal, acceleration control for pedal error, advanced driver distraction warning system, driver drowsiness and attention warning system, driver control assistance system, and time to collision
• Restructure para. 5.3.1. to distinguish planar, VRU, and rollover events from AEBS events with specified triggers
• Amend para. 5.3.2. to clarify data locking conditions
• Restructure para. 5.3.3. to establish time zero for planar, VRU, rollover, and AEBS events
• Amend para. 5.4.3. to specify side and frontal collision tests
• Amend para. 6.1. to clarify post-crash acceleration measurement
• Insert transitional provisions 12.12.–12.16. providing that as from the official date of entry into force Contracting Parties shall not refuse type-approvals under the 03 series, as from 1 September 2031 or 2029 [date TBD] shall not accept type-approvals to preceding series first issued after that date, until 1 September 2033 shall continue accepting preceding series approvals first issued before 1 September 2031 or 2029 [date TBD], may grant approvals to preceding series, and shall grant extensions of existing approvals
• Amend Annex 4 Table 1 to split engine throttle and accelerator pedal data elements, increase sampling rates to 10 Hz, extend recording intervals for rollover events, add pre-event synchronization timer, trigger activated, ACPE status, ADDW status, DDAW status, blind spot monitoring status, turn signal status, DCAS status, DCAS driver monitoring system warnings, emergency stop signal status, and time to collision data elements, and modify footnotes accordingly

Proposal to delete provisions concerning Technical Services (Schedule 2). Germany cannot support the introduction of these provisions because they would conflict with the European Commission proposal of 27 January 2016 to replace Directive 2007/46/EC and tighten EU legislation on the type approval of vehicles, especially with regard to the role of the Technical Services and the related requirements to assess the quality of Technical Services. Germany proposes modifications to the draft text that still envision the introduction of a new Schedule 2 at a later stage while noting that document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1059 would continue to govern Technical Services as a separate document until that time.

draft proposal of questions and answers for a Q&A document to explain the proposed UN Regulation No. 0 on whole vehicle type approval.

Presentation to review the draft regulation that would enable the international type approval of whole vehicles.

Explanatory document in question and answer form to introduce and explain the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system and its “UN Regulation 0”.

Figures illustrating coverage of UN Regulations applicable to the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system (proposed UN Regulation 0) as a function of the application of the UN Regulations by the various Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement.

The International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system under development would allow for a limited recognition approval to earlier versions of UN Regulations. Since this limited IWVTA requires Contracting Parties to declare to which version of each regulation they adhere, this proposal would amend the “Status of the 1958 Agreement” (document WP.29/343) to include this information as part of the regular process of reporting on the status of UN Regulations.