Discussion paper to facilitate discussions during the next GRE session:

1. Luminous intensity, size of lamp(s), and colour of Energy indicator
2. Provision for ECL combination lamp(s) and 0.5cd lamp
3. Trigger requirements for Answer-back signal
4. Provision for operating conditions of the Lamp test mode
5. Other modifications which OICA has proposed in SIG-08-03, especially Alternative points.

Revision 5 of the UN R48 09 series of amendments draft text being developed under the special interest group.

Proposal to authorize work on a new UN Regulation for the approval of light vehicles with regard to prevention and mitigation of collisions due to driver error in actuating the accelerator pedal.

Proposal for corrections and clarifications to the amendments in WP.29/2022/41/Rev.1 based on GRPE/2021/21 addressing particle number emissions, including handling of electric vehicles and Conformity of Production.

Proposal for corrections and clarifications to the amendments in WP.29/2022/42/Rev.1 based on GRPE/2021/21 addressing particle number emissions, including handling of electric vehicles and Conformity of Production.

Updated revision of document GRE/2022/27.

Comments by the expert of Japan (Ambassador of IWVTA to GRSP) concerning the interpretation of the acceptance of type approvals to the preceding series of amendments (singular or plural) to be mentioned in transitional provisions of UN Regulations in general.

56. The expert from Japan, Ambassador of IWVTA, informed GRSP that the 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 0 had been adopted at the November 2022 session of WP.29. He added that this new series reflected the latest series of amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 100, 94, 95 and 137, which had entered into force in June 2021. He also informed GRSP that the question-and-answer document on Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement and IWVTA had been posted on the WP.29 website on the page dedicated to the 1958 Agreement. GRSP also noted the response of IWVTA-IWG in GRSP-72-07-Rev.1 on the interpretation of the preceding series of amendments (singular or plural) mentioned in the transitional provisions of UN Regulations. The expert from OICA suggested that the interpretation laid out in the document was intended to be general and was to be applied with flexibility in specific cases. Finally, GRSP agreed to provide feedback to the expert from Japan on GRSP-72-07-Rev.1 by the end of January 2023.

Proposal makes a few minor adaptations and clarifications to the existing requirements.

25. The experts from France introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/18
and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/19, on behalf of the ad hoc group to develop an amendment that clarifies the definitions of the cowl monitoring and windscreen areas, as well as of the jerk area. The expert from the Netherlands recommended that a specific symbol in the type-approval marking should be added for vehicles approved using the specific provisions related to bonnet rear reference line. Accordingly, the experts from France and OICA introduced GRSP-72-41 and GRSP-72-44 amending respectively ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/18 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/19.

26. GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/18 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/19, both as amended by annex IV of the session report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposals as Supplement 2 to the 03 Series of Amendments (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/18) and as Supplement 1 to the 04 Series of Amendments (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/19) to UN Regulation No. 127 (Pedestrian safety) to the June 2023 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

Proposal to amend the requirement concerning for the thorax compression criterion (ThCC) of 5th Female dummy in the case of vehicles of category N1.

38. The expert from Japan introduced GRSP-72-06 to amend the requirement on the Thorax Compression Criterion (ThCC) of 5th female dummy in the case of vehicles of category N1 with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 2,800 kg. He explained that the proposal would extend the protection of elderly people to this category of vehicles which currently applies to vehicle category M1. The expert from Italy expressed concerns that the proposal would entail a cost increase for vehicles that are generally not used by elderly people. The expert from OICA expressed a study reservation. GRSP agreed to discuss GRSP-72-06 in an ad hoc group led by the expert from Japan with the participation of the experts from France, Italy and OICA, and resume discussion at its May 2023 session, unless the ad hoc group provided an updated document for that session. In the meantime the expert from Japan was requested to provide crash data to justify the proposal.

Reference document to support discussions on the terms of reference for the LCA informal group.

Proposal to update the previously adopted text (GRPE/81/Add.2 and in document WP.29/2020/120) with changes introduced into European legislation on RDE. This document is available with tracked changes in pdf version and docx format.