Notification that the Government of Japan is considering the details of the test procedures of the Worldwide Harmonized Heavy-duty Vehicle Emissions Certification Procedures (GTR No. 4) in order to decide whether to transpose the provisions into its national regulations.

Notification that the Government of Japan began applying the Global Technical Regulation on Pedestrian Safety (GTR No. 9) through the application of Amendment 1 to the GTR on 1 June 2011.

Notification that the Government of Japan has been considering threshold values for the Global Technical Regulation on On-Board Diagnostic Systems (GTR No. 5) necessary to its adoption into its national regulations.

Japan transposed the Non-Road Transient Cycle (NRTC) of the GTR on Non-Road Mobile Machinery Emissions (GTR No. 11) into its regulations as a new emissions test mode for specialty diesel vehicles on 18 March 2010, but decided not to introduce provisions for crankcase emissions on 28 October 2010.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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 to correct errors and clarify provisions in the draft UN Regulation on WLTP.

Proposal to correct errors and clarify provisions of the draft 01 series of amendments to the draft UN Regulation on WLTP.

Proposal agreed by interested Contracting Parties to resolve concerns regarding “peer review” of cybersecurity type approvals.

Proposal to correct errors in the text and to clarify provisions based on Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15.

Proposal to correct errors in the text and to clarify provisions based on Amendment 6 to UN GTR No. 15.

Proposal to reaffirm Japan’s Real Driving Emissions (RDE) Methodology.

Request for authorisation to develop a new GTR.

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.