Update on discussions concerning access to OBD data, malfunction indications, and administrative procedures.

Proposed edits and refinements to the text of the draft motorcycle OBD GTR.

Follow-up to document EPPR-14-14 to further explain Japan’s proposals for the working draft of the motorcycle OBD global technical regulation.

Japan responses to CLEP comments on the working draft motorcycle OBD text of 9 March 2016 (document EPPR-16-04).

Japan responses to IMMA input in document EPPR-16-03.

Comments on document EPPR-16-10 (India proposal for the open issue on “Diagnosis Of Open And Short Circuit Faults With Freeze Frame Data For OBD-I Grade A”).

Japan comment on document EPPR-16-08.

Japanese proposal for refinements to the draft motorcycle OBD GTR text following the 11 May 2016 informal group telephone conference.

Comments on document EPPR-16-24.

Japan proposes that the EPPR informal group launch work on the OBD2 GTR by January 2018. Japan intends to introduce new domestic regulatory requirements in October 2020 which will require public notification around October 2018. Therefore, Japan would like the EPPR informal group to have agreed the principle requirements of the harmonized GTR before October 2018.

Japan input responding to document EPPR-21-06.

Japan proposal for a correspondence group to accelerate international consensus on OBD2 provisions for implementation in Japan during 2019.

Japan comments on document EPPR-22-20.

Proposal for a task force to conduct discussions for drafting the regulation to incorporate the Euro 4-level requirements of UN GTR No. 2 into UN R40. Malaysia and Japan will serve as co-chairs. The Task Force shall review the Euro 4 level requirements and any relevant provisions of UN GTR No. 2 and assess their suitability for transposition into UN R40 under the 1958 Agreement framework. The Task Force shall develop draft regulatory text covering test procedures and test conditions, pollutant limit values and related technical parameters, reference fuels and associated testing requirements, administrative and type approval provisions, and transitional provisions and entry-into-force considerations. Target for submission of informal document for draft UN R40-03 is 96th GRPE scheduled in April 2027.

Final proposal prepared by the informal working group on the scope, objectives, and timetable for consideration of the environmental impact of electric vehicles and possible regulatory needs. This group expects to supplement the existing efforts of the WLTP, HDH, EFV, VPSD, and EVS informal groups.

Japanese comments on the recommendations/guidelines proposed in the draft electric vehicle environmental regulations reference guide.

Partial English translation of a Japanese research paper on hybrid electric vehicles.