Presentation by the IWVTA group chairs on enhancing the 1958, and in particular concerning efforts to make the Agreement more accessible to new Contracting Parties such as through permitting the application of earlier versions of current UN Regulations.

Presentation on the status of work on the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval regulation.

Document proposing regulations for inclusion in the pending regulation on International Whole Vehicle Type Approvals and providing guidance to the Working Parties in their respective reviews of this work.

Japan proposes revisions to certain collision conditions in the UN R34 provisions for fire prevention in the event of a rear collision to conform to conditions that have been made mandatory in Japan. Once amended, Japan would adopt UN R34 pursuant to the whole vehicle type approval (IWVTA) effort.

Proposal to add field-of-vision provisions to enhance the safety of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users in narrow alleys and by-streets and other improvements to Regulation No. 46, including to further the development of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) program.

Presentation on Japan’s concerns and proposals regarding the rear vision of large vehicles on narrow streets and alleyways and pedestrian safety. Japan wishes to resolve this issue in order to make progress towards the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Responses from Vietnam to questions provided by Japan during the 15th ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality-Automotive Products Working Group (ACCSQ-APWG) in Cambodia concerning the 1958 Agreement and IWVTA. (ASEAN and Vietnam are working towards accession to the Agreement.)

Responses from Singapore to questions provided by Japan during the 15th ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality-Automotive Products Working Group (ACCSQ-APWG) in Cambodia concerning the 1958 Agreement and IWVTA. (ASEAN and Singapore are working towards accession to the Agreement.)

Japanese perspectives on selected regulations (NU R4, 34, 46, and 79) within the context of adoption of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system/regulation.

PowerPoint presentation for a flexible scheme to permit different levels of requirements among Contracting Parties to the international whole vehicle type approval system.

PowerPoint presentation of concepts for permitting flexibility within the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Survey of selected Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement (responses in blue) concerning IWVTA and related proposed revisions to the agreement.

Concerns from legal experts towards ensuring that revisions to the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the implementation of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system would be agreed by all Contracting Parties.

Comments from Japan concerning the smooth implementation of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Comments on the consolidated working draft of the revised 1958 Agreement in view of the proposed implementation of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Japanese explanation of its field of vision requirements and test specifications under UN R125 and R46 pursuant to enabling Japan’s participation in IWVTA.

Comments on the consolidated draft proposal for revision of the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the development of the IWVTA system.

Japan comments on the proposal for a procedure by which a new technology could be exempted from certain requirements of a UN Regulation with which it is incompatible.

Japan comments on the proposal for a procedure by which a new technology could be exempted from certain requirements of a UN Regulation with which it is incompatible.

Proposal for Article 12.2 of the revised 1958 Agreement.

Consideration of “optional requirements” of UN Regulations within the context of the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Update on the integration of UN Regulations under the purview of the Working Party on General Safety into the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Presentation in support of and offering revisions to Japan’s proposal (document GRSG/2013/5) for amendments to UN R46 in order to bring the regulation into line with Japanese regulations (pursuant to the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval initiative).

Proposal to add registration plates used in non-European Contracting Parties to the scope of the regulation. This document is based on the previous document GRE-69-23.

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

The intention of this document is to explain important concepts and to provide guidance for Contracting Parties in order to enable effective and consistent application of the IWVTA process. This revision incorporates discussions from the 8th SGR0 group meeting.

Proposal to clarify the marking provisions under the whole vehicle type approval system.

Update by the chair of the subgroup on the development of UN R0 of the IWVTA informal group.

Explanations from Japan and Australia concerning specific vehicle marking requirements relevant to the development of the UN regulation to govern international whole vehicle type approvals.

Proposal to exclude M1 vehicles from the close-proximity field of vision requirements pursuant to the establishment of the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Draft presentation for review by the SGR0 subgroup on the second draft of UN Regulation No. 0 second as
submitted to WP.29 for consideration during its 164th (November 2014) session.

MLIT report raising concerns over the way approval numbers reflect the supplements covered. The draft Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement requires that each approval number include the applicable supplement number; however, the application for a change of the supplement number does not constitute application for an extension of the approval. As a result, the approval number will not be changed even if a different supplement comes into force, resulting in a product having a supplement number that is different from the actual number of the supplement in force.

Report from Japan’s MLIT consideration of the IWVTA procedures, identifying concern over the definition and verification of information contained in type approvals. Attachment 1 to this report lists the various items from type-approval certificates that MLIT found difficult to verify independently.

Under the draft IN R0, Annex 5, Part III requires applicants to furnish the list of type approvals, including approval number, upon which the whole vehicle approval will be based. UN R0 would allow for limited whole vehicle (L-IWVTA) approvals based upon compliance with some, but not all of the UN Regulations incorporated within UN R0. MLIT believes that the information requested under Annex 5, Part III is insufficient to understand whether an application for an L-IWVTA or a universal approval (U-IWVTA) is complete with regard to the equipment installed on the vehicle to be approved or whether applicant has simply failed to provide complete information. MLIT proposes adding a column for the applicant to briefly note a reason for omitting a regulation.

Illustration of the UN Regulation approvals information sheet as proposed in the related document SGR0-19-13.

Proposal to exclude exhaust emission level and fuel consumption from the definition of a version until the exhaust emission requirements and the fuel consumption requirements are added to Annex 4. The concern is that limits vary across Contracting Parties and changes to a CP limit would require issuance of an new version based upon a new application for IWVTA approval.

Report raising concerns over the verification of compliance with lighting installation requirements under whole vehicle approval.

Proposal to remove the requirements to provide approval certificates for bulbs used in lamp units because approval procedures for lamp units involve the testing of the units with bulbs that comply with the requirements. Therefore, the UN R0 requirement to provide approval certificates for both lamp units and the bulbs used in those units appears redundant.

Presentation concerning how an IWVTA could relate to the structure of individual national or regional whole vehicle approval systems. In some cases, there may be a one-to-one relationship between the international and local whole vehicle approvals. In others, a single IWVTA may correspond to more than one local approval while in others, multiple IWVTA may be required to correspond to a broader local definition of a whole vehicle approval.

Description of two approaches for the development of the international whole vehicle approval system either by beginning with a limited regulatory scope (with Contracting Parties specifying additional national requirements) or by beginning with an absolute universal IWVTA covering all applicable regulations with Contracting Parties using limited IWVTA for approvals that are narrower in coverage of underlying component regulations.

Updated report from Japan’s MLIT consideration of the IWVTA procedures, identifying concern over the definition and verification of information contained in type approvals. Attachment 1 to this report lists the various items from type-approval certificates that MLIT found difficult to verify independently.

Updated MLIT report raising concerns over the way approval numbers reflect the supplements covered. The draft Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement requires that each approval number include the applicable supplement number; however, the application for a change of the supplement number does not constitute application for an extension of the approval. As a result, the approval number will not be changed even if a different supplement comes into force, resulting in a product having a supplement number that is different from the actual number of the supplement in force.

Illustration of the UN Regulation approvals information sheet as proposed in the related document SGR0-19-13, superseding the previous attachment SGR0-19-13/att.1.

Report highlights that regulations under IWVTA may not apply equally to two vehicles of the same type; for example, application of high voltage protection provisions only to electrified vehicles, but not their ICE homologue.

Proposal to clarify that the component approvals underpinning a vehicle type approval do not have to have been issued to the same manufacturer, but that the responsibilities of the manufacturer applying for vehicle type approval to the type approval authority nonetheless remain intact.

Under the proposed international whole vehicle type approval, Annex 4 to the regulation would provide the list of component regulations. Annex 4 will be updated over time to incorporate new or updated regulations that comprise a whole vehicle approval. These changes in requirements will impact whether a vehicle has a universal or limited approval and will require communication between the holder of the approval and the issuing type approval authority; however, the obligations and procedures for maintaining this coordination are not spelled out in the UN R0 text. Japan proposes a manufacturer obligation to notify of the authority of its intentions when an amendment to Annex 4 would impact an existing approval in its possession.

Proposal to clarify the procedure and information to be provided by the manufacturer in the event of a change to a whole vehicle approval type.

When a series of amendments to any UN Regulation included in a whole vehicle approval is changed, it needs to be considered as an extension of approval to UN R0 even if the series of amendments to R0 remains unchanged. Therefore, the text of Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement (Paragraph 7) should be changed to include the extension/revision criteria for UN R0.

Request for clarification on procedures in paragraphs 7.4 and 7.5 of the Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement.

Summary of results from checking into “Attestation” from the legal point of view by Japan.

Proposal to clarify that the component approvals underpinning a vehicle type approval do not have to have been issued to the same manufacturer, but that the responsibilities of the manufacturer applying for vehicle type approval to the type approval authority nonetheless remain intact.

Working draft proposal to establish an informal working group to prepare the materials necessary for the management of the international whole vehicle type approval (IWVTA) process and for the exchange of type approval data (DETA). In particular, this group would include the type approval authorities in order to ensure coverage of all the remaining administrative and technical issues related to the IWVTA process.

The question and answer document aims to clarify the operation of the international whole vehicle type approval system. This question would confirm that a Contracting Party may apply additional requirements taken from a UN Regulation beyond those regulations specifically required under a limited whole vehicle approval (L-IWVTA). The L-IWVTA partially applies the list of requirements for a “Universal International Whole Vehicle Approval” (U-IWVTA). A CP could list UN Regulations required for an L-IWVTA and then notify WP.29 of additional requirements taken from other UN Regulations.

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 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.