Proposal for revised guidelines and procedures for UN Regulations pursuant to the development of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system, including a procedure for exemptions of new technologies from current UN Regulation requirements and the procedure for updating the IWVTA regulation (proposed UN R0).

Russian notification of its opposition to the draft Article 9 provisions that would enable voting by proxy under the 1958 Agreement and proposal to delete Article 9 in its entirety. Russia also supports a change in the voting procedure to require a 4/5ths majority to adopt a given motion.

Proposal to raise the voting threshold required under the 1958 Agreement to approve a given text (e.g., new UN Regulation or amendment of an existing regulation) from the present two-thirds majority (achievable by the EU vote alone) to a four-fifths majority.

Observation by Russia that the proposals to allow Contracting Parties to refuse to accept type approvals granted under UN R83 and/or R101 based upon application of GTR 15 (WLTP) runs counter to the provisions of Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement.

Proposal to clarify the scope requirements for a UN Regulation, to specify that national authorities may apply additional requirements provided they are not covered by one or more applicable UN Regulations, and to delete the clause allowing Contracting Parties to refuse to accept type approvals granted under a preceding series of amendments after the entry into force of the latest series of amendments to a UN Regulation.

Proposal to allow for special type approval numbering schemes under individual UN Regulations as warranted, to allow up to six-digit sequential numbering in national approvals (from the current four), and to delete leading zeros in the numbering since Contracting Parties may use as leading digits, for example, the last two digits of a calendar year when a type approval was issued.