Request to re-insert in Listing Number 11 – United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation programmes for Light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards.

147. Submitted for consideration and vote, the request made by the United States of America to maintain Listing No. 11 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2029/142) in the Compendium of Candidates for another period of five years was adopted on 15 November 2022 by consensus vote of the following Contracting Parties present and voting: Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), India, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

Request to maintain in the Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 12 – United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation Programmes for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles.

148. Submitted for consideration and vote, the request made by the United States of America to maintain Listing No. 12 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/143) in the Compendium of Candidates for another period of five years was adopted on 15 November 2022 by consensus vote of the following Contracting Parties present and voting: Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), India, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

Request to maintain in the Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 13 – United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Program for Revisions and Additions to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label – New Fuel Economy and Environment Labels for a New Generation of Vehicles.

149. Submitted for consideration and vote, the request made by the United States of America to maintain Listing No. 13 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2017/57) in the Compendium of Candidates for another period of five years was adopted on 21 June 2017 by consensus vote of the following Contracting Parties present and voting: Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), India, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

141. Re-submitted for consideration and vote, the request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/155/Rev.1) of United States of America to list in the Compendium of Candidates for UN GTRs, the United States of America’s Durability Driving Enforcement Procedure for two-wheeled vehicles, was adopted on 9 March 2022 by consensus vote of Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

128. Submitted for consideration and vote, the request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/155) of Japan to list in the Compendium of Candidates for UN GTRs, the United States of America’s Durability Driving Enforcement Procedure for two-wheeled vehicles, was passed on 24 November 2021 by consensus vote of Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America.

129. The representative from Tunisia abstained from voting.

128. Submitted for consideration and vote, the request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/155) of Japan to list in the Compendium of Candidates for UN GTRs, the United States of America’s Durability Driving Enforcement Procedure for two-wheeled vehicles, was passed on 24 November 2021 by consensus vote of Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America.

129. The representative from Tunisia abstained from voting.

Request to add the US durability enforcement procedures to the Compendium of Candidates for GTR under the 1998 Agreement.

Request for additional data and information in the event of a future, similar, proposal under the 1998 Agreement, which would require ensuring compatibility with other enforcement systems.

15. The experts from France and EC introduced an updated proposal for the new definition of “radial tyre” (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/9). The same definition was also proposed for UN Regulations Nos. 54, 75, 106, 108 and 109 ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/10. The experts from Canada and the United States of America raised a number of questions on the proposal (GRBP-74-07) and pointed out that they had started consultations with the authors. GRBP invited the stakeholders, in liaison with ETRTO, to continue discussions and agreed to come back to the proposal at the next session.

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151. Referring to the deferral of vote on Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 9, the representative of the United States of America, Chair of GRSP, informed AC.3 about the actions undertaken in the progress towards a resolution of outstanding matters in this context. He informed delegates that a meeting of interested experts was held virtually on 23 April 2021, when the representatives from the United States of America and Germany presented findings and conclusions of their respective experts. It was agreed that more discussions were warranted, as well as the involvement of the industry. Following that meeting, United States of America and Germany continued the dialogue and exchange of views and technical information to find a solution. He also added that experts met on 17 May 2021, just prior to the GRSP May 2021 session, and agreed to establish as soon as possible a task force for the purpose of solving the issue before the December 2021 GRSP session. He also noted that the first meeting of the task Force was held on 14 and 15 June 2021 and that a proposal would most likely be ready by the GRSP meeting in December 2021. He underlined that the experts from Germany, Canada, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, and Republic of Korea, supported the approach of the United States of America and emphasised the relevance of timing.

152. The representative from OICA stressed the importance of not delaying the finalisation of the extension of the impact zone to the windscreen area, explaining that this is urgently needed due to the European Union requirements of the General Safety Regulation, which were already decided in general (including the application dates), but which were currently under technical development in the framework of UN Regulation No. 127. He warned that if such detailed topics were referred back to GTR No. 9 as additional items under the currently foreseen draft amendment 3 (designation of the test points), the deadlines would possibly not be respected, creating for industry and authorities a legal void. However, the Chair of AC.3 recommended that the work of the Task Force would focus on Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 9, since many Contracting Parties would not afford further delays on this subject and recommended the adoption of the revised authorization for developing the work (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/83). AC.3 endorsed the Chair’s approach and adopted the proposal. AC.3 requested the secretariat to distribute ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/83 with an AC.3 symbol at its November 2021 session, awaiting a status report of the Task Force at this session.

153. Due to lack of time, AC.3 deferred consideration on Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems (DPPS) to its next session scheduled for November 2021.