Request to list in the Compendium of candidate global technical regulations (compendium of candidates) the United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation programmes for Light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.

Flyer for the Conference on Environmentally Friendly Vehicles scheduled for 10-12 September 2012.

Final progress report of the Informal working group on Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle GTR and the proposal to develop a global technical regulation concerning hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Recommended changes to the final progress report on the hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle safety global technical regulation proposal.

Draft of the hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles GTR updated with proposals for amendments (to the earlier version GRSP/2011/33) as agreed by GRSP at its December 2011 session.

The US, EU, and Japan have co-sponsored a proposal to develop harmonized safety and environmental standards for electric vehicles. This document proposes objectives for a working group to pursue the environmental aspects under the auspices of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE).

Objectives for the proposed working group to develop a global regulation for “quiet road transport vehicles”. In principle, the GTR would prescribe acoustic measures(audible vehicle alert systems or AVAS) for moving vehicles in electric mode to signal their presence.

Revised version of the scope, objectives, and procedures for the proposed working group on global noise standards for hybrid, electric, and similar “quiet vehicles”.

Submission prepared by the United States outlining the background, scope, objectives, and organization of the proposed effort to develop harmonized pedestrian alert sound requirements for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles via a new UN global technical regulation.

Proposed text of a UN Global Technical Regulation (UN GTR) on safety of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Report on the development of Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 1 prepared to incorporate changes developed during the rulemaking process of the United States of America, in the transposition to UN Regulation No. 11, and then further agreed by Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) delegates.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fiftieth session to align the text of the global technical regulation No. 1 with the latest changes introduced during the rule making procedure which transposed the GTR No. 1 into the final rule of the United Stated of America.

Text prepared by the United States of America requesting the development of a new GTR on quiet road transport vehicles.

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.

Draft scope, objectives, and rules of procedure for the EVS working group as submitted for the May 2012 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety.

List of future actions resulting from the first Electric Vehicle Safety working group session.

Draft minutes from the first Electric Vehicle Safety informal working group session as submitted to the 51st session of the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP)

Submission by the secretary of the informal group on the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Safety to correct editorial errors in and improve the clarity of the draft GTR.

Corrected draft minutes from the first Electric Vehicle Safety informal working group session as submitted to the 51st session of the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP).

Corrected draft scope, objectives, and rules of procedure for the EVS working group as submitted for the May 2012 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety.

Draft for a special resolution concerning test tools and devices necessary for the assessment of compliance under UN Regulations and GTR. This resolution would be the repository for current information on the specifications of dummies and other tools referred to in the regulations.

Updated submission by the secretary of the informal group on the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Safety to correct editorial errors in and improve the clarity of the draft GTR

The lastest one-page promotional notice concerning the fifth international conference on environmentally friendly vehicles, to be held during 10-12 September 2012 in Baltimore (USA).

UK and USA proposal for a new WP.29 document that would maintain specifications for test tools and devices used in UN Regulations and GTR. The resolution would permit a streamlining of references to test devices prescribed in the regulations.

Agenda for the first working session (second meeting following the organizational session) of the informal group formed to exchange information on enforcement and compliance issues.

Report on the first session of the informal working group established to develop a global technical regulation for electric vehicle safety.

Proposed guidelines for the scope, objectives, and procedures of the informal group established to develop a global technical regulation on electric vehicle safety.

The United States of America (USA) and Canada propose that an informal voluntary network of contacts be established for Contracting Parties to discuss and exchange information on compliance issues related to the administration of their respective environmental regulations.

Scope and objectives of the effort to establish a global technical regulation for electric vehicles covering high voltage electrical safety, safety of electrical components, and rechargeable energy storage systems (REESS).

Formal progress report on the effort to establish a global technical regulation to ensure that electric vehicle occupants are protected during normal use and during and after a crash event from hazards associated with high voltage circuits and energy storage systems.

Proposal from the United Kingdom and the United States of America for both the 1958 and 1998 Agreements, in which the drawings and technical specifications of any test device used in UN Regulations and UN GTRs could be incorporated as addenda to a Resolution.

Copy of the proposal to establish a compendium of the test tools used in Global Technical Regulations (and UN Regulations) to permit such regulations test tools according to a single source rather than having to revise each regulation with each change in tool specifications.

Text of the proposed regulation on safety-related performance requirements for hydrogen-fueled vehicles as prepared by the GRSP working group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles – Subgroup safety (HFCV-SGS). This draft supersedes document GRSP/2012/12.

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.

EFV informal group report “Environmentally Friendly Vehicles and the World Forum For the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP. 29), 2003 – 2012: Ten Years of Progress and Future Trends”.

Progress report by the Environmentally Friendly Vehicles Task Force Group, especially concerning the preparation of a report reviewing the progress of automotive EFV technologies since 2003.

Draft report of the 2nd Meeting of the informal group for the establishment of a global technical regulation on electric vehicle safety.

US NHTSA initial observations on the proposal from the EC to amend GTR No. 9 with regard to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures pending ongoing research in the United States.

US notice of proposed rulemaking to set minimum sound levels for electric and hybrid vehicles. Supplemental document provided for convenience by GAR.

Proposed changes to the draft global technical regulation on pole side-impact protection.

Status Report on the United States of America’s Consideration of Global Technical Regulations for Incorporation into Its Domestic Standards

Proposal of two amendments needed to enable the United States to vote in favor of the draft GTR. First, the document allows contracting parties the option of an alternate procedure for adjusting the seat and positioning the dummy based on that used by the United States during its WorldSID research. Second, the document allows contracting parties to modify the injury criteria in the GTR based on cost/benefit analysis for their own country, but using the same injury risk curves used to develop the injury criteria in the GTR.

The United States will not support the proposed amendment in its current form. The amendment would increase headrest heights for front outboard seating positions from 800 mm to at least 830 mm while allowing a decrease in minimum heights to 720 mm from 750mm. In addition, the amendment would allow decreased rear heights. The US believes the amendment lacks adequate evidence-based justifications for the proposed changes.

Presentation of US concerns regarding proposed definitions for locating the point of measurement (i.e. measuring point, target point, and first contact point definitions) within the test zone, changes to the test zone boundaries to clarify the adult and child Head Injury Criterion (HIC) zones, and to amend the leg form test procedure to align the leg form center plane with its measuring point.

[Note: the reference to document GRSP/2011/12 does not appear to correspond with the content of the US statement. Rather, the remarks align more closely with document GRSP-54-07/Rev.1 proposing changes to the draft amendment as presented in document GRSP/2013/25).]

Statement of US concerns with the draft amendment to introduce the Flex PLI test tool into GTR No. 9 (document GRSP/2013/25) in particular with regard to the use of the injury assessment reference values (IARVs). US definition of the IARV will be dependent upon the outcome of a US cost-benefit analysis based upon the characteristics of the American vehicle population. The US cannot accept injury curves that do not fall within what is justifiable according to US traffic conditions.

The draft Amendment 2 to GTR No. 9 proposes to establish the new FlexPLI impactor as the single harmonized tool for lower leg impact tests. The amendment also proposes injury assessment reference values (IARV) to go with the FlexPLI. The US, however, has consistently expressed concerns that the proposed injury thresholds and IARV have not been validated as appropriate for the American car fleet. Therefore, the US proposes to have ‘recommended’ IARV included in the preamble to Amendment 2 while allowing governments the freedom to use whatever IARV/performance thresholds they deem appropriate until such criteria can be fully validated.

Preliminary tests using the draft GTR procedures on tires in the US market have raised concerns that a wet traction index value requirement for “all-season tires” (as used in the US) will be needed since these tires fall outside the tire types addressed by the GTR. The US proposes language to address this situation.

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.

Status of US EPA program to validate the HILS methodology and resolve error codes.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 1 from the United States concerns highway diesel fuel sulfur control and heavy-duty engines.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 2 from the United States concerns “Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 3 from the United States concerns the “Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from Non-road Diesel Engines and Fuel”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 5 concerns the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108: “Lamps, Reflective devices and Associated Equipment”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 6 concern the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 135: “Passenger Car Braking Systems”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 7 concerns the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 139: “New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light Vehicles”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 9 concerns the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 213: “Child Restraint System” and No. 225: “Child Restraint Anchorage Systems”.

Status report on the development of a global technical regulation to address high voltage electrical safety in electric vehicles and their components (such as recharging inlets and rechargeable electric energy storage systems (REESS)). The draft regulation especially concerns flammable electrolytes and covers both in-use and post-crash environments.

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.

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.

Progress report on the development of GTR concerning safety aspects of electric vehicles.

Comments received from OICA, CLEPA/MEMA/JAPIA, and Transport Canada with “trilateral group” (EU/USA/Japan) responses.

Status report on the development of global technical regulations addressing the safety of electric vehicles.

US comments on child restraint systems based upon NHTSA’s National Child Restraint Use Special Study (NCRUSS), including recommendations on their installation, use, and testing thresholds.

At the 8th EVS GTR IWG meeting in Changchun, members of EVS Task Force 1 continued to discuss proposed requirements and test procedures (EVS-08-17) to address the safety performance of EVs during in-use in events of flooding and vehicle washing. As an action item, members were requested to provide comments on the overall proposal, specifically, water depth (10cm) and vehicle speed (20 km/h) for the drive test. The US believes that a 10 cm water depth test presents a reasonable and likely scenario for testing electric vehicle performance.

US proposal for sequential fault testing of battery management systems.

US and Canada position on the draft fire exposure test for electric vehicles. Pursuant to Canadian testing, the US and Canada do not see a need for additional testing of electric vehicles (as opposed to ICE vehicles) because the battery and electric systems do not show any cause for special concern in vehicle fires. Battery pack testing could be considered in a later phase in the development of the safety regulation if warranted.

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. This version supersedes the previous documents WP.29-167-12 and WP.29/2015/108.

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.

US proposal taking into account and responding to comments received from JRC (22 April 2016) and OICA (17 May 2016)

Update version of document EVTS-08-60 on battery management system functionality.

Joint proposal supported by Canada, the EU, OICA, and the USA.

Phase 2 proposes to amend the UN Global Technical Regulation No. 9 on pedestrian safety by introducing the flexible pedestrian legform impactor (FlexPLI) as a single harmonized test tool in order to enhance the level of protection for pedestrian lower legs. NHTSA has expressed concern that the injury assessment reference values (IARVs) for this GTR may not meet the needs for injury mitigation in the U.S. In order to enable the proposed Phase 2 amendment to move forward with US support, the US proposes additions to the GTR preamble to make clear its position and intentions regarding assessment of the IARV and to allow the brackets to be removed from the IARV in the draft amendment.

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.

Proposal to modify document GRSP/2014/15 presenting Amendment 2 to GTR No. 9. Amendment 2 would introduce the flexible pedestrian legform impactor (FlexPLI) as a single harmonized test tool. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has expressed concern whether the injury assessment reference values (IARV) proposed in Amendment 2 will be able to meet the needs for injury mitigation in the United States of America. In order to allow the amendment to move forward, the United States proposes to accept the IARV while noting in the statement of technical rationale and justification its continuing research into the IARVs and the possibility of a future proposal to amend the values should this prove warranted.

USA request Listing No. 12 in the Compendium of Candidate Global Technical Regulations be extended for another five years. Listing No. 12 concerns “US Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Programmes for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles”.

Draft text as approved by GRSP for anticipated adoption during the November 2017 WP.29 session.

Joint EU/Japan/US proposal for the program of work, segmented into

• Existing GTRs – High priority
• Existing GTRs – Low priority
• Existing GTRs – No activities identified for PoW, and
• New priorities
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Presentation made during the ITS/Automated Driving informal group session.

US white paper to facilitate arrival at a common understanding among EVS IWG contracting parties on thermal runaway propagation.

NHTSA suggestion to propose the introduction of updated UN R30 provisions into GTR 16 as a separate initiative in order to avoid delays in agreement on Amendment 2.