Preliminary consolidated drafting proposals prepared by OICA for the revised 1958 Agreement pursuant to the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Proposed amendments to the proposed revisions to the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the international whole vehicle type approval project.

Proposal for a procedure through which a manufacturer could receive an exemption from WP.29/AC.2 for a new technology which is incompatible with one or more requirements of a UN Regulation from those requirements.

OICA presentation of views on the proposed amendments to the convention government UN Regulations and mutual recognition of type approvals.

Draft proposal for a procedure to allow for the exemption of new technologies from relevant existing regulatory requirements in cases where those existing requirements present incompatible, inapplicable, and/or unwarranted burdens.

Revised draft proposal to amend Schedule 7 for the procedure to allow for the exemption of new technologies from relevant existing regulatory requirements in cases where those existing requirements present incompatible, inapplicable, and/or unwarranted burdens.

Updated revised draft proposal to amend Schedule 7 for the procedure to allow for the exemption of new technologies from relevant existing regulatory requirements in cases where those existing requirements present incompatible, inapplicable, and/or unwarranted burdens.

Draft text for Revision 2 to the “General Guidelines for UN regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN regulations” (Document WP.29/1044).

OICA input concerning the proposed concept for “versions” of UN Regulations for use within the global system for the mutual recognition of type approvals. A version involves the possibility for issuance of new approvals to previous forms of a given regulation (as opposed to the current system where parties can only issue new approvals to the latest version in force of a regulation).

The International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system under development proposes to allow for the acceptance by Contracting Parties of approvals issued according to versions of a regulation earlier than the latest version in force as well as of approvals issued under some, but not all, regulations that comprise the IWVTA. This document proposes an approach to manage the various configurations of the Limited IWVTA.

Proposals to amend the guidelines concerning the establishment of UN Regulations and transitional provisions (WP.29/1044). Earlier proposals were developed in document SG58-17-04/Rev.1.

Consolidated version of the working draft amendment to WP29/1044/Rev.1, incorporating changes agreed during the 18th subgroup session and the following:

1. OICA responses/comments to the proposals and comments made by the EC (see SG58-18-08)
2. OICA proposal to revise §43, as requested at the November 2015 meeting (see SG58-19-01, Action item 6)
3. Revision to the transitional provisions in chapters B (equipment and parts), C (installation of equipment and parts), D (replacement parts for vehicles in use), jointly developed with CLEPA
4. Some further proposals by CLEPA, that can be supported by OICA

Explanation that discontinuation of production does not invalidate a type approval. Approvals may be withdrawn for non-conformity, but otherwise, approvals remain valid indefinitely.

Proposal for a new schedule to govern the granting and use of “Attestations” which have been proposed to address whole vehicle approval situations where certain equipment (e.g. Daytime Running Lamps) are mandatory on vehicles in one jurisdiction but only regulated on an if-fitted or optional basis in others.

In relation to action items 1 and 3 under the “Major Results and Action Items of the 21st SG58 meeting” (document SG58-22_01), OICA offers its views for consideration.

Overview of proposed system to permit whole vehicle type approvals among countries (Contracting Parties) with different requirements.

OICA-submitted working draft of the international whole vehicle type approval regulation.

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.

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

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

Presentation on the proposed procedures for updating UN R0. This regulation would govern the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval process and as such, would need to be updated (annually under the proposal) in line with changes to the various component or system level UN Regulations that are included within the scope of the whole vehicle type approval.

OICA-proposed revisions to the draft Q&A document intended to help explain the international whole vehicle type approval system and the proposed “UN Regulation No. 0” (document SGR0-08-06).

Revisions to the proposed paragraphs 11, 12, and 13 concerning, respectively, Technical Services, procedures for amending the draft regulation on international whole vehicle type approvals, and provisions for Contracting Party acceptance of approvals. The document also addresses Annex 2 on approval markings and Annex 4 on limited whole vehicle approvals (L-IWVTA).

The proposed text is submitted for insertion into the draft Regulation (SGR0-11-03) in response to the action items noted in document SGR0-11-01.

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).

OICA strongly supports the German proposal and seeks clarification of certain points.

OICA proposal for the “Information document for the purpose of IWVTA” that retains in the document only those entries that are essential for the identification of a vehicle type and its variants or describe important properties of the whole vehicle. This proposal also deletes entries not relevant for category M1 vehicles.

Annex 4 (“List of requirements for the purpose of IWVTA: List of regulatory acts”) contains the list of UN Regulations that would comprise the whole vehicle type approvals.

OICA request to omit the proposed declaration of conformity provisions from the first phase implementation of the IWVTA, essentially arguing that the additional declaration is not justified in the context of type approval.

Proposal to insert language into the definition of a vehicle type clarifying the application (or non-application) of regulations included in the IWVTA across variants of a single type-approved vehicle in order to avoid scenarios where a single vehicle type could have more than one type approval or an approval under a non-applicable regulation (say, electrified vehicle requirements for a non-electrified variant of a vehicle type) could be demanded for a vehicle variant.

Proposal for provisions concerning a “Declaration of Conformance” for vehicles approved under the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval regulation.

Proposal to amend the paragraph concerning the modification of a vehicle type and extension or modification of approval.

This document proposes to replace an item in the information document for IWVTA. The reason is that the previous entry “maximum hourly output” is not defined anywhere in the UN Regulations whereas the newly proposed item “maximum 30 min. power” is defined in UN R85.