The requirements for the airbag warning label were recently amended by Supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendments and by Supplement 1 to the 02 series of amendments to Regulation 94. It therefore appears necessary to align the corresponding prescriptions of Regulation 16.

Superseding document GRSP-51-14, the proposal aligns UN R16 with UN R94 (frontal collision) with regard to airbag warning labels. The proposal addresses distinctions between front passenger airbags and other types of airbags (such as lateral).

Questions concerning vehicles with no i-size seating positions.

Proposal to further clarify the risk of installing a rearward-facing child restraint in a seating position that is equipped with a frontal airbag. The text is based on a document GRSP-52-06 as discussed during the 52nd GRSP session (document GRSP-52, para. 23).

Proposal based on document GRSP/2012/25 (proposal drafted by the secretariat to consolidate the transitional provisions of UN R16 as a basis for a discussion on simplifying and correcting the text) to consolidate the transitional provisions of UN R16.

Working draft text to update UN R16 in line with proposed changes to UN Regulation No. 129 on enhanced child restraint systems.

Proposal to introduce provisions concerning universal child booster seating positions.

Proposal to introduce provisions concerning universal child booster seating positions with the amendments shown within the text of the regulation, incorporating the amendments proposed in document GRSP/2014/14.

Proposal to simplify the UN R16 consumer handbook information pursuant to discussions on the development of UN R129 on enhanced child restraint systems.

Proposal drafted by OICA pursuant to cooperation among the EU, Consumers International, Governmental experts, Euro NCAP, OICA and CLEPA to restructure and simplify the consumer information requirements on the installation of ISOFIX child restraint systems under UN R16.

Working draft proposal to update UN R16 in accordance with the Phase 2 development of UN Regulation Nos. 44 and 129 on child restraint systems, especially with regard to the ISO booster-seat fixtures (B2 and B3).

Proposal for Appendix 5: Installation of booster seat fixtures. Addition of ISO/B2 and ISO/B3 booster seat fixtures.

Proposal from OICA to harmonize the mass tolerances of the ISO CRS fixtures and provide for transitional provisions.

The current paragraph 15.6 foresees that, for type approval to the 07 series, safety belt reminders are not compulsory until 1 September 2022 on the exempted seats (e.g. seat rows with a suspension seat). In the absence of any clarification for the case of extensions of type approvals, paragraph 15.6 of UN R16.07 could create interpretation problems when a previously granted approval for an exempted vehicle needs to be extended after 1 September 2022. As previously agreed by GRSP, this proposal would clarify that the new SBR requirements would be applicable only for new type approvals as from 1 September 2022, such that previously granted approvals would remain accepted, with their exemption.

For the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval, a UN Regulation is split in two regulations, UN Regulation No. 14-08 series of amendments including only adult safety belt anchorages and a new regulation UN Regulation No. [XX] will include all requirements for child restraint anchorages. Accordingly, this proposal would update the references to UN Regulation No. 14 in UN Regulation No. 16 in order to recognize child restraint system anchorages installed on the vehicle and approved under the new regulation.

As a counterproposal to document GRSP/2017/27 submitted by the EC, OICA suggests to group all the airbag warning requirements in one single UN Regulation (i.e. UN R16); this would avoid future administrative burden when these may need adaptation. Another solution could be to simply refer, in UN R94 and UN R137, to the label defined in UN R16; OICA suggests that GRSP discusses the most suitable approach.

In addition, OICA agrees with the EC proposal to better define the required label, in order to avoid potential misinterpretations. However, when it comes to the printing of the user information in a multitude of languages, OICA considers this is an unnecessary burden, with no benefit to the user. User manuals are placed in the vehicles at the point of sale and therefore in the local language(s); in the not so frequent cases whereby a vehicle, during its lifetime, ends up in a different country/language, the user will always be able to obtain the manual in his own language, if he so asks. OICA consequently proposes not to amend the current requirements on the issue of languages.

Alternative proposal to GRSP/2017/27 submitted by the EC to clarify and improve airbag warning label requirements and to group these provisions under UN R16 in order to avoid the need to update multiple regulations in case of changes. OICA would not, however, add provisions concerning language variations (these are handled at the point of sale).

Proposal to introduce an optional (on the choice of the manufacturer) test procedure for frontal airbags in combination with rearward facing child restraint systems in the rear seat to demonstrate that no deactivation of the airbag is needed.

Presentation in support of the proposal to allow an option for demonstration that an airbag deployment is safe in the presence of a rear-facing child restraint system in a rear seating position.

Proposal to introduce an optional (on the choice of the manufacturer) test procedure for frontal airbags in combination with rearward facing child restraint systems in the rear seat to demonstrate that no deactivation of the airbag is needed.

Proposal that for the unfastened belts indicator to only detect unfastened belt in the rear without actually identifying the exact location of the seat and the addition of a new paragraph to clarify that an exemption in the transition provisions remains applicable and acceptable,.

Proposal to clarify the test procedures and the different ECRS to be tested for the assessment of the system.

Proposal to clarify seat-belt reminder requirements for adjustable rear seats and the transitional provisions.

Proposal to address requirements for Safety Belt Reminders in some particular vehicle designs and clarify the continued validity of an exemption in the transitional provisions.

Discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP .29/GRSP/2021/19

The proposal aims to introduce an optional (on the choice of the manufacturer) test procedure for frontal airbags in combination with rearward facing child restraint systems in the rear seat to demonstrate that no deactivation of the airbag is needed. The aim of the proposal is to promote new airbag technologies.

Proposal to introduce an optional (on the choice of the manufacturer) test procedure for frontal airbags in combination with rearward facing child restraint systems in the rear seat to demonstrate that no deactivation of the airbag is needed. The proposal addresses new airbag technologies pursuant to discussions during the December 2021 session of GRSP (see GRSP/70, paragraph 12). The proposal was revised to limit the scope to specific Enhanced Child Restraint Systems (ECRS).

Proposal to harmonise transitional provisions and to clarify the requirements for safety-belt reminder of rear seat row(s)