Proposal to clarify and modernize lamp installation and component requirements in UN R48 and UN R148:

• Remove the “band/strip” terminology and expand the definition of a pair of lamps to cover full-width designs
• Remove the three-device maximum for Y-lamps to ensure technology neutrality
• Add a new paragraph §5.5.5 defining a pair as a two-lamp system
• Relocate light source requirements from UN R48 to UN R148 §4.7.3 to ensure at least one light source per side
• Remove the 0.8-metre minimum length requirement
• Clarify that definitions in §2.4.10 apply only to the relevant vehicle categories
• Update provisions for light source positioning in UN R148
• Clarify §4.8.1.3 in UN R148
• Add new sampling provisions in §4.8.11 for testing band/strip lamps

Proposal to exclude retro-reflective devices and markings from the requirement of “Red light to the front” and “White light to the rear”.

Proposal to introduce selective yellow as an permitted alternative to white for front position lamps and daytime running lamps in UN R48 and UN R148. Studies confirm that selective yellow performs equally to white for oncoming vehicle recognition and speed estimation. Unlike historical filament lamp applications where a yellow filter reduced luminous intensity, modern LEDs achieve the same intensity levels without reduction. Specific amendments include: updating §5.15 to reflect selective yellow options and removing a duplicated front fog lamp requirement; amending §§6.9.7 and 6.19.7 to deactivate selective yellow position and daytime running lamps on the relevant side during direction indicator activation; and aligning UN R148 (01 series) by amending §§5.1.7, 5.4.7 and Annex 1 accordingly. The colour boundaries for selective yellow are already defined in §2.11.1.2 and require no amendment. Further details can be found in informal document GRE-94-05.

Proposal to align the Exterior Courtesy Lamps provisions of the 08 series amendments with those of the 09 series.

Proposal to clarify the 80% failure criterion for Conformity of Production (CoP) checks by confirming that CoP tables represent a simplified subset of the full Class C type-approval measurement points, and to exclude overhead requirements (items S50 and S100 in Tables 6 and 7) from the passing beam failure detection criterion, as these may be fulfilled by position lamps. Further details can be found in informal document GRE-94-08.

Proposal to improve the clarity and structure of Conformity of Production (CoP) requirements for driving beams in UN R149 by following the approach used in UN R123.

Proposal to correct inconsistencies and calculation errors in Conformity of Production (CoP) tables across both series of UN R149, which may otherwise cause confusion for manufacturers and technical services.

In UN R149-00, corrections include: deletion of erroneous maximum values at point 50L in CoP tables for Classes C, V and W Bend Light; correction of miscalculated 20% and 30% CoP minimum values for Classes C and V Bend Light Category 1; correction of the Class W non-bending mode maximum value at Segment 10 and its derived CoP values; and correction of rounding errors in Class R CoP minimum values.

In UN R149-01, corrections include: updating the Class W Bend Light CoP maximum at point BR to align with the type-approval table; correcting miscalculated Class R Bend Lighting CoP values; and fixing table note references in Annex 4 following the introduction of scientific notation in the 01 series.

Further details can be found in informal document GRE-94-10.

Proposal to amend UN R150-01 addressing three main issues. First, since the GRE-adopted proposal to delete the unique identifier (GRE-92-18) was not part of the March 2026 WP.29 submission, the regulation text requires amendment in the interim, though this may become unnecessary if merged with GRE-92-18. Second, the approval marking approach is aligned with UN R148 by including one example in the body text and referencing other arrangements in Annex 10, allowing deletion of the Table 1 reference and redundant ratio explanations from Figure A10-I. Third, the outdated requirement for function symbols to be placed diametrically opposite the approval number — inherited from UN R3 and R7 but already removed in UN R148 — is deleted from Annex 10, along with a clarifying amendment to the note below Figure A10-I to prevent inconsistent interpretations among technical services. Further details can be found in informal document GRE-94-11.

Proposal to introduce new LED light source categories L2 and L3 in R.E.5. Further details can be found in informal document GRE-94-12.

GTB analysis of “collective amendments” to lighting regulations received by the Working Party on Lighting and Light-signalling Equipment (GRE) where a single change impacts multiple lighting regulations resulting in the proliferation of amendment proposals.

Regulation mock-up to show how a set of related UN lighting regulations currently in use could be consolidated within a single regulation as part of the overall simplification of lighting regulations.

Discussion paper on the possibility to group lighting regulations under one of three new regulations as follows:

1. Light Signaling Devices incorporating Regulations 4, 6, 7, 23, 38, 50, 77, 87, and 91
2. Forward Lighting Devices incorporating Regulations 19, 98, 112, 123, and 119
3. Retro-Reflective Devices incorporating Regulations 3, 27, 69, 70, and 104

Review of the options considered for the simplification of lighting regulations that culminated in the decision to consolidate the device regulations under three new regulations covering Front Lighting, Light Signalling, and Retro-reflective Devices.

Updated paper on the grouping of lighting regulations under one of three new regulations as follows:
Light Signaling Devices incorporating Regulations 4, 6, 7, 23, 38, 50, 77, 87, and 91
Forward Lighting Devices incorporating Regulations 19, 98, 112, [ 113 ], 119, and 123
Retro-Reflective Devices incorporating Regulations 3, 27, 69, 70, and 104

Compressed file package with three documents outlining the structure for the new simplified lighting regime and for the new regulations on light signaling and road illuminating devices.

The DETA informal group has developed a Unique Identifier for simplified type-approval markings. This document aims to apply the Unique Identifier to the new draft regulation on light-signalling devices.

GTB understanding of the application of the Unique Identifier (UI) and the UN secure Internet database in accordance with Schedule 5 of the 1958 Agreement.

Email from the DETA secretary providing an update on the status of the DETA project and its eventual application to lighting products under the Simplification of Lighting Regulations.

Presentation addressing the “opportunity of a lifetime”, including

• Chinese plans for simplification of GB Standards,
• Synchronisation of the UN and Chinese Regulations and Standards,
• Longer-term vision for global harmonisation, and
• Removal of barriers to innovation and the administrative burden.

The regulation of lighting includes individual regulations for specific lighting devices (headlamps, direction indicators, etc.), for light source (filament, gas, LED), and for installation (UN R48). The proposed UN R0 on the type approval of whole vehicles requires submission of approval certificates for components and systems to be included within the whole vehicle approval. Vehicle manufacturers work directly with UN R48 approvals, but lamp and device approvals are generally handled by lighting suppliers. UN R48 includes provisions for listing approvals of lighting units, but not for approvals of light sources (presently UN R37, R99, and R128). In order to avoid excessive administrative burdens, GTB proposes that the regulations covering light units include provisions to confirm their approval under the applicable light source regulations such that UN R48 approvals would represent approval of the vehicle lighting systems under both device regulations and light-source regulations.

Table of regulations and pending proposals that would in whole or in part be consolidated into the new UN Regulation on light-signalling devices.

Presentation of opportunities, including potential to develop harmonized global technical regulation(s), in the simplification of lighting regulations.

Proposal to amend the definition of “type” for adaptive front lighting systems under the draft regulation on Road Illumination Devices.

Draft proposal for definitions of “assembly”, “function”, and “headlamp” for application across the new UN lighting device regulations.

Notes from the 18 October discussion on approval markings and the DETA Unique Identifier database number between the DETA informal group and the SLR informal group.

Preparation of a detailed proposal concerning Conventional Type Approval Markings and the Application of the Unique Identifier (UI) for decision at the SLR 21st Session.