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ADS guidance and interpretation document: SMS-Safety assurance para 8.1.7.1.(h)
Reference Number: ADS-21-49

Proposal to modify para. 8.1.7.1.(h) to replace “aims to ensure that” with “focuses on”, replace “Assessment of how organizations coordinate” with “Assessment that organizations coordinate”, delete “and product reviews” from the list of change management triggers, and delete “the approach and output from various” before “monitoring procedures” and delete “including operational data, safety reports and performance indicator” from the examples of monitoring procedures.

Meeting Sessions: 21st ADS session (14-17 Jul)
Document date: 10 Jul 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems, GTR No. 26 | Automated Driving Systems, and UN Regulation No. 185 | Approval of vehicles with regard to their Automated Driving Systems
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: SMS-Safety assurance para 8.1.7.1.(f)
Reference Number: ADS-21-47

Proposal to amend para. 8.1.7.1.(f) to replace “ensures” with “focuses on” in the element text describing performance monitoring practices to track safety outcomes over time.

Meeting Sessions: 21st ADS session (14-17 Jul)
Document date: 10 Jul 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems, GTR No. 26 | Automated Driving Systems, and UN Regulation No. 185 | Approval of vehicles with regard to their Automated Driving Systems
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: SMS-Safety assurance para 8.1.7.1.(g)
Reference Number: ADS-21-48

Proposal to revise para. 8.1.7.1.(g) to delete “Monitoring is expected to cover both the ADS and the SMS, ensuring a comprehensive view of safety performance.” and insert “Monitoring practices include the monitoring of the ADS product (i.e., using SPIs) and evaluation of the Safety Management System so that it remains effective (i.e., using KPIs).”

Meeting Sessions: 21st ADS session (14-17 Jul)
Document date: 10 Jul 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems, GTR No. 26 | Automated Driving Systems, and UN Regulation No. 185 | Approval of vehicles with regard to their Automated Driving Systems
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: SMS-Safety assurance para 8.1.7.1.(e)
Reference Number: ADS-21-46

Proposal to delete “This clarifies that corrective” and replace with “Corrective”, and delete “/systemic” in para. 8.1.7.1.(e). The revised text states: Corrective actions may address both technical aspects (ADS) and organizational aspects (SMS).

Meeting Sessions: 21st ADS session (14-17 Jul)
Document date: 10 Jul 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems, GTR No. 26 | Automated Driving Systems, and UN Regulation No. 185 | Approval of vehicles with regard to their Automated Driving Systems
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: SMS-Safety assurance para 8.1.7.1.(d)
Reference Number: ADS-21-45

Proposal to delete “The intention is to ensure that”, delete “organizations have”, insert “This element focuses on”, insert “the”, and insert “organization’s” in para. 8.1.7.1.(d) to improve and streamline the text, changing “The intention is to ensure that organizations have processes to identify, implement, and track corrective actions to maintain safety at an acceptable level” to “This element focuses on the organization’s processes to identify, implement, and track corrective actions to maintain safety at an acceptable level.”

Meeting Sessions: 21st ADS session (14-17 Jul)
Document date: 10 Jul 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems, GTR No. 26 | Automated Driving Systems, and UN Regulation No. 185 | Approval of vehicles with regard to their Automated Driving Systems
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: SMS-Safety assurance para 8.1.7.1.(c)
Reference Number: ADS-21-44

Proposal to delete "This provision ensures that " and insert “This element focuses on” before “changes”, delete “systematically”, and insert "that " after “changes” in para. 8.1.7.1.© to improve and streamline the text so that the description reads “This element focuses on changes that are assessed and managed, recognizing that modifications can introduce new risks.”

Meeting Sessions: 21st ADS session (14-17 Jul)
Document date: 10 Jul 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems, GTR No. 26 | Automated Driving Systems, and UN Regulation No. 185 | Approval of vehicles with regard to their Automated Driving Systems
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: SMS-Safety assurance para 8.1.7.1.(b)
Reference Number: ADS-21-43

Proposal to delete “The requirement highlights that safety assurance is expected to extend beyond the organization to include” from para. 8.1.7.1.(b), insert “Safety assurance covers the organization and also” in its place, and delete “, reflecting a system-of-systems perspective” from the same para. Document ADS-21-42.

Meeting Sessions: 21st ADS session (14-17 Jul)
Document date: 10 Jul 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems, GTR No. 26 | Automated Driving Systems, and UN Regulation No. 185 | Approval of vehicles with regard to their Automated Driving Systems
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ADS guidance and interpretation document: SMS-Safety assurance para 8.1.7.1.(a)
Reference Number: ADS-21-42

Proposal to modify the interpretation text for para. 8.1.7.1.(a) to replace “ensures” with “focuses on” in the statement describing the element for periodic independent internal audits and external audits.

Meeting Sessions: 21st ADS session (14-17 Jul)
Document date: 10 Jul 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Automated Driving Systems, GTR No. 26 | Automated Driving Systems, and UN Regulation No. 185 | Approval of vehicles with regard to their Automated Driving Systems
Click here to view the full document file
Download from UNECE: .pdf format .docx format
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