The existing transitional provisions do not address tyres produced in accordance with the applicable requirements and placed in distribution channels before 7 July 2026. Therefore, a new transitional provision is proposed based on the clause R.4 of part C – “Transitional provisions for replacement parts for vehicles in use” of the General Guidelines for United Nations Regulatory Procedures and Transitional Provisions in UN Regulations. It will clarify that new tyres manufactured before 7 July 2026 and approved according to the 02 or 03 series of amendment will be allowed to be sold and fitted on vehicles in use for additional period not exceeding 30 months from 7 July 2026.

Proposal based on the 07 series of amendments to remove elements which covered by UN R154 (WLTP), to include references to the draft UN Regulation on Real Driving Emissions (RDE), and to update In-Service Conformity (ISC) requirements for the purposes of establishing regional type approval equivalence. The proposal is incomplete. The EC expects to provide missing elements before the 87th GRPE session in January 2023. This document is available with mark-ups in pdf version and in docx format.

Proposal to update the previously adopted text (GRPE/81/Add.2 and in document WP.29/2020/120) with changes introduced into European legislation on RDE. This document is available with tracked changes in pdf version and docx format.

Proposal to correct drafting errors within the 06 and 07 series of amendments.

Proposal to permit the use of hydrogen (H2) as fuel for emissions type approval of heavy-duty vehicles.

Proposal to clarify conditions for use of the DETA Unique Identifier marking.

11. The expert from the European Commission, on behalf of the IWG on awareness of Vulnerable Road Users Proximity in low-speed manoeuvres (VRU-Proxi), informed GRSG of the work progress (GRSG-124-37). He added that the group had convened twice (in May and July 2022) to discuss improvement of UN Regulation No. 158 on the temporary obstruction of the monitor view. Phase 2 of the draft UN Regulation on Direct Vision was also discussed and IWG noted that vehicles powered by electric battery or hydrogen data were not yet available for an assessment of the level of adaptation that would be needed. Information and data on direct vision for high-capacity transport would be provided at the next session of IWG to support adaptation. He said that a contracting party had prepared a draft new UN Regulation for a highly automated system to take over control from the driver if a VRU danger was detected.

63. The Chair asked GRPE for their comments on the draft Framework Document on Vehicle Whole-Life Compliance (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/148), as agreed during the last session of GRPE (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/85, para. 71). Following bilateral consultations, the representatives from the European Commission and the Co-Chair of the IWG on PTI introduced GRPE-86-43 as proposed amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/148. GRPE supported the proposal and requested the secretariat to submit it as an informal document to the June 2022 session of WP.29.

Proposal to align UN R152 with recent amendments to UN R131.

Proposal to align UN R152 with recent amendments to UN R131.

Proposal to align UN R152 with recent amendments to UN R131.

31. The representative of the European Commission introduced informal document WP.29-187-25, a proposal prepared by the European Commission regarding a IPR policy. He stressed that this document was not agreed on by AC.2 and invited the representatives of the WP.29 member States to share their feedback with him. The representatives from Canada and the United States of America stated that more time would be needed to examine this document and the potentially new process.

32. WP.29 invited all the representatives to examine the informal document and send their feedback to the representatives of the European Commission to enable progress in the next meeting of AC.2 and WP.29 on this proposal.

Proposal to revise the limits for rolling resistance and wet grip, address tyres for vintage vehicles, and revise the definition for special-use C1 tyres.

16. The experts from the European Commission introduced a new 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 117 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2022/12). The expert from ETRTO proposed further modifications (GRBP-76-23 and GRBP-76-32). GRBP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2022/12, as amended by GRBP-76-23 and GRBP-76-32, subject to the removal of the square brackets, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2023 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as the draft new 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 117.

30. The representative from the European Commission, Chair of the IWG on RDE, introduced GRPE-86-29 providing an update about the latest intention with the finalization of the new UN Regulation on RDE. She informed that more changes beyond the remaining square brackets would be needed and that a final text was expected to be available in the first weeks of July 2022. She kindly requested GRPE to accept a post session submission, and the consideration of the informal document through a written procedure over the summer.

31. GRPE agreed to consider a draft proposal for a draft new UN Regulation on RDE as post session informal document GRPE-86-45 to be shared by the secretariat with all GRPE participants mid July 2022. GRPE asked all interested parties to provide written comments to the secretariat before 19 September 2022, to prepare a working document for the January 2023 session of GRPE.