EC submission intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Revision, integrating Netherlands and OICA input, of the EC submission intended to raise awareness of concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Revised EC submission (from document GRSP-51-10) intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Updated revised EC submission (from document GRSP-51-10) intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Twice updated revised EC submission (from document GRSP-51-10) intended to raise awareness of certain concerns over clarity and implications of proposed amendments related to the measuring points of the headform and lower legform test procedures and to ensure full support among Contracting Parties.

Background presentation explaining issues encountered in transposing the GTR on HFCV into a UN (type-approval) Regulation.

Proposal for the text of the UN Regulation transposing the Global Technical Regulation on hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicles into the 1958 Agreement. This version highlights changes from the GTR text.

Proposal of amendments to address various concerns and reflect the outcomes of discussions with the experts from EC, Japan, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, United States of America and OICA.

Text prepared by the European Commission and Germany to align the test requirements of UN GTR No. 9 Phase 2 with those of Amendment 2 to the UN GTR concerning the determination of the headform test points.

Proposed amendments to clarify the GTR text in alignment with the proposed text for its UN Regulation homologue.

EC proposals to revise GTR No. 13 based upon items identified during the process of transposing the GTR into the form of a UN Regulation force use in type-approval systems.

Proposal for amendments to document GRSP/2013/22.

Draft text transposing the provisions of GTR No. 13 into a new UN Regulation for the type approval of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles with regard to safety performance. This text supersedes document GRSP/2013/22 and reflects the results of informal discussions among the European Commission, Japan and OICA.

Draft text transposing the provisions of GTR No. 13 into a new UN Regulation for the type approval of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles with regard to safety performance. This text supersedes document GRSP/2013/22, incorporates changes requested by Korea (document GRSP-55-23) and reflects the results comments received during the 55th GRSP session.

Draft text for the transposition of GTR No. 13 on hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicle safety into a new UN Regulation under the 1958 Agreement. This version incorporates comments received by GRSP at its 55th session and informal document GRSP-55-23 from the expert of Rep. of Korea.

Draft text prepared by the Task Force Bumper Test Area (TF-BTA), a subgroup of the Informal Working Group on gtr No. 9 – Phase 2.

Proposal from the Bumper Test Area Task Force to revise the procedure for determining the bumper test area under the pedestrian safety regulation. This proposal corrects shortcomings in the current definitions which could lead to a narrower test area than intended (leading to less effective pedestrian protection). This proposal does not take into account potentially harmful hard structures such as bumper beams that may lie behind the outer contour or front fascia extending beyond the defined bumper corners as consensus within the task force could not be reached.

Proposal from the Bumper Test Area Task Force, submitted as an alternative to the proposal in document GRSP/2014/17 as amended by document GRSP-56-38, to revise the procedure for determining the bumper test area under the pedestrian safety regulation. This proposal corrects shortcomings in the current definitions which could lead to a narrower test area than intended (leading to less effective pedestrian protection). This proposal includes a “bumper beam” determination method.

Proposal from the Bumper Test Area Task Force, pursuant to discussions within GRSP, to revise the procedure for determining the bumper test area under the pedestrian safety regulation. This proposal corrects shortcomings in the current definitions which could lead to a narrower test area than intended (leading to less effective pedestrian protection). This proposal does not take into account potentially harmful hard structures such as bumper beams that may lie behind the outer contour or front fascia extending beyond the defined bumper corners as consensus within the task force could not be reached. Presented as a Supplement, the proposal includes a September 2017 transition date in case GRSP determines that the changes should be put into a new series of amendments rather than as a supplement.

Proposal from the Bumper Test Area Task Force, pursuant to discussions within GRSP, submitted as an alternative to the proposal in document GRSP/2014/31 as amended by document GRSP-56-40, to revise the procedure for determining the bumper test area under the pedestrian safety regulation. This proposal corrects shortcomings in the current definitions which could lead to a narrower test area than intended (leading to less effective pedestrian protection). This proposal includes a “bumper beam” determination method. The proposal also includes a September 2017 transition date in the event that the GRSP determines that the proposal should be treated as a new series of amendments rather than as a Supplement.

Proposal to clarify what is and what is not permitted on airbag labels in order to address deviations encountered in current labeling.

Further refinements from the European Commission to the proposal to amend the bumper test area procedures under the pedestrian safety GTR.

Proposal to amend document GRSG/2015/8 which would revise the procedure for determining the bumper test area under the pedestrian safety regulation.

Proposal to require seat-belt reminders for all seating positions, including rear positions, and to clarify the scope of the regulation.

Companion presentation to the proposal contained in document GRSP-57-17.

Proposal to align the definition of “i-Size” child seating used in the two regulations.

Proposal of draft text to transpose GTR No. 7 (head restraints) into UN R17, including the draft Amendment 1 to GTR 7 addressing use of the BioRID II test dummy, backset measurement method revision, and new head restraint height thresholds.

Proposal to require seat-belt reminders for all seating positions, including rear positions, and to clarify the scope of the regulation.

Responses to questions regarding seat-belt reminders asked during the last GRSP session (May 2015) based upon various selected studies.

Proposal to correct figure 2 in Annex 1B to show the referenced zones A and B, to add sentence “Non-rigid material of < 50 Shore A hardness may be removed in order to demonstrate that covered or padded rigid parts are not contacted by the head or the chest of the manikin during the test.”, and to make editorial improvements.

Final report, pursuant to the amendment’s approval by GRSP, to accompany the amendment to align the specifications for back doors with those of side doors with rear mounted hinges as established in UN Regulation No.11.

Draft proposal for eventual submission to WP.29 for the further development of the GTR on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle safety, including the following additional areas for consideration:

1. Scope revision to address additional vehicle classes;
2. Requirements for material compatibility and hydrogen embrittlement;
3. Requirements for the fuelling receptacle;
4. Evaluation of performance-based test for long-term stress rupture proposed in Phase 1;
5. Consideration of research results reported after completion of Phase 1 – specifically research related to electrical safety, hydrogen storage systems, and post-crash safety;
6. Consideration of 200 per cent NWP or lower as the minimum burst requirement;
7. Safety guard system for the case of isolation resistance breakdown.

Proposal to harmonize airbag warning labels regarding the correct use of a child restraint system in a seating position equipped with an activated frontal airbag in order to prohibit the display of additional information unrelated to child safety.

Proposal to expand the scope of the Regulation (to vehicles of category M₁ with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3500 kg and to vehicles of category N₁, to provide appropriate transitional provisions and to make minor adaptations and clarifications to the existing requirements.

Proposal to remove restrictions on the scope of the Regulation to M₁ and N₁ vehicles, to provide appropriate transitional provisions and to make minor adaptations and clarifications to the existing requirements.

Proposal to expand the scope of the Regulation to cover vehicles of category M₁ with a total permissible mass not exceeding 3500 kg and to vehicles of category N₁ with a total permissible mass not exceeding 2500 kg, to provide transitional provisions (May 2022/May 2024) and to make minor adaptations and clarifications to the existing requirements.

Provisional edition of the adopted text for new vehicle safety requirements in the European Union.

Updated proposal with comments.

Proposal to to delete paragraph 13.3.4. of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/27 as difficulty may arise to judge whether an approval according to the preceding series of amendments is still valid.

Proposal to clarify provisions, especially regarding the head-form tests.

At the December 2019 GRSP session, the Commission proposed to amend the scope of UN R44 to clarify that a belt guide cannot be approved without being part of a child restraint system (paragraph 1.2). The amendment was agreed by the GRSP and sent to WP.29 together with the proposal from IC/ANEC on the phase out of the R44 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2019/28) for consideration at its June 2020 session.

Upon further examination, the Commission identified that its proposed amendment was not in line with the General Guidelines for UN regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN Regulations. In reconsidering the drafting, the Commission concluded that de jure, a ‘guide strap’ and similar devices cannot be separately approved as a child restraint system under the current wording of UN R44.

For that reason, the Commission proposes to withdraw its initial draft amendment. The Commission underlines that the withdrawal of its draft amendment does not change its understanding of paragraph 2.8.8. of Regulation 44 that approvals granted to guide straps that are not part of a child restraints systems are not valid.

Revised ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2021/28