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5. (d) UN Regulation No. 117 (Tyre rolling resistance, rolling noise and wet grip)

15. On behalf of IWG for Wet Grip on Worn Tyres (WGWT), the expert of France reported on their progress (GRBP-73-18).

GRBP-73-18 | Status report of the Worn Tyres working group

16. The expert from EC proposed to include C2 and C3 tyres in the Terms of Reference of IWG WGWT (GRBP-73-02). The expert from ETRTO presented a preliminary assessment of wet grip on worn C2 and C3 tyres (GRBP-73-22) and suggested further modifications to the Terms of Reference (GRBP-73-08). Based on a consolidated proposal in GRBP-73-27-Rev.1, GRBP adopted revised Terms of Reference of IWG WGWT as laid down in Annex III to the session report.

GRBP-72-02 | Worn tyres: Proposal for working group terms of reference
GRBP-73-22 | Tyre industry preliminary assessment of wet grip on worn C2 and C3 tyres
GRBP-73-08 | Proposal to amend the Worn Tyres working group terms of reference
GRBP-73-27/Rev.1 | Working group on Worn Tyres: Proposal for revised terms of reference

17. The expert from ETRTO proposed to introduce in UN Regulation No.117 a definition of “ice tyre” for C1 tyres (GRBP-73-19). The Chair invited ETRTO to submit a working document for consideration at the next session.

GRBP-73-19 | UN R117: Proposal to introduce an Ice Tyre definition for C1 class tyres