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12 May 2026 | UN R17: Corrections to WP.29/2026/48 | GRSP-TF-AVRS-26-06
12 May 2026 | UN R173: Corrections to WP.29/2026/71 | GRSP-TF-AVRS-26-22
12 May 2026 | Status of regulation screening for applicability to ADS vehicles | G...
12 May 2026 | GRSP AV Screening: Agenda for the 26th (May 2026) session | GRSP-TF-...
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UN R17: Corrections to WP.29/2026/48
Reference Number: GRSP-TF-AVRS-26-06
Meeting Sessions: 26th GRSP-TF-AVRS session (22 May)
Document date: 12 May 26
Relevant to: UN Regulation No. 17 | Strength of Seats, Anchorages, and Head Restraints and WP.29 Regulatory Project | Review of Regulations for Applicability to ADS Vehicles
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UN R173: Corrections to WP.29/2026/71
Reference Number: GRSP-TF-AVRS-26-22
Meeting Sessions: 26th GRSP-TF-AVRS session (22 May)
Document date: 12 May 26
Relevant to: WP.29 Regulatory Project | Review of Regulations for Applicability to ADS Vehicles and UN Regulation No. 173 | Installation of safety belts, restraint systems, child restraint systems, ISOFIX child restraint systems and i-Size child restraint systems
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Status of regulation screening for applicability to ADS vehicles
Reference Number: GRSP-TF-AVRS-26-05

GRBP, GRE, GRPE, GRSG, GRSP, and GRVA are ready with working documents on non-ADS regulation amendments. TF AVRS is working on ADS marker lamps. UNECE published 93 amendment proposals regarding ADS fitness and ADS UNR and GTR for the 199th session of WP.29 in June 2026. UN R168.00 is tabled for the 200th session of WP.29. UN R154 former series is postponed to GRPE-95 in October 2026. Y category passive safety regulation is planned for GRSP-80 in December 2026.

Meeting Sessions: 26th GRSP-TF-AVRS session (22 May)
Document date: 12 May 26
Relevant to: UN Regulation No. 154 | Light Vehicle Emissions Type Approval Test Procedure, UN Regulation No. 168 | Real Driving Emissions Test Procedure, WP.29 Regulatory Project | Review of Regulations for Applicability to ADS Vehicles, and WP.29 Regulatory Project | Approval of vehicles of category Y (without occupants) with regard to their crash safety
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GRSP AV Screening: Agenda for the 26th (May 2026) session
Reference Number: GRSP-TF-AVRS-26-01

The 26th meeting of GRSP TF on AVRS is scheduled for Tuesday 22nd of May 2026 as an online meeting from 09:00 to 11:00 CEST. The agenda includes approval of the agenda and minutes, feedback from other meetings, consistency check of GRSP ADS fitness work, Y-category regulatory framework for N1, Y-category pedestrian protection under UN R127, feedback on passive safety requirements for new steering equipment types, any other business, and dates for next meetings.

Meeting Sessions: 26th GRSP-TF-AVRS session (22 May)
Document date: 12 May 26
Relevant to: UN Regulation No. 127 | Pedestrian Safety and WP.29 Regulatory Project | Review of Regulations for Applicability to ADS Vehicles
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Event Data Recorders/Data Storage Systems for Automated Driving: Notes from the 32nd (May 2026) session
Reference Number: EDR-DSSAD-32-06/Rev.1

The 32nd EDR-DSSAD IWG session convened virtually on May 7, 2026. The previous session report and agenda were approved without objection. Discussion addressed the group’s future structure, with consensus that EDR work continue under GRSG direction while DSSAD work be directed by the ADS IWG. EDR/DSSAD-31-02 on DSSAD regulatory text would be submitted to GRVA in May. A Guidance and Interpretation Document addressing “readily accessible” and access provisions is planned for July submission. EDR Step 2 discussions covered ADDW, DDAW, and DCAS data elements with resolutions agreed at +/-1%, recording intervals for collision scenarios, and outstanding items for June 11 finalization. Future meetings scheduled for June 11, September 8, and October 6-8, 2026.

Meeting Sessions: 32nd EDR-DSSAD session (7 May)
Document date: 12 May 26
Relevant to: UN Regulation No. 160 | Event Data Recorders, WP.29 Regulatory Project | Data Storage Systems for Automated Driving, and UN Regulation No. 169 | Event Data Recorders (EDR) for heavy vehicles
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