Revision 6 | Amendment 4 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2016/11. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to

1. extend requirements for exterior rear-view mirrors to camera monitor systems;
2. reduce the speed threshold for deactivation of emergency controls from 5 km/h to 3 km/h;
3. clarify the requirements concerning the height of steps in vehicles which comply with Annex 8;
4. limit the mandatory application of the requirements for dedicated areas for prams and pushchairs to Class I vehicles;
5. require activation of the alarm and fire suppression systems as soon as the heater is in function regardless of whether the engine is operating;
6. extend requirements for exposed seats adjacent to step wells to apply to other exposed seats where there is a risk of the occupant being thrown forward; and
7. correct the text of the Regulation.

Revision 6 | Amendment 5 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2016/12. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to mandate fire suppression systems on Class I and II buses.

Revision 6 | Corrigendum 2 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2017/13. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal of the following corrections:
Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.9.1., correct the reference to paragraph 7.6.11.4. to read 7.6.11.8.
Annex 8, paragraphs 3.7.3., 3.7.4. and 3.8.4.1.6., correct the references to paragraph 7.6.11.4. to read 7.6.11.8.

Revision 7 | Corrigendum 1 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2017/14. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal of the following corrections:
Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.9.1., correct the reference to paragraph 7.6.11.4. to read 7.6.11.8.
Annex 8, paragraphs 3.7.3., 3.7.4. and 3.8.4.1.6., correct the references to paragraph 7.6.11.4. to read 7.6.11.8.

Revision 7 | Amendment 1 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2016/94. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to extend requirements introduced via Supplement 4 to the 04 series of amendments concerning barriers in the gangway and the amount of priority seats to the 07 series of amendments.

The proposal also aims to paragraph 7.7.5.1. with regard to ceiling-mounted displays or monitors and simplify the testing procedure:

• The gauge shall be used only for the identification of the monitors to be tested.
• The simplified way to apply the removal force corresponds to a passenger pushing the monitor/display with its hand, and in these conditions the acceptable force limit is adapted.
• The test must be conducted in both directions.
• The proposed wording for the last condition to fulfil is more technology neutral, the case of automatic redeployment is also considered and banned.

Revision 4 | Amendment 2 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2016/91. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to clarify paragraph 7.7.5.1. with regard to ceiling-mounted displays or monitors and simplify the testing procedure:

• The gauge shall be used only for the identification of the monitors to be tested.
• The simplified way to apply the removal force corresponds to a passenger pushing the monitor/display with its hand, and in these conditions the acceptable force limit is adapted.
• The test must be conducted in both directions.
• The proposed wording for the last condition to fulfil is more technology neutral, the case of automatic redeployment is also considered and banned.

Revision 5 | Amendment 5 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2016/92. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to extend requirements introduced via Supplement 4 to the 04 series of amendments concerning barriers in the gangway and the amount of priority seats to the 05 series of amendments.

The proposal also aims to paragraph 7.7.5.1. with regard to ceiling-mounted displays or monitors and simplify the testing procedure:

• The gauge shall be used only for the identification of the monitors to be tested.
• The simplified way to apply the removal force corresponds to a passenger pushing the monitor/display with its hand, and in these conditions the acceptable force limit is adapted.
• The test must be conducted in both directions.
• The proposed wording for the last condition to fulfil is more technology neutral, the case of automatic redeployment is also considered and banned.

Revision 6 | Amendment 6 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2016/93. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to extend requirements introduced via Supplement 4 to the 04 series of amendments concerning barriers in the gangway and the amount of priority seats to the 06 series of amendments.

The proposal also aims to paragraph 7.7.5.1. with regard to ceiling-mounted displays or monitors and simplify the testing procedure:

• The gauge shall be used only for the identification of the monitors to be tested.
• The simplified way to apply the removal force corresponds to a passenger pushing the monitor/display with its hand, and in these conditions the acceptable force limit is adapted.
• The test must be conducted in both directions.
• The proposed wording for the last condition to fulfil is more technology neutral, the case of automatic redeployment is also considered and banned.

Revision 7 | Amendment 3 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2018/21. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to

1. augment the provisions to address the needs of persons with reduced mobility by improving accommodations for wheelchair users and for persons who are visually and/or hearing impaired, and
2. replace the prohibition against the use of reinforced insulation for trolleybus circuits directly connected to the overhead power line with a requirement that such circuits shall be double insulated.

Revision 7 | Amendment 2 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2018/20. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to replace the prohibition against the use of reinforced insulation for trolleybus circuits directly connected to the overhead power line with a requirement that such circuits shall be double insulated. Please note that the linked document should read “Supplement 2” in place of “Supplement 6” per notification by the WP.29 secretariat.

Revision 6 | Amendment 7 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2018/19. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to replace the prohibition against the use of reinforced insulation for trolleybus circuits directly connected to the overhead power line with a requirement that such circuits shall be double insulated.

Revision 8 | Amendment 1 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2019/12. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to clarify that Contracting Parties applying this Regulation shall continue to accept type approvals granted to the 06 or 07 series of amendments to vehicles which are not affected by the 08 series of amendments.

Revision 6 | Amendment 8 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2019/99. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to lower the minimum mass requirement for an articulated vehicle of Class I having four or more axles of which two are steering axles.

Revision 7 | Amendment 4 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2019/100. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to lower the minimum mass requirement for an articulated vehicle of Class I having four or more axles of which two are steering axles.

Revision 7 | Amendment 5 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2020/13. This document incorporates the following change:

For escape hatches on buses of Classes A and B, proposal to allow a maximum length of 1600 mm equally spaced to cover the shortest vehicles, so the allowed space should be the maximum of either the third of the length or 1600 mm. This proposal will not affect the positioning requirements for any mid-sized and larger buses.

Revision 8 | Amendment 2 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2019/101. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to lower the minimum mass requirement for an articulated vehicle of Class I having four or more axles of which two are steering axles.

Revision 8 | Amendment 3 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2020/14. This document incorporates the following change:

For escape hatches on buses of Classes A and B, proposal to allow a maximum length of 1600 mm equally spaced to cover the shortest vehicles, so the allowed space should be the maximum of either the third of the length or 1600 mm. This proposal will not affect the positioning requirements for any mid-sized and larger buses.

Revision 10 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2022/53. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to improve evacuation times of M₂ and M₃ vehicles, including new provisions for devices to break window glass.

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2006/26. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to merge the requirements of Regulations Nos. 36, 52 and 107, together with European Community Directive 2001/85/EC.

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are . This document incorporates the following changes:

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are . This document incorporates the following change:

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are . This document incorporates the following change:

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are . This document incorporates the following change:

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are . This document incorporates the following change:

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are . This document incorporates the following change:

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are . This document incorporates the following change:

UN R107 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are . This document incorporates the following change:

Revision 4 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2013/98. This document incorporates the following changes:

Proposal as approved by the GRSG to amend provisions on the installation height of interior emergency controls in Class B vehicles.

Revision 4 | Amendment 1 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are WP.29/2014/11 and WP.29/2014/11/Corr.1. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to amend requirements for the minimum number of priority seats (four in Class I, two in Class II and Class III and one in Class A and Class B), to disallow the priority designation for folding seats, and to establish uniform provisions for gangway barriers in vehicles of Classes I and A, including a proposed 50N force limit for moving such barriers out of the way.

Note from the WP.29 Secretariat to note a correction to the proposed supplement. In document WP.29/2014/11 the item concerning Annex 3, paragraph 7.7.8.5.3. where it reads “one in Class A and B”, the text should read “one in Class A.”

Revision 5 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2013/99. This document incorporates the following changes:

Proposal as approved by the GRSG to provide for a specific area in Class I buses whereby a child may remain safely seated in his/her pram or pushchair.

Revision 5 | Amendment 1 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2014/69. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to introduce requirements a) to prevent accidents when the flap covering the engine compartment is open; b) to clarify that “low-floor vehicles” concern only those vehicles that provide a single step from the ground into the low floor area and that any equipment that would counteract the intention of such single-step low-floor vehicles to facilitate access by passengers with reduced mobility is prohibited; c) to delete the prohibition on the use of laminated glass or plastic material in window panes and to delete the provision that emergency windows shall be capable of being operated from outside; d) to clarify the transitional provisions.

Revision 5 | Amendment 2 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2015/12. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal as approved by the GRSG to align Annex 11 of UN R107 with Regulation (EU) 1230/2012. Annex 11 was originally based on EU Directive 97/27 EC (type approval of vehicles with regard to their masses and dimensions) which has now been replaced by Regulation (EU) 1230/2012, thus prompting the need for realignment.

Revision 5 | Amendment 3 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2015/104. This document incorporates the following change:

UN R107 includes a provision to prevent a folding seat used by the crew from obstructing the view of the exterior rear-view mirror. In light of the proposed amendment to introduce camera-monitor systems into UN R46 (indirect vision), this proposal would extend the same treatment to CMS used in the place of rear view mirrors.

Revision 5 | Amendment 4 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2016/10. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to

• extend requirements for exterior rear-view mirrors to camera monitor systems;
• reduce the speed threshold for deactivation of emergency controls from 5 km/h to 3 km/h;
• clarify the requirements concerning the height of steps in vehicles which comply with Annex 8;
• limit the mandatory application of the requirements for dedicated areas for prams and pushchairs to Class I vehicles;
• require activation of the alarm and fire suppression systems as soon as the heater is in function regardless of whether the engine is operating;
• extend requirements for exposed seats adjacent to step wells to apply to other exposed seats where there is a risk of the occupant being thrown forward; and
• correct the text of the Regulation.

Revision 6 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2013/100. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal as approved by the GRSG to update and improve provisions concerning passenger entry/exit, driver compartments, passageways, use of signs, and emergency lighting pursuant to the work of the informal group on Service Doors, Windows and Emergency Exits (SDWEE).

Revision 6 | Amendment 1 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2014/70. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to a) introduce requirements to prevent accidents when the flap covering the engine compartment is open; b) clarify that “low-floor vehicles” concern only those vehicles that provide a single step from the ground onto the low floor area; c) prohibit any equipment that would counteract the intention of such single-step low-floor vehicles to facilitate access by passengers with reduced mobility; d) clarify the text of the amendments updating provisions for service doors, windows and emergency exits; e) delete the prohibition on the use of laminated glass or plastic material in window panes; f) delete the provision that emergency windows be operable from outside the vehicle; g) clarify that an “overnight locking system” is not intended to be operated from inside the vehicle; and h) align the Annex 12 safety prescriptions for trolley buses with current electrical standards.

Revision 6 | Amendment 2 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding texts are WP.29/2015/44 and WP.29/2014/77. This document incorporates the following changes:

Proposal to introduce the automatic activation of hazard warning lights upon detection of excess temperatures in the engine and/or heater compartment. A parallel proposal covering indicators and the hazard warning is being prepared by GRE. The package of GRSG and GRE proposals are expected for the March 2015 WP.29 session.

Proposal as approved by the GRSG to align Annex 11 of UN R107 with Regulation (EU) 1230/2012. Annex 11 was originally based on EU Directive 97/27 EC (type approval of vehicles with regard to their masses and dimensions) which has now been replaced by Regulation (EU) 1230/2012, thus prompting the need for realignment.

Revision 6 | Amendment 3 has been prepared purely as documentation tool. The authentic and legally binding text is WP.29/2015/88. This document incorporates the following change:

Proposal to introduce mandatory requirements for fire suppression systems for Class III buses and coaches (and optional requirements for other classes) activated upon detection of fire in the engine and/or heater compartment. This proposal also extends the treatment of rear-view mirrors to any camera-monitor systems used in place of rear-view mirrors.