Swiss study on heavy duty vehicles with NOx reduction systems (SCR or DPF+SCR systems) towards defining a simplified test procedure for measuring emissions, including prospects for applying such testing to retrofit emissions control systems.

Corrections to the proposed new UN Regulation on the type approval of REC devices (document WP.29/2013/119) submitted by the REC informal group.

Proposal prepared by the REC expert group for the 01 series of amendments to the UN Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of Retrofit Emission Control devices for heavy-duty vehicles. The text includes a revision in the definitions of the REC devices, stricter limit values (reduction levels) for REC systems and transitional provisions for the sale of REC systems that meet the requirements of the REC Regulation in its original form. To assure coherence with the change in the definitions, the text also includes a revision of the test sequence for particulate reduction and the equivalence matrix for the Regulation No. 49 Standard series.

Correction to document GRPE/2013/6 as approved by the REC informal group to align the second warning and inducement in Annex 10 with the first warning and inducement.

Discussion of trade-offs between PM reduction and NO2 limits in retrofit emission control devices.

Planned schedule for reaching approval of the new UN Regulation on retrofit emissions control devices and its second phase amendment.

Discussion items for the 16th REC session concerning stringency requirements and safeguards against reversing particulate filters.

Proposal for a new Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of Retrofit Emission Control Devices (REC) for heavy duty vehicles, agricultural and forestry tractors and non-road mobile machinery equipped with compression-ignition engines

REC informal group proposal for an amendment to document GRPE/2013/6 (the proposal for a new UN Regulation on retrofit emissions controls devices) to address permissible NO₂ levels.

UNECE “background note” providing information on developments in air pollution, the results of recent studies on the harmful effects of diesel exhausts, policy developments in the reduction of pollutant emissions to address health and environmental concerns.

Flow charts explaining the annexes of the draft REC Regulation version 00 (for incorporation into the draft document GRPE/2013/6)

Proposal for an amendment to the new UN Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of Retrofit Emission Control devices for heavy duty vehicles

Draft text of the planned ‘phase 2’ amendment to the new regulation on retrofit emissions control devices presently in its final steps towards adoption.

Explanatory charts for the draft new regulation on retrofit emissions control devices.

Project schedule for development of the new regulation on retrofit emissions control devices.

Formal proposal for the regulation on REC devices for heavy duty vehicles, agricultural and forestry tractors and non-road mobile machinery equipped with compression ignition engines submitted to GRPE for approval to send to the Forum|WP.29.

Clean copy of the draft UN Regulation on retrofit emissions control devices pursuant to the February session of the informal group of experts.

Working draft of the proposed new UN Regulation on retrofit emissions control devices pursuant to the February session of the informal group of experts.

Draft of the amendments pursuant to the REC informal group session of 19-20 February 2013. The amendment is being developed in parallel to the proposed REC regulation and would introduce a second phase of requirements.

Marked-up version of the draft regulation pursuant to the REC informal group session of 19-20 February 2013.

Draft of the proposed regulation pursuant to the 14th REC informal group session of 19-20 February 2013.

Presentation comparing performance results of retrofit diesel particulate filters under the European Test Cycle and Worldwide Harmonized Test Cycle.

E-mail (Outlook .msg format) to the REC secretariat conveying the outcomes of a CLEPA/OICA agreement on a amendments to the draft of the proposed REC regulation.

Draft version of the first-phase regulation on retrofit emissions control devices pending finalization before submission to the Working Party on Pollution and Energy.

Working draft of the phase-two text (i.e., Amendment 1) of the proposed regulation on retrofit emissions control devices.

REC regulation project schedule envisioning submission of the final version of the base regulation at the November 2013 WP.29 session and submission of the second-phase Amendment 1 at the March 2014 session.

Presentation arguing for a “basic rule” to ensure a consistent framework for engine retrofit regulations.

Progress report of the informal group to the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE).

Draft new Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of Retrofit Emission Control Devices (REC) for heavy duty vehicles, agricultural and forestry tractors and non-road mobile machinery equipped with compression-ignition engines. GRPE has requested a formal draft for June 2013.