Status report on the Informal Working Group on Event Data Recorder and Data Storage System for Automated Driving. The IWG has developed requirements for UN R157, UN R185/GTR, UN R160, and UN R169. DSSAD activities will be removed from the IWG on EDR/DSSAD and assumed by a new IWG on ADS2, pending WP.29 decision. EDR Step 2 work includes proposals for a 03 Series of Amendments to UN R160 and Supplement 3 to UN R169. EDR Step 3 will consider data survivability, triggering sensitivity, data elements, and EDR for category L vehicles, with a proposal planned for April 2027.

List of documents for the eightieth session of the Working Party on Passive Safety scheduled for Geneva, 7–11 December 2026. Documents include proposals for:

• Amendment 3 to UN GTR 1,
• A new UN Regulation for M₂ and M₃ vehicles to prevent children being left inside,
• A 05 series of amendments to UN R11,
• A 02 series of amendments to UN R21,
• Supplement 4 to the 06 series of amendments to UN R22,
• A 06 series of amendments to UN R129,
• Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments to UN R134,
• Supplement 03 to the 01 series of amendments to UN R145,
• Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN R170,
• A 02 series of amendments to UN R173,
• A new UN Regulation for category N₁ vehicles regarding fuel system integrity and crash compatibility,
• Supplement 3 to the original series of amendments to UN R42,
• Supplement 5 to the 04 series of amendments to UN R127,
• Amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 94, 95, 100, 127, 134, 135, 137, 153, 173, 174 and 184.

Provisional agenda for GRSP’s eightieth session to be held 7–11 December 2026 in Geneva. The session will address UN Global Technical Regulations No. 1, 13, and 20; UN Regulations Nos. 11, 17, 21, 22, 95, 100, 127, 129, 134, 145, 170, 173, and 174; a new UN Regulation and authorization request for a GTR on children left in vehicles; collective amendments to UN Regulations affecting automated vehicles; Mutual Resolution No. 1; equitable occupant protection; and other business items including vehicle automation, software updates, airbags, child restraint systems, and bus protection.

The task force completed working documents for transposition of the optional part of GTR 13 on liquefied hydrogen (GRSP/2025/41, GRSP-78-15/Rev.1, GRSP-78-16/Rev.2), updating ISO 17268-1:2025 references for receptacle geometry, and incorporating ISO 19887-1:2024 and periodic inspection requirements into UN Regulation No. 134 (WP.29/2026/56, WP.29/2026/136, WP.29/2026/57). The task force recommended deferring discussions on supply line standards to IWG GTR 13 Phase 3 and provided recommendations for hydrogen storage and fuel system requirements.

Proposal to insert a new chapter P and paragraphs 247 and 248 establishing that supply lines for additional TPRDs are constructed from metallic materials with further investigation required for other materials in the next phase, and requiring manufacturers to provide handling procedures to ensure supply lines will not suffer damage or contamination during handling with removal from service of lines with unacceptable damage, exclude the drop test from the requirements at para. 51., and amend para. 81. (c) (i) to clarify that drop impact testing applies to containers without supply lines and valves with damage to supply lines or valves requiring replacement.