USA: Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements; Final Rule

Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from Non-road Diesel Engines and Fuel; Final Rule

USA: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 108 Lamps, Reflective devices and Associated Equipment

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 135 Passenger Car Braking Systems

USA: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 139 New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light Vehicles

USA: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 213 Child Restraint Systems and FMVSS No. 225 Child Restraint Anchorage Systems

USA: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standard and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control;
Requirements; Final Rule.

Situation on priorities and proposals to develop UN GTR as of 6 November 2025.

Proposal to reaffirm Japan’s Real Driving Emissions (RDE) Methodology.

Situation on priorities and proposals to develop UN GTRs as of 10 November 2022

Request to re-insert in Listing Number 11 – United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation programmes for Light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards.

Request to maintain in the Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 12 – United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation Programmes for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles.

Request to maintain in the Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 13 – United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Program for Revisions and Additions to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label – New Fuel Economy and Environment Labels for a New Generation of Vehicles.

Status of the 1998 Agreement of the global registry and of the compendium of candidates – Situation on priorities and proposals to develop UN GTRs as of 5 March 2021.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 5 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 108 Lamps, Reflective devices and Associated Equipment.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 6 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 135 Passenger Car Braking Systems.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 7 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 139 New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light Vehicles.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 9 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 213 Child Restraint Systems and FMVSS No. 225 Child Restraint Anchorage Systems.

Establishment of the Executive Committee (AC.3) of the 1998 Agreement Fifty-sixth session (item 12) – Proposals for amendments to UN GTRs (items 14.2.1. to 14.2.4.)

Status of the 1998 Agreement, including the mandatory notifications by Contracting Parties to the secretariat in accordance with article 7 of the Agreement. This document was developed for the first time in 2007 by the secretariat as the tool for monitoring the Agreement

Status of the 1998 Agreement of the global registry and of the compendium of candidates: Situation on priorities and proposals to develop UN GTRs as of 6 November 2019.

Overview of work priorities of the European Commission for EU regulatory requirements as input towards defining priorities for work under WP.29. (The EU directly applies UN Regulations under its legislation.)

Document prepared by the ECE Secretariat to support countries considering accession to the 1998 Agreement

This presentation was accompanied by a crash test video.

Presentation of a study to introduce and demonstrate methodologies that are available and used by governments and other vehicle sector stakeholders to project the economic utility of applying UN Vehicle Regulations that have been identified in a series of strategic documents, such as the Global Plan for the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety, as key for the improvement of national road safety performance.

This version of the programme developed by Japan and the European Union supersedes the previous versions and substitutes for planned formal document WP.29/2018/78.

Proposal to update the scope of the PTI informal group activities to cover new subjects, including diesel emissions system tampering and automated vehicle in-use performance.

Status of the agreement as of 13 June 2018.

Establishment of the Executive Committee (AC.3) of the 1998 Agreement Fifty-third session (agenda item 12) – Consideration and vote by AC.3 (agenda items 14.2, 14.3 and 15)

Proposal of subjects for work from the EU and Japan.

Voting table for 1998 Agreement decisions.

Draft listing of global technical regulation development programs organized into relative categories of priority.

In accordance with the decision of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee to review its programme of work every two years, the next review being 2018, the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) is requested to review and adopt its programme of work for 2018–2019 as well as the relevant parameters allowing for its biennial evaluation.

Proposal, pursuant to discussions among the Contracting Parties to the various WP.29 agreements, to facilitate contributions to Forum activities from participants, such as observers, that do not have ECOSOC consultative status. The proposal would permit direct application to the Forum (WP.29/AC.2) for authorization to participate in a consultative capacity.

Joint EU/Japan/US proposal for the program of work, segmented into

• Existing GTRs – High priority
• Existing GTRs – Low priority
• Existing GTRs – No activities identified for PoW, and
• New priorities
.

Situation as of 8 March 2017.

USA request Listing No. 12 in the Compendium of Candidate Global Technical Regulations be extended for another five years. Listing No. 12 concerns “US Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Programmes for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles”.

Request to re-insert in the Compendium of Candidate global technical regulations United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation programmes for Light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (listing No. 11).

Draft proposal attempting to prioritize work on Global Technical Regulations.

OICA recommendation that event data recorders, automatic emergency braking systems, and lane-keeping assistance systems be considered for harmonization under the 1998 Agreement.

Table to establish the quorum and vote on the US request to extend Listing Number 13 (United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Program for Revisions and Additions to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label: New Fuel Economy and Environment Labels for a New Generation of Vehicles) for another five years in the Compendium of Candidates.

Request to maintain in the Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 13 –United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Program for Revisions and Additions to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label – New Fuel Economy and Environment Labels for a New Generation of Vehicles.

Proposal to clarify the concepts of options, modules, and alternatives in the special resolution to improve the functioning of the 1998 Agreement.

Form for use in Establishment of the Executive Committee AC.3 under the 1998 Agreement (item 12) and Consideration and vote by AC.3 (item 14)

Paper by the WP.29 secretariat to outline possibilities for regulatory provisions covering the performance of automotive systems under conditions other than those tested in the framework of type-approval or self-certification, with TPMS as a case study.

The performance of automotive systems in conditions other than those tested in the framework of type-approval or self-certification (document WP29-168-15).

Proposal for a Special Resolution to provide a framework within which the representatives of the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and other interested stakeholders can work to improve the implementation of the 1998 Global Agreement.

Brief summary of GRRF discussions related to the performance of products in conditions outside the scope of test procedures (i.e., assuring satisfactory performance under all normal road conditions). GRRF agreed with Russia that this issue should be put before the full World Forum.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework through which the delegates to the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and other interested stakeholders can examine the experience with the 1998 Global Agreement and agree on ideas and processes for improvement in its implementation. This version supersedes the previous documents WP.29-167-12 and WP.29/2015/108.

Declaration from the UN gathering of ministers during 18-19 November 2015, including item OP20. Promote the adoption of policies and measures to implement United Nations vehicle safety regulations or equivalent national standards to ensure that all new motor vehicles, meet applicable minimum regulations for occupant and other road users protection, with seat belts, air bags and active safety systems such as anti-lock braking system (ABS) and electronic stability control (ESC) fitted as standard.

Comments received from OICA, CLEPA/MEMA/JAPIA, and Transport Canada with “trilateral group” (EU/USA/Japan) responses.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework through which the delegates to the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and other interested stakeholders can examine the experience with the 1998 Global Agreement and agree on ideas and processes for improvement in its implementation.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework through which the delegates to the World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and other interested stakeholders can examine the experience with the 1998 Global Agreement and agree on ideas and processes for improvement in its implementation.

Information on WP.29 plans to introduce an automated system that would generate consolidated versions of UN Regulations and GTR, including all amendments and corrections, at the time each enters info force. This system may also allow for the generation of earlier versions of each regulation according to the past date selected.

Template for following the vote to include the proposed national regulations in the compendium of regulations for consideration as part of any related future GTR development work.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 1 from the United States concerns highway diesel fuel sulfur control and heavy-duty engines.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 2 from the United States concerns “Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 3 from the United States concerns the “Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from Non-road Diesel Engines and Fuel”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 5 concerns the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108: “Lamps, Reflective devices and Associated Equipment”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 6 concern the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 135: “Passenger Car Braking Systems”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 7 concerns the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 139: “New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light Vehicles”.

The Compendium of Candidates maintains a list of national and/or regional regulations proposed by Contracting Parties as possible bases for the development of Global Technical Regulations. Listing No. 9 concerns the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 213: “Child Restraint System” and No. 225: “Child Restraint Anchorage Systems”.

Voting form for consideration of amendment 2 to GTR 3 on motorcycle brakes and amendment 3 to GTR 4 on heavy-duty vehicle emissions test procedures.

Excerpt concerning the activities of WP.29 from the UNECE report on its efforts to support the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety.

Update on the status of work on UN Global Technical Regulations.

Example texts of a letter and e-mails concerning the notification procedures for GTR under the 1998 Agreement (sent by the UNECE to Contracting Parties and their Foreign Missions to the UN in Geneva).

WP.29 secretariat update on the status of amendments to existing GTR and projects to establish new GTR.

Status report on UN Global Technical Regulations.

Status Report on the United States of America’s Consideration of Global Technical Regulations for Incorporation into Its Domestic Standards

Status of the 1998 Agreement of the global registry and of the compendium of candidates: Situation on priorities and proposals to develop gtrs as of 06 June 2013

Status of current efforts to establish global technical regulations or amendments thereto.

List of parties to the agreement, global technical regulations, transposition of GTR into local legislation, etc.

This report reviews the transposition/application status within Russia of the first 11 global technical regulations.

Microsoft access database extract.

This document contains the progress of the activities for monitoring and evaluation of WP.29 actions in the framework of the decade of actions since its launch (11 May 2011).

Status of the 1998 Agreement, of the Global Registry and of the
Compendium of Candidates.

WP.29 secretariat summary of the status of the various GTR and activities towards their development and the development of new GTR.

Draft introduction and executive summary prepared by the World Forum secretariat for the third edition of the “Blue Book” overview of WP.29 objectives, structure, and activities.

Request to list in the Compendium of candidate global technical regulations (compendium of candidates) the United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation programmes for Light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.