Note from the WP.29 secretariat to raise awareness of the need for harmony between WP.29 regulations and ITU recommendations or other standards involving mutual recognition.

Q&A informational document on the new version of the 1958 Agreement, prepared by the informal working group on IWVTA.

Draft text prepared by the informal working group on International Whole Vehicle Type Approvals (IWVTA).

Regulation No. 106 contains standardized tyre sizes which often need to be updated in line with technological progress. In order to accelerate the update process of the Regulation and limit the number of amendments, it is proposed to insert in a new Resolution the newly standardized sizes and to refer to this Resolution in Annex 5. As a temporary solution to assess the effectiveness of such proposal, the Annex 5 of Regulation No. 106 will be kept as it is with no further updates. After a trial period of approximately two years and upon confirmation of effectiveness, the complete Annex 5 of Regulation No. 106 would be transferred to this Resolution on Tyre Sizes.

During the 169th session of WP.29 (para. 39 of the session report), the World Forum was informed that, following the entry into force of the new European legislation on provisions on real driving emissions and Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) as of September 2017, no new vehicles will be allowed to enter into the European market without fulfilling these new provisions.

WP.29 agreed to introduce transitional provisions in UN Regulations Nos. 83 and 101 to specify that Contracting Parties applying UN Regulations Nos. 83 and 101 which would also apply WLTP as defined in UN GTR No. 15 (such as the EU) would have no obligation to accept type-approvals granted on the basis of test cycles other than WLTP as of September 2017 (para. 41 of the 169th session report). WP.29 requested the secretariat to prepare an official document for the WP.29 March 2017 session, subject to the endorsement of GRPE at its January 2017 session, on supplements to UN Regulations Nos. 83 and 101 introducing such transitional provisions.

Thus, the secretariat has prepared this text to allow for such a derogation from mutual recognition requirements under UN R83 and R101 until such time as GTR 15 has been transposed into UN Regulations under the 1958 Agreement.

Base document for consideration during the 22nd IWVTA SG58 subgroup session.

Draft proposal prepared by the DETA secretary for transmission to the IWVTA subgroup on the 1958 Agreement.

Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement allows for a Unique Identifier (UI) under the DETA system as an alternative to the current approval mark. In the case of child restraint systems, the approval mark contains important information for users. Therefore, this proposal would prohibit replacement of the approval mark by the UI.

Base document for consideration during the 22nd IWVTA SG58 subgroup session.

Draft of the Q&A document to accompany the publication of Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement.

Concept for addressing vehicle approvals incorporating regulated equipment that is mandatory under some jurisdictions while optional under others.

Proposal for a new schedule to govern the granting and use of “Attestations” which have been proposed to address whole vehicle approval situations where certain equipment (e.g. Daytime Running Lamps) are mandatory on vehicles in one jurisdiction but only regulated on an if-fitted or optional basis in others.

Draft of the Q&A document to accompany the publication of Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement.

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.

Informal updated version as of 14 June 2016 (Track changes version)

Q&A on Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement.

Marked up version of the proposed guidelines for transitional provisions.

Draft text for guidelines on transitional provisions.

Request for clarification on procedures in paragraphs 7.4 and 7.5 of the Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement.

When a series of amendments to any UN Regulation included in a whole vehicle approval is changed, it needs to be considered as an extension of approval to UN R0 even if the series of amendments to R0 remains unchanged. Therefore, the text of Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement (Paragraph 7) should be changed to include the extension/revision criteria for UN R0.

Explanation that discontinuation of production does not invalidate a type approval. Approvals may be withdrawn for non-conformity, but otherwise, approvals remain valid indefinitely.

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

Working draft prepared for consideration during the 20th subgroup session.