Proposal to specify that if a particulate filter is defective and/or has been removed, soot deposit are likely to appear on the exhaust pipe, highlighting a potential problem with the particulate filter during the inspection.

7. GRPE adopted GRPE-80-15 as amended by Annex IV to the session report and requested the secretariat to submit Annex IV to WP.29 for consideration at its March 2020 session as informal document WP29-180-06.

Proposal to include examination for soot in the exhaust pipe of vehicles equipped with particulate filters. If a particulate filter is defective and/or has been removed, soot deposit are likely to appear on the exhaust pipe, highlighting a potential problem with the particulate filter.

6. WP.29 reverted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/120 to each GR to propose amendments for the March 2020 session of WP.29. The Chair introduced GRPE-80-15 proposing amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/120 on road side inspections.

7. GRPE adopted GRPE-80-15 as amended by Annex IV to the session report and requested the secretariat to submit Annex IV to WP.29 for consideration at its March 2020 session as informal document WP29-180-06.