Agenda for the 132nd session of the Working Party on General Safety Provisions, scheduled 28 September to 2 October. The session will address amendments to UN R107, UN R43, UN R46, UN R67, UN R110, UN R116, UN R161, UN R162, UN R163, UN R151, UN R158, UN R159, UN R166, UN R121, UN R122, UN R125, UN R0, UN R160, UN R169, UN R58, UN R105, UN R73, UN R39, and UN R58. The session will also cover vehicle automation, periodical technical inspections, driver distraction and drowsiness warning systems, and door open warning systems.

Status report on the Special Interest Group on Component & Separate Technical Unit work on UN R158 and UN R159. The SIG-C&STU is developing proposals to add Component and Separate Technical Unit approval routes to UN R151, UN R158, UN R159, and UN R166. For UN R159, Supplement 4 is under review with documents at GRSG-132. For UN R158, a Proposal for Supplement 7 is in development. The group requests feedback on structural approaches and timelines for working document submissions by January 2027.

Proposal to amend para. 6.2. to clarify application to mirrors installed inside a vehicle, amend para. 6.2.2. to relocate a reference to Annex 13, delete paras. 6.2.1., 6.2.2.3., 6.2.2.3.1. and 6.2.2.3.2., amend para. 6.2.2.2.6.2. to provide that compliance with impact test requirements may be deemed satisfied where a mirror is mounted on the same mounting as a Class II or III mirror type approved to UN R46, amend Annex 9, para. 1.2. to add an explicit reference to para. 15.2., and delete Figure 2 in Annex 9, para. 1.2.

The UN IWG for CLIV is in Phase 2 on developing a new UN Regulation on Children Left in Vehicles (CLIVs) for vehicle categories M2 and M3. The draft UN Regulation includes requirements with regards to visual and audible external warnings in buses and coaches to assist in the prevention of children being left inside. The IWG has prioritized the development of a new UN Regulation for buses and coaches in the first instance.

Proposal to amend UN R18, UN R39, UN R46, UN R55, UN R58, UN R67, UN R73, UN R93, UN R97, UN R102, UN R105, UN R107, UN R110, UN R116, UN R121, UN R122, UN R125, UN R144, UN R147, UN R151, UN R158, UN R159, UN R160, UN R161, UN R162, UN R163, UN R166, UN R169, UN R176, UN R181, UN R182 and UN R183:

• Add new paragraphs defining Software Identification Number by reference to Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) Annex 7, para. 2,
• amend paragraphs concerning production discontinuation to clarify that production is not considered definitively discontinued if vehicle manufacturers intend to obtain subsequent extensions of approval for software updates of vehicles already registered in the market,
• add new paragraphs requiring manufacturers to provide Technical Services with information on all hardware and software having an influence on performance,
• add new paragraphs allowing vehicle manufacturers to apply for new vehicle approvals to differentiate software versions for vehicles already registered in the market from those for new vehicles,
• add new paragraphs to approval forms requesting additional information regarding software identification and software updates, including whether Software Identification Number is held on the vehicle and relevant parameters for identification of vehicles that can be updated with the represented software.

Proposal to insert new paras. 0.1. to 0.1.2. defining scope for vehicles of categories X and Y, amend para. 1.1.1. to specify approval for vehicles of category M₁ and N₁, amend footnote 1 to paras. 0.1., 1.1.1. and 1.1.2., insert new para. 1.1.5. stating the Regulation does not apply to vehicles of category Y and vehicles of category X without manual mode, amend footnote 2 to para. 5.4.1., insert new para. 12.7. defining “Safety Concept”, amend para. 15. to allow alternative requirements for vehicles of category X with manual mode not using a driver’s seat, amend para. 15.2.2. regarding close-proximity vision fields and vehicle load, and amend Annex 9, para. 1.3.3.2. regarding vehicle load.

Proposal to amend and supersede document ECE/TRANS/GRSG/2026/16. Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN R166 addresses vehicles of categories X and Y. Vehicles of category Y and category X without manual mode intended for on-board operation are exempted from the scope. Vehicles of category X equipped with manual mode seated in a driver’s seat must comply with general provisions. Manual operation other than seated in a driver’s seat may apply alternative provisions. The Regulation applies to vehicles of category M₁ and N₁. New definitions of “Safety Concept” are introduced. Requirements address close-proximity front and lateral field of vision from adjusted driver’s ocular points.

Proposal from the GRSG task force on Automated Vehicles Regulation Screening to enable application of UN R166 to ADS vehicles, including the exemption of ADS vehicles of subcategories X and Y from the requirements of the Regulation.