GRE proposal to amend the transitional provisions to cease granting new type approvals for the “Sealed Beam” headlamps and to correct the title of UN Regulation No. 31.

Summary of Canada’s acceptance of certain UN Regulations in whole or in part as alternatives to the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Text prepared by the International Automotive Lighting and Light Signalling Expert Group (GTB) to amend the transitional provisions to cease granting new type approvals for the “Sealed Beam” headlamps and to correct the title of UN Regulation No. 31.

Proposal to amend the title of UN R31 by inserting “Halogen” and using the abbreviation “HSB” in order to distiguish the regulation from UN R5. In its justification, GTB also raises the “freezing” of both these regulations as they relate to outdated technologies for future consideration.

Text adopted by the Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE) to update the definition of “type”.

During the preparation of the proposal in GRE/2012/7 to update the definition of “type”, the corresponding amendment to Regulation No. 31 was unintentionally omitted. This addendum completes the collective amendment.

Proposal to clarify the definitions of type with regard to manufacturer, trade names and marks.