| ACPE-GTR | ACPE-GTR UN GTR on Acceleration Control for Pedal Error WP.29 Regulatory Project ACPE-GTR |
| ADDWS | ADDWS Advanced Driver Distraction Warning Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project ADDWS |
| AMEVSC | This effort aimed to introduce into Regulation No. 13 an alternative method to assess the vehicle stability function of heavy-duty motor vehicles through the use of simulations. AMEVSC Alternative Method for the Assessment of EVSC Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project AMEVSC |
| Automated Driving | To one degree or another, automated driving technologies take over functions previously assured entirely by the driver. At one level, driver assistance systems aid the driver in controlling the vehicle. However, technologies have advanced to the point where automated systems propose to replace the driver in controlling various aspects of vehicle behavior. For example, lane-keeping assistance systems propose to intervene in the steering of the vehicle in order to maintain the vehicle within a lane of travel. At the furthest point in the spectrum, autonomous vehicles propose to assume full responsibility for vehicle behavior without any driver intervention. As a result, such technologies undermine the fundamental assumption that the driver is responsible for the vehicle and thus present the regulatory community with a host of unprecedented opportunities and challenges in ensuring road safety. WP.29 has undertaken to address these issues on a global basis in order to seek uniform worldwide responses that will promote the use of these technologies while ensuring their safe introduction into road traffic. Automated Driving Automated Driving Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project Automated Driving |
| Automotive Life Cycle Assessment | The Automotive Life Cycle Assessment (A-LCA) initiative aims to develop an internationally harmonised procedure to determine the carbon footprint of automotive products from production to use and disposal. Automotive Life Cycle Assessment Automotive Life Cycle Assessment WP.29 Regulatory Project Automotive Life Cycle Assessment |
| AV categories | AV categories Automated vehicle categorisation WP.29 Regulatory Project AV categories |
| AV Signaling Requirements | This item considers the value and possible need for requirements on the provision of signals to indicate the status and to communicate the next intended actions of vehicles equipped with automated driving systems. AV Signaling Requirements Automated Vehicle Signaling Requirements WP.29 Regulatory Project AV Signaling Requirements |
| DDAWS | During the November 2023 WP.29 session, the representative of Australia recommended that GRSG undertake an activity on driver distraction. WP.29 agreed to consider it on the basis of concrete proposals provided by GRSG experts. DDAWS Driver Drowsiness and Attention Warning Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project DDAWS |
| DSSAD | DSSAD relates to the development of requirements for data collection and storage with particular attention to liability issues. A Data Storage System for Automated Driving is envisioned as a device or a function for Level 3-5 automated driving systems that can record driver-system interactions surrounding a critical safety event. DSSAD Data Storage Systems for Automated Driving WP.29 Regulatory Project DSSAD |
| ELKS | This topic includes 2013-2016 deliberations on the potential benefits of lane-keeping assistance systems and a 2024 proposal from Australia to establish a new UN Regulation based on <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2021.133.01.0031.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2021%3A133%3ATOC" target="_blank">Regulation (EU) 2021/646 of 19 April 2021</a>. ELKS Emergency Lane-Keeping Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project ELKS |
| EMB | EMB Electromechanical Braking Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project EMB |
| Emergency Stop Signal | Not applicable. This initiative concerns amendments to UNECE R13 and R13-H. <p>ESS would amend UNECE Regulations 13 and 13-H on heavy and light vehicle braking, respectively, to incorporate systems that automatically signal sudden hard braking of motor vehicles to following vehicles.</p> <p>Of current concern is the risk of regenerative braking systems (as used in hybrids and electric vehicles) to interfere with and/or mimic the behavior of ESS systems.</p> Emergency Stop Signal Emergency Stop Signal WP.29 Regulatory Project Emergency Stop Signal |
| EMIS | Topic originally based on proposal for Urban Emergency Braking Systems. Proposal to enable approval of braking systems that prevent forward motion in the presence of a vulnerable road user (VRU). The proposal has been raised relative to the work on commercial vehicle driver direct vision as an active safety means to reduce risks of collisions with VRU in dense traffic environments. EMIS Emergency Motion Inhibition System WP.29 Regulatory Project EMIS |
| ESC Malfunction Tell-tale | Not applicable. This effort aims to harmonize the ESC malfunction tell-tale provisions between the UNECE braking regulations R13 and R13-H and GTR No. 8. <p>The proposed language aims to harmonize and improve the requirements to indicate the intervention of ESC-related systems across the main braking regulations, i.e. FMVSS 126, GTR 8, UNECE R13H and R13.</p> <p>OICA has proposed following the essence of FMVSS 126 as the clearest regulation in this respect because it indicates in that manufacturers “…may use the ESC malfunction telltale in a flashing mode to indicate operation of these ESC-related systems”.</p> ESC Malfunction Tell-tale ESC Malfunction Tell-tale WP.29 Regulatory Project ESC Malfunction Tell-tale |
| EV power determination | UN Regulation on the determination of system power of hybrid electric vehicles and of pure electric vehicles having more than one electric machine for propulsion EV power determination Electrified vehicle power determination WP.29 Regulatory Project EV power determination |
| Fuel Quality | Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles: Annex 4-Recommendation on market fuel quality This program resulted in the addition of Annex 4 to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles. Fuel Quality Fuel Quality WP.29 Regulatory Project Fuel Quality |
| Fully Automated Couplings | Not applicable. This project envisions amendments to UNECE R13 and R55. <p>UNECE Regulation 13 mandates the use of the standardized ISO 7638 connector for relating braking signals between a towing and a towed vehicle; however, such is not possible when using a fully automated coupling system.</p> <p>Therefore, the GRRF is pursuing amendments to UNECE R13 to establish alternative requirements to cover this situation.</p> <p>This effort will also produce a new definition for FACS under UNECE R55.</p> <p>The first phase focuses on Category N3, O3, and O4 vehicles vis-à-vis FACS.</p> <p>A second phase may address requirements for modular vehicle combinations and totally integrated vehicle combination control systems.</p> Fully Automated Couplings Fully Automated Coupling Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project Fully Automated Couplings |
| GRDE | GRDE Global Real Driving Emissions WP.29 Regulatory Project GRDE |
| HD EV Battery Durability | This topic followed the establishment of GTR 22 on light EV battery durability. The expectation is for a new GTR specific to battery durability of heavy-duty electric vehicles. HD EV Battery Durability Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Battery Durability WP.29 Regulatory Project HD EV Battery Durability |
| Heavy-duty Hybrids (HDH) | This project, as currently envisioned, would result in an amendment to Global Technical Regulation 4: Worldwide Harmonized Heavy-Duty Emissions Certification Procedure (WHDC). This effort aims to establish an amendment to Global Technical Regulation (gtr) No. 4 (WHDC) with respect to pollutant and CO2 emissions from heavy duty hybrids. The initial focus is on a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HILS) approach, which starts from the vehicle speed pattern of the WHVC vehicle cycle and simulates powertrain and vehicle components to result in a hybrid specific engine cycle for pollutant emissions and CO2 testing and measurement, and which allows using the test cell environment, data evaluation procedures and emissions calculations specified in gtr No. 4. This effort may lead to a second phase to establish a chassis dyno test procedure, as an alternative to HILS, which would involve specifying new requirements with respect to test cell environment, data evaluation procedures and emissions calculations. The informal group developing this regulatory language expects to finalize its work in March 2013 for GRPE review the following June (setting the stage for possible WP.29 adoption in November 2013 or March 2014). Heavy-duty Hybrids (HDH) Heavy-Duty Hybrid Vehicle Emissions WP.29 Regulatory Project Heavy-duty Hybrids (HDH) |
| Light Vehicle OBD | Proposal to transpose UN R83 and Japanese OBD requirements into a new Global Technical Regulation updated to use the WLTP test cycle (WLTC). Light Vehicle OBD Light Vehicle On-Board Diagnostic Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project Light Vehicle OBD |
| MACTP | Not applicable. Presently, the intention is to integrate the results of this project into UNECE R101 and Annex 4 on UNECE R83. <p>The EU is developing a Mobile Air-Conditioning test procedure (MACTP) to measure MAC energy efficiency and its impact on vehicle emissions for implementation "as soon as possible". Consequently, the Forum has established an informal group to address this effort.</p> <p>The MACTP informal group mission includes:<br> - To collaborate with the EC in the development of the procedures;<br> - To ensure that other signatories to the 1958 Agreement are aware of and can contribute to the EU work; and<br> - To ensure exchange of information with 1998 Agreement signatories, such as India, China, and in particular, the US.<br></p> <p>Once the EU completes its draft test procedure, the MACTP group would pursue its integration into UNECE R101 and Annex 4 of UNECE R83. MACTP Mobile Air-Conditioning Test Procedure WP.29 Regulatory Project MACTP |
| Odometers | Proposal for new uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the odometer equipment including its installation First proposed in early 2013, Belgium raised this initiative in order to combat mileage fraud and set uniform requirements for the odometers omnipresent in motor vehicles. According to the Belgian submission, studies show that mileage fraud across the 28 million used cars registered annually in the EU costs consumers some 5-10 billion euros each year. Belgium subsequently proposed to include odometer provisions within UN Regulation No. 39. Therefore, this development program is considered closed since any activity will now take place within the context of amending UN R39. For further and up-to-date information, <a href="http://www.globalautoregs.com/rules/50">please see the UN R39 page</a>. Odometers Odometer equipment and its installation WP.29 Regulatory Project Odometers |
| PTI Test Centers | To be determined. Proposal to establish a new UN Rule No. 5 covering requirements for periodic technical inspection test centers. During the June 2015 session of WP.29, the proposal was put on hold pending the outcome of discussions within the newly established informal working group on Periodical Technical Inspections (PTI). PTI Test Centers Supervision of Vehicle Inspection Test Centers WP.29 Regulatory Project PTI Test Centers |
| PTI Testing Equipment | To be determined. Proposal to establish a new UN Rule No. 3 covering testing equipment for periodic technical inspections. During the June 2015 session of WP.29, the proposal was put on hold pending the outcome of discussions within the newly established informal working group on Periodical Technical Inspections (PTI). PTI Testing Equipment Vehicle Inspection Testing Equipment WP.29 Regulatory Project PTI Testing Equipment |
| PTI Training | To be determined. Proposal to establish a new UN Rule No. 4 covering training and skill requirements for vehicle technical inspectors. During the June 2015 session of WP.29, the proposal was put on hold pending the outcome of discussions within the newly established informal working group on Periodical Technical Inspections (PTI). PTI Training Skills and Training for Vehicle Technical Inspectors WP.29 Regulatory Project PTI Training |
| PTI-AECS | PTI-AECS Periodical Technical Inspections of Accident Emergency Call Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project PTI-AECS |
| PTI: PN Emissions | PTI: PN Emissions Resolution on a Particle Number Emission Test for Periodic Technical Inspections WP.29 Regulatory Project PTI: PN Emissions |
| RDD | Not applicable. This initiative proposes to extend the scope of UNECE R90 to include replacement brake discs and drums. <p>The performance of a brake depends on both the brake lining and the mating surface of the disc or drum against which it rubs.</p> <p>The proposed amendments would establish minimum performance standards for replacement brake linings through Regulation No. 90 end extend its scope to establish minimum performance standards for replacement brake discs and drums for vehicles of categories M, N and O.</p> RDD Replacement Brake Discs and Drums WP.29 Regulatory Project RDD |
| REESS | This project aims to amend existing UN Regulations. <p>WP.29, under the Electic Safety Informal Group of the GRSP, endorsed this effort to ensure the safety of rechargeable energy storage systems (REESS) using in electric drive vehicles. The scope includes normal operation and post-crash behavior.</p> <p>The intention is to finalize language for introduction into existing UNECE regulations by March 2012.</p> REESS Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems WP.29 Regulatory Project REESS |
| Regulation Screening for ADS | WP.29 has requested its subsidiary working parties (GR) to review current regulations for issues that may arise in their application to vehicles equipped with Automated Driving Systems. This topic covers the activities across the working parties. Regulation Screening for ADS Review of Regulations for Applicability to ADS Vehicles WP.29 Regulatory Project Regulation Screening for ADS |
| SRP | Discussion of lighting systems capable of projecting images on the roadway to support drivers and VRU awareness. SRP Light-Signal Road Projection WP.29 Regulatory Project SRP |
| Thermal Propagation | Program to prepare regulatory text for a "model regulation" regarding the safety of electric vehicles with regard to risks of thermal propagation in the rechargeable electrical energy storage system, focusing on introduction of a thermal propagation test method. The proposal will serve as the basis for a new series of amendments to UN R100. Thermal Propagation REESS Thermal Propagation Testing WP.29 Regulatory Project Thermal Propagation |
| Trailer Braking | Not applicable. This effort concerns amendments to UNECE R13. Trailer Braking Trailer Braking WP.29 Regulatory Project Trailer Braking |
| Tyre abrasion | Initiative directed towards a New UN Regulation on microplastics from tyres, including: method for rating tyres based on their abrasion performance; enabling the quantification of microplastic emissions from tyres; investigating correlation between abrasion rate and durability of tyres. Tyre abrasion Tyre abrasion test method development WP.29 Regulatory Project Tyre abrasion |
| VRU Proximity Awareness | This program aims to develop test procedures and performance requirements for close-proximity vision and object detection systems in order to reduce the risk of collision with pedestrians and other vulnerable road users when a vehicle is moving in reverse. VRU Proximity Awareness Awareness of Vulnerable Road Users in Low-speed Maneuvers WP.29 Regulatory Project VRU Proximity Awareness |
| WLTP Durability | GTR program under WLTP to develop global test procedures to assess the durability of anti-pollution devices of vehicles equipped with positive ignition or compression-ignition engines. WLTP Durability Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Device Durability WP.29 Regulatory Project WLTP Durability |