Comments on the consolidated draft proposal for revision of the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the development of the IWVTA system.

Russian views on interaction and complementarity between the proposed UN international whole vehicle type approval system and other, especially national, regulatory requirements.

Revised document asking for WP.29 guidance on the process for integrating new UN Regulations or amendments to existing regulations into Annex 4 of the UN Regulation 0 (i.e., altering the breadth of the whole vehicle type approval regulation).

DETA informal group input concerning the use of the Data Exchange for Type Approvals in concert with the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Proposal to insert provisions for the use of incandescent light sources in the case of light source modules and lamps with non-replaceable light sources and to update the Conformity of Production (CoP) requirements.

Proposal to amend the provisions concerning the heat test requirements for conformity of production.

Proposal to extend the approval code identification markings from two digits to three.

Document raising concerns that the current draft of the proposed UN Regulation 0 on whole vehicle type approvals would impose new mutual recognition requirements beyond the current 1958 Agreement.

Presentation from the WP.29 secretariat.

Australian proposal to allow for a “not to apply at this time” notification rather than the current term expressing “disagreement”. Australia notes that a Contracting Party can perfectly agree with a regulation, but be unable to implement it until a date later than the UN date of “entry into force”.

Japan comments on the proposal for a procedure by which a new technology could be exempted from certain requirements of a UN Regulation with which it is incompatible.

Japan comments on the proposal for a procedure by which a new technology could be exempted from certain requirements of a UN Regulation with which it is incompatible.

Proposal for Article 12.2 of the revised 1958 Agreement.

Proposal to transfer brake assist systems provisions out of UN Regulation 13-H and into a new stand-alone regulation. The proposal arises from a perceived need to simplify UN R13-H to facilitate its application within the proposed international whole vehicle type approval.

Proposal to transfer electronic stability control systems provisions out of UN Regulation 13-H and into a new stand-alone regulation. The proposal arises from a perceived need to simplify UN R13-H to facilitate its application within the proposed international whole vehicle type approval.

Proposal to delete references to electronic control systems and brake assist systems within UN R13-H in order to simplify use of the regulation within the proposed international whole vehicle type approval regulation. These provisions would be taken up by new separate UN Regulations.

Consideration of “optional requirements” of UN Regulations within the context of the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

OICA presentation of views on the proposed amendments to the convention government UN Regulations and mutual recognition of type approvals.

The proposed introduction of an international whole vehicle type approval system has raised a number of technical questions regarding the scope and obligations inscribed within the 1958 Agreement. UN Office of Legal Affairs counsel was requested to provide answers these questions.

Editorial improvements to the proposal to clarify the requirements for the special warning lamp while allowing for harmonization with the requirements for emergency warning lamps as prescribed by SAE.

Proposal to specify that headlamps producing only a driving beam are subject to testing of the resistance to mechanical deterioration of the plastic lens surface. The current text only specifies procedures for the passing beam.