Response to the proposal to update references to the permissible test tracks (document GRB/2013/2), arguing that the change from ISO 10844:1994 to ISO 10844:2011 is unnecessary since it does not change the test method to measure the tyre rolling noise.

Discussion paper outlining concerns over particulates originating from tire erosion and suggesting a need for global regulatory provisions to limit such environmental risks.

Report of the ‘ambassador’ delegated by the IWVTA informal group to coordinate work with the GRPE on establishing the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Amendments to the proposal to amend the snow test method for C3 tyres in order to prescribe the wider of the possible speed ranges. Corrects wording to replace “blocking differential” with “differential lock” and mandatory use of differential lock in certain cases.

Working draft of the tire GTR updated from document GRRF/2012/22 with modifications from the GRRF 19 September 2012 discussions.

Complete marked-up working draft of the revised 1958 Agreement pursuant to the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system following the 3rd session of the IWVTA subgroup on revision of the 1958 Agreement.

Complete version without markups of the revised 1958 Agreement pursuant to the work on an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system and following the 3rd session of the subgroup on revision of the 1958 Agreement.

Reproduction of the document DETA-17-07 prepared by the DETA informal group for use by the SGR0 subgroup .

The proposal would delete redundant words to improve brevity and clarity.

Amendments to the proposal to amend the snow test method for C3 tyres in order to prescribe the wider of the possible speed ranges. Corrects wording to replace “blocking differential” with “differential lock” and mandatory use of differential lock in certain cases.

Text prepared by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) in order to introduce the concept of “revision of approvals” in the regulations under GRB responsibility.

Presentation on the development of tire rolling resistance standards by the GRRF and GRB.

Presentation on objectives of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval initiative and review of UN Regulations under the purview of GRB that could figure into the IWVTA system.

Text prepared by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) in order to introduce the concept of “revision of approvals” into regulations under GRRF responsibility.

Editorial corrections to the proposal prepared by the European Commission (EC), France and European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) to introduce wet grip provisions and testing procedures for tyres of categories C2 and C3.

Proposal concerning the final report following upon the draft prepared by France on the development of a global technical regulation concerning uniform provisions for pneumatic radial tyres for passenger and light truck (commercial) vehicles.

Complete working draft of the proposed revisions to the 1958 Agreement in view of the implementation of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system pursuant to the 4th session of the IWVTA subgroup on revisions to the 1958 Agreement.

Working draft of the regulation to enable an international whole vehicle type approval system.

Introduction to a new EC-sponsored research project into the impact of tire-pressure monitoring systems in reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of commercial vehicles.

Draft questionnaire destined for TPMS manufacturers and developed for the study of TPMS in the reduction of commercial vehicle fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Questionnaire destined for tire manufacturers and developed for the study of TPMS in the reduction of commercial vehicle fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Questionnaire destined for vehicle manufacturers and developed for the study of TPMS in the reduction of commercial vehicle fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Updated version of the proposed global technical regulation on light vehicle pneumatic radial tires.

Relation between L&R slip ratio difference and ACC without TCS and Differential Lock and Comparison between Traction Control System “ON” and “OFF”.

Proposal towards reaching common understanding of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) procedure under the framework of the 1958 Geneva Agreement. This document introduces statements that may be used as legal provisions enabling effective application of the IWVTA process.

Concerns from legal experts towards ensuring that revisions to the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the implementation of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system would be agreed by all Contracting Parties.

Comments from Japan concerning the smooth implementation of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Korea raises the point that countries may adopt a UN Regulation without substituting it for their local legislation. Under such a scenario, the country accepts foreign certifications, but not does enforce the regulation domestically. Korea notes that it uses self-certification without CoP.

Complete working draft of the revised 1958 Agreement pursuant to the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system prior to the start of the 5th session of the IWVTA subgroup on revisions to the 1958 Agreement.

Comments on the consolidated working draft of the revised 1958 Agreement in view of the proposed implementation of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Outcomes of the 4th session of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval subgroup on revision of the 1958 Agreement.

Proposed amendments to the proposed revisions to the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the international whole vehicle type approval project.

Presentation from the “ambassador” of the Informal Group for the establishment of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) system concerning activities and information relevant to the GRRF.

Draft of modifications to the 1958 Agreement pursuant to plans for the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Revision by the SG58 subgroup chair of paragraph 6 in the preamble proposed in document S58-02-02/Rev.1.

Overview for GRE on the objective, status, and scope of IWVTA including
component regulations under consideration for integration into the whole vehicle approval system.

Table of lighting-related regulations for integration into the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Text of the new GTR on light vehicle radial tires as adopted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) at its 74th session.

Priority of Discussion on Technical Requirements for IWVTA

Based upon a proposal from the ETRTO and the UK, this text was adopted by the Working Party on Noise (GRB) at its 57th session to update noise test-track requirements from ISO 19844:1994 to ISO 10844:2011 and incorporate transitional provisions to allow repaving of existing, non-compliant test tracks with the ISO 10844:2011 standards.

Text as adopted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) at its 75th session based upon a proposal by the European Commission, France and ETRTO to introduce wet grip provisions and testing procedures for tyres of categories C2 and C3.

Text as adopted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) at its 74th session based upon a European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) proposal to amend the snow test method for C3 tyres in order to prescribe the wider of the possible speed ranges (document GRRF/2012/19). Please note that this proposal was adopted at the November 2013 (161st) WP.29 session as Supplement 5, having originally been proposed as Supplement 4 during the June session.

Japanese explanation of its field of vision requirements and test specifications under UN R125 and R46 pursuant to enabling Japan’s participation in IWVTA.

Clarification submitted by the GRB chair of the transition provisions in the proposal to update noise test-track requirements from ISO 19844:1994 to ISO 10844:2011 and incorporate transitional provisions to allow repaving of existing, non-compliant test tracks with the ISO 10844:2011 standards.

Responses from the UN Office of Legal Affairs to questions posed by the International Whole Vehice Type Approval (IWVTA) informal group concerning the ramifications of possible amendments under discussion within the group.

Update on the status of work to incorporate UN Regulations under the purview of the GRPE into the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Proposed revisions to the table of priorities for integrating GRPE-related UN Regulations into the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system (document GRPE-65-19).

Clarification to affirm CLEPA’s understanding that the proposed new numbering system applies only to the numbering of type approval certificates and not to the approval mark to be put on each approved components.

Clarification by Russia to affirm its understanding that when new requirements are introduced by a later series of amendments to a UN Regulation, type approval can only be granted if a vehicle type complies with the new requirements.

This document describes the process of upgrading UN Regulation No. 0 for inclusion in the list of requirements (Annex 4 to the UN Regulation No. 0), newly adopted UN Regulations, and new series of amendments to existing UN Regulations. Once WP.29 and AC.1 be involved in this process, it is necessary to obtain the agreement of WP.29 on this process. Therefore SGR0 should submit to WP.29 a request for guidance.

The need for a request for guidance from WP.29 on the exchange of information between Contracting Parties to facilitate implementation of UN Regulation No. 0 is stipulated in the IWVTA Explanatory Note (documents SGR0-05-03 and SGR0-05-03/Rev.1). This document is intended to explain this issue to WP.29.

The Netherlands has proposed to introduce a harmonized numbering system for the approvals granted according the UN regulations without the need for any changing of the type approval markings on the approved vehicles, systems, components and parts.

draft proposal of questions and answers for a Q&A document to explain the proposed UN Regulation No. 0 on whole vehicle type approval.

Supporting presentation to the ETRTO proposal for minimum wet-grip performance thresholds (document GRRF-73-18) to ensure that improvements in tire rolling resistance (per EU CO2 goals) do not result in inadequate wet-grip performance.

Proposal prepared by the informal group on a Tyre GTR for the final report of Phase I on the development of a global technical regulation concerning uniform provisions for pneumatic radial tires for passenger and light truck (commercial) vehicles.

Text prepared by the Russian Federation to elaborate on the concept of tyre deceleration (dω/dt) in the test technology.

Overview of the proposed plans to amend the 1958 Agreement as part of the development of an international whole vehicle type approval system.

Presentation on the draft regulation for international whole vehicle type approval.

Text prepared by the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) in order to correct inconsistencies in time measurement accuracy in annex 6.

Responses from the UN Office of Legal Affairs to questions posed by the International Whole Vehice Type Approval (IWVTA) informal group concerning the ramifications of possible amendments under discussion within the group.

Proposal for a procedure through which a manufacturer could receive an exemption from WP.29/AC.2 for a new technology which is incompatible with one or more requirements of a UN Regulation from those requirements.

Proposal to incorporate additional tire sizes within the regulation for commercial vehicle tires sold in countries requiring type approval according to UN Regulation No. 54.

Text prepared by the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) to correct editorial errors in the adopted proposal for Supplement 18 to Regulation No. 54 (document WP.29/2012/49).

Proposal to include ATV tires in the motorcycle and moped tire regulation in order to enable the type approval of tires designed to equip quadricycles covered by the new Regulation (EU) No. 168/2013 of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (L category vehicles). These tires may also equip some agricultural tractors (SbS vehicles) covered by the new EU Regulation.

Text prepared by the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) to clarify the test procedure of the second load/speed performance test used for tires designed for speeds above 240 km/h for tires (as identified by the letter code “V” or “Z” in the size designation).

Text prepared by the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) to remove All Terrain Vehicles (ATV) tires from UN Regulation 106 on agricultural tires.

Text prepared the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) to introduce new tire sizes.

Editorial improvements to the wording of marking requirements, superseding document GRRF-74-03.

Text prepared by the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) in order to correct inconsistencies in time measurement accuracy in Annex 6 of UN R 117.

Text prepared by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) to introduce the concept of “revision of approvals” into the UN Regulations under GRRF responsibility in order to align the UN Regulations with the EU Whole Vehicle Type Approval Directive 2007/46/EC in order to ease the administrative burden for both manufacturers and approval administrations regarding the extension of existing approvals.

Supplement 2 to the 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 117 (Document WP.29/2012/54) as adopted at the June WP.29 session contained a typo where the snow temperature range for the snow grip test should be ‐4°C to ‐15°C, but the ‘minus’ sign was omitted before the first figure.

Outcomes from the sixth session of the subgroup working on UN Regulation 0 to enable the international type approval of whole vehicles.

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

Comments concerning certain revisions and editorial changes to the 1958 Agreement proposed by Japan.

The background report on the development of the first phase of the Global Technical Regulation concerning uniform provisions for pneumatic radial tyres for passengers and light truck commercial vehicles, submitted by GRRF for approval by the World Forum.

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 correct the symbol for regroovable tyres as adopted by the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) and to align the rows of the second column of the table of Annex 7, Appendix 2 to the Regulation.

Further background as requested at the last GRB meeting on the recommended use of a “deceleration calculator” software for the deceleration test method in the test procedure for measuring rolling resistance.

Proposal to revise the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) proposals (documents GRB-58-02 and GRRF/2013/30) to correct inconsistencies in time measurement accuracy in annex 6 of the regulation.

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.

Proposal for a new regulation for the approval to tires installed on a vehicle. This regulations is proposed for use within the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system in order to ensure proper tire fitment on a vehicle under IWVTA evaluation.

Suggested changes to the proposal to introduce the concept of “revision of approvals” into the UN Regulations under GRRF responsibility in order to align the UN Regulations with the EU Whole Vehicle Type Approval Directive 2007/46/EC.

Comments from IEC on the informal document GRE-69-15/Rev.1 (“Priority of Discussion on Technical Requirements for IWVTA and Draft Report to IWVTA Informal Meeting”)

Update on the integration of UN Regulations under the purview of the Working Party on General Safety into the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Presentation in support of and offering revisions to Japan’s proposal (document GRSG/2013/5) for amendments to UN R46 in order to bring the regulation into line with Japanese regulations (pursuant to the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval initiative).

Review of international whole vehicle type approval issues pertinent to GRRF from the September 2013 session.

IWVTA working paper as revised and updated during the 105th GRSG session.

OICA comments on document GRE-69-15/Rev.1 concerning the lighting regulations under consideration for inclusion in the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) system.

Proposal to add registration plates used in non-European Contracting Parties to the scope of the regulation. This document is based on the previous document GRE-69-23.

As part of the work on establishing an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) system, Japan has noted differences between European and Japanese vehicle registration (license) plates. Since UN R4 would be part of the IWVTA process, Japan seeks to add its plate requirements to the European requirements embodied in UN R4 in order to enable Japan to adopt this regulation and thereby adhere to the IWVTA.

The European Commission position on the Japanese proposal (document SG58-07-04) for amendments to the 1958 Agreement (within the context of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system).

Updated draft version of the amended 1958 Agreement pursuant to the establishment of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

UN Office of Legal Affairs responses to questions raised by the expert group preparing revisions to the 1958 Agreement concerning conditions for the delegation of voting authority to another Contracting Party and on amendment of the title of the agreement.

Russian explanation that its laws require documentation to be in the Russian-language. Russia does not accept type-approval documents directly, but first transposes the documents into an acceptable Russian form. Therefore, Russia proposes to delete the direct acceptance of “documentation”. Russia also raises a concern over possible contradictory clauses with regard to “if-fitted” equipment such as TPMS.

List of issues with comments concerning open aspects related to the explanatory note under development for the IWVTA UN Regulation No. 0.

Suggested revisions to the draft IWVTA regulation (with reference to document SGR0-02-04/Rev.4).

Revised document concerning the continuous alignment of the whole-vehicle UN Regulation No. 0 with the individual UN Regulations of which it is comprised as these individual UN Regulations are amended over time.

Status of the lighting regulations listed for inclusion within the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval systems.

Proposal from the IWVTA expert group for revisions to the 1958 Agreement, including text in brackets for further consideration.

Document prepared by the WP.29 Secretariat reviewing 1958 Agreement procedures as they would be revised under the proposals being considered by the IWVTA 1958 Agreement subgroup.

Presentation to review the draft regulation that would enable the international type approval of whole vehicles.

Discussion paper concerning the approval markings that might be used under the international whole vehicle type approval system in association with approval codes, numbers, or markings required by individual UN Regulations.

Explanatory document in question and answer form to introduce and explain the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system and its “UN Regulation 0”.

This document reports on the review by the GR of the regulations under consideration for inclusion in the international whole vehicle type approval system. The aim is to establish IWVTA based upon a first set of regulations easily transposed to the whole vehicle system. A second phase would address regulations requiring significant revision to reach consensus.