Proposal for wording to ensure that countries notify the UN secretariat of decisions to accept approvals based upon earlier versions of UN Regulations under the proposed International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

OICA-proposed revisions to the draft Q&A document intended to help explain the international whole vehicle type approval system and the proposed “UN Regulation No. 0” (document SGR0-08-06).

Pursuant to discussions on setting uniform wet-grip requirements for C3 snow tires, Japan affirms that its national data supports a minimum wet-grip value of 0.65 (as proposed in document WP.29/2013/66: Proposal for Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments).

Presentation on the proposed procedures for updating UN R0. This regulation would govern the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval process and as such, would need to be updated (annually under the proposal) in line with changes to the various component or system level UN Regulations that are included within the scope of the whole vehicle type approval.

Comments on the draft text of UN Regulation No. 0 to clarify the conditions under which whole vehicle type approvals (including the limited approvals under partial sets or earlier versions of UN Regulations) would be recognized and to refine the text of certain provisions.

Comments and recommendations from Russia for clarifications and improvements to the latest draft versions of the proposed UN Regulation No. 0 on whole vehicle type approvals (documents SGR0-08-13 and SGR0-09-01.

Proposal to clarify the marking provisions under the whole vehicle type approval system.

Revised draft proposal to amend Schedule 7 for the procedure to allow for the exemption of new technologies from relevant existing regulatory requirements in cases where those existing requirements present incompatible, inapplicable, and/or unwarranted burdens.

The Russian Federation has developed a “Deceleration Calculator” for use in the UN R117 procedures. Following work by an ad hoc group (including NAMI, UTAC, and ETRTO) formed to review and validate this tool, Russia has prepared this new proposal, modifying the version (document GRB/2013/10) submitted at the last GRB session. The changes primarily concern the explanation of the tool rather than the basic mathematical equations.

Updated revised draft proposal to amend Schedule 7 for the procedure to allow for the exemption of new technologies from relevant existing regulatory requirements in cases where those existing requirements present incompatible, inapplicable, and/or unwarranted burdens.

Agenda for the ninth session of the expert group preparing revisions to the 1958 Agreement as part of the program to establish an international whole vehicle type approval system.

Comments from Australia and the UK on the draft “Proposal for Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement”.

Australia and the UK propose:

• New text for Article 4 (rights and obligations in cases of a non-conforming approval to a UN regulation), particularly to clarify the terminology used (threat to road safety or to the environment….) and to strengthen the provisions;
• New text in Schedule 7, Section 5 to allow the granting of individual “exemption approvals” without committing Contracting Parties to accept such approvals within their own market;
• Changes to Article 3 to clarify that the acceptance of a UN regulation that has been applied is also subject to it meeting any discretionary options allowed for within the regulation;
• Changes to Article 8 so that approvals issued by a CP automatically cease to be valid after a defined period should the CP withdraw from the Agreement; and
• UK acceptance of text proposed by Australia to address CP’s that do not have approval authorities.

Proposal from the Netherlands for editorial improvements and clarifications to the draft text of Schedule 7 concerning exemptions from UN Regulation provisions where warranted for new technologies.

Regulation 117, Annex 6 specifies several time duration values while Annex 6, Appendix 1 gives only one control accuracy value for time in its paragraph 4 (d): plus or minus 0.02 second. This means that this accuracy value applies to all the time durations specified in Regulation 117, Annex 6 and quoted above. This is not realistic for durations of more than one minute and not well fitted to the need of data acquisition for deceleration method. Therefore, Russia and ETRTO propose to introduce two accuracy sets of values in paragraphs 4 and 5 of Regulation 117, Annex 6, Appendix 1:

1. a control accuracy of +/- 0.2 % s and a corresponding instrumentation accuracy of +/- 0.1 % s for the time increments specified in Annex 6 paragraph 3.5.a for the data acquisition in the deceleration method, both in ∆ω/∆t or dω/dt form, and
2. a control accuracy of +/- 5% and an instrumentation accuracy of maximum +/-10 sec for the other time durations specified in Annex 6.

Overview of the NordTyre Project to investigate the noise performance of passenger car tyres on typical road surfaces in Norway, Sweden and Denmark and to clarify which combinations of road surfaces and tyres yield the lowest tyre/road noise levels.

Proposal to maintain a wet grip index of 0.95 for class C2 normal tires and regular snow tires under the discussions to establish wet grip provisions and testing procedures for category C2 and C3 tires.

Proposal to maintain a wet grip index of 0.65 for class C3 normal tires and regular snow tires under the discussions to establish wet grip provisions and testing procedures for category C2 and C3 tires.

Report of the ad‐hoc working group organized in accordance with the recommendation of the 58th GRB session to consider testing and evaluation of the variant method using the dω/dt form proposed by Russia.

Proposal to extend the scope of the regulation to include vehicle categories L6 and L7 (quadricycles and all-terrain vehicles). Since the present scope refers only to L1 through L5, the proposal would replace this with “two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles” and add that the regulation does not restrict the use of tires approved under the regulation to vehicles defined as category L.

Overview of the NordTyre Project to investigate the noise performance of passenger car tyres on typical road surfaces in Norway, Sweden and Denmark and to clarify which combinations of road surfaces and tyres yield the lowest tyre/road noise levels.

European Commission proposal for minimum wet grip limits on Class C3 tyres. The EC notes that the wet grip (G) index is intended as a precautionary measure that would set a minimum level already satisfied by products currently on the market. In anticipation of improvements in new tires, the EC proposes to add a notation “Wet grip index (G) ≥ 0.80 may be considered for new types of tyres 96 months after the entry into force date of Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments, based on robust field data and cost-effectiveness analysis.”

Report of the special meeting held in Paris on 21 November 2013 to discuss wet grip values for Class C2 and C3 tyres.

Proposal to specify that safety aspects of ESC systems can be assessed under this new regulation or under UN R13-H. The objective of the proposed wording is to avoid redundant certification of the complex electronic control systems (CEL) aspects of ESC according to both the proposed ESC regulation and UN Regulation No. 13-H (keeping unchanged the level of safety). The proposal would permit the applicant to show evidence that CEL compliance has already been achieved according to Annex 8 of UN Regulation No. 13-H as an alternative to demonstrating compliance with the CEL annex of the ESC regulation.

Proposal to specify that safety aspects of brake assist systems can be assessed under this new regulation or under UN R13-H. The objective of the proposed wording is to avoid redundant certification of the complex electronic control systems (CEL) aspects of ESC according to both the proposed BAS regulation and UN Regulation No. 13-H (keeping unchanged the level of safety). The proposal would permit the applicant to show evidence that CEL compliance has already been achieved according to Annex 8 of UN Regulation No. 13-H as an alternative to demonstrating compliance with the CEL annex of the BAS regulation.

Proposed amendments to UN R13-H to confirm that the complex electronic control system (CEL) requirements may be satisfied through an approval conducted under another regulation (e.g., the pending new ESC and BAS regulations) and to delete the marking requirement concerning ESC systems which will no longer be within the scope of UN R13-H.

Transmitted by the experts of the subgroup on UN R0 pursuant to their 9th session held during 21-22 January 2014 (Document SGR0-08-13-rev.1).

Proposal to amend the draft text for the proposed new regulation on BAS which would extract the BAS provisions from the current UN R13-H on light vehicle braking systems. The intention is to clarify the meaning of the text in places where it is ambiguous when taken out of the context of UN R13-H.

Latest version (superceding WP.29/2014/26) of the revision of the 1958 Agreement to enable the deployment of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system and to facilitate the global application of the Agreement and its system for the mutual recognition of type approvals. This version proposes solutions to all the remaining open issues except the question of two-thirds voting raised as a measure to address concerns of non-EU governments over the current simple majority procedure.

Presentation concerning all-terrain tires pursuant to the proposal to include provisions under UN R75 to enable the type approval of such tires.

Proposal to elaborate on the concept of tyre deceleration (dω/dt) in the test procedures. The Russian Federation has developed a “Deceleration Calculator” for use in the UN R117 procedures. Following work by an ad hoc group (including NAMI, UTAC, and ETRTO) formed to review and validate this tool, Russia has prepared this new proposal, modifying the version (document GRB/2013/10) submitted at the last GRB session. The changes primarily concern the explanation of the tool rather than the basic mathematical equations.

Report of the ad‐hoc working group organized in accordance with the recommendation of the 58th GRB session to consider testing and evaluation of the variant method using the dω/dt form proposed by Russia.

Full report of the ad hoc group on the development of the method for determining tire rolling resistance using the variant dω/dt method.

Actions and decisions taken during the 9th session of the expert group amending the 1958 Agreement in order to accommodate the proposed international whole vehicle type approval system.

India noted an erroneous reference to “ESC” in the original document where “BAS” was clearly intended.

Proposed corrections and clarifications to the draft text of the new regulation to separate ESC provisions from Regulation No. 13-H (document GRRF/2014/12).

Presentation on definitions, applications, and regulatory options for the type approval of L-category vehicle all-terrain tires.

Editorial corrections by the ETRTO to its proposal to insert a new marking provision and under “categories of use”, a definition for construction application (industrial tractor) tyres into UN R106.

Amendments to the draft new regulation for the approval to tires installed on a vehicle in order to avoid overlap with UN R64 on spare tires.

Submission of the wet grip limit values for Class C3 tires as agreed to within the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF). These values were originally proposed in document WP.29/2013/66.

Explanation of three options developed for handling the approval of electronic stability controls (ESC) and brake-assist systems (BAS) under regulaitons separate from UN R13-H (light vehicle braking) while fulfilling the requirements of complex electronic systems (CEL).

Voting form for the adoption vote on light vehicle emissions and tires.

Update by the chair of the subgroup on the development of UN R0 of the IWVTA informal group.

Working draft of the proposed UN regulation on whole vehicle type approvals transmitted by the chair of the subgroup on development of UN Regulation 0.

Update by the chair of the subgroup on the development of UN R0 of the IWVTA informal group.

Proposal to define procedures for resolving differences in cases where a Contracting Party determines that a product approved by another Contracting Party does not conform with the requirements of the regulation under which it was approved.

Response from the UN Office of Legal Affairs transmitted through the WP.29 secretariat concerning the use of different languages in type-approval documents (clarification of Paragraph 3.3 in the proposed UN Regulation No. 0 on whole vehicle type approval). As currently envisioned, the exchange of type-approval information would be made through a secured database (Data Exchange for Type Approval (DETA)) in English. The question was whether this requirement would violate any UN perquisites. The OLA responds that the exclusive use of a given language is up to the parties to the agreement and therefore, the use of English does not present any legal concerns.

Explanations from Japan and Australia concerning specific vehicle marking requirements relevant to the development of the UN regulation to govern international whole vehicle type approvals.

The International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system under development would allow for a limited recognition approval to earlier versions of UN Regulations. Since this limited IWVTA requires Contracting Parties to declare to which version of each regulation they adhere, this proposal would amend the “Status of the 1958 Agreement” (document WP.29/343) to include this information as part of the regular process of reporting on the status of UN Regulations.

The “document of fulfilment” would be issued by the vehicle manufacturer to certify that a vehicle complies with UN Regulations specified within the whole vehicle type approval regulation.

Revisions to the draft regulation on international whole vehicle type approvals.

Agenda for the special GRRF session planned during the week of the June 2014 World Forum session and organized to resolve the remaining open issues of the draft global technical regulation on tyres.

The International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system under development would allow for a limited recognition approval to earlier versions of UN Regulations. Since this limited IWVTA requires Contracting Parties to declare to which version of each regulation they adhere, this proposal would amend the “Status of the 1958 Agreement” (document WP.29/343) to include this information as part of the regular process of reporting on the status of UN Regulations.

OICA-proposed revisions to the draft Q&A document intended to help explain the international whole vehicle type approval system and the proposed “UN Regulation No. 0” (document SGR0-08-06).

Proposal to correct editorial errors in the adopted proposal for Supplement 18 to Regulation No. 54 (document WP.29/2012/49). This proposed corrigendum was adopted by the GRRF based upon a document prepared by the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) (document GRRF/2013/26).

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. This proposal was adopted by the GRRF at its 75th session based upon a proposal by the ETRTO (document GRRF/2013/19).

Text as adopted by the GRRF from a proposal 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).

Proposal to insert a new marking provision and, under “categories of use”, a definition for construction application (Industrial tractor) tyres into UN R106.

Final proposed text to revise and update the 1958 Agreement pursuant to the project to establish an international whole vehicle type approval system.

Working draft of the proposed IWVTA Regulation pursuant to the 10th SGR0 session.

Presentation of Australian concerns over incompatibilities between its local requirements for top-tether anchorages in child restraint systems and the provisions of UN R14. Since it wishes to participate fully in the IWVTA system, Australia proposes that UN R14 be transferred from the IWVTA List A (single global requirement) to List B (multiple requirements to account for regional differences). Australia also can thus accept UN R16 (occupant restraint systems) on List A. Australia needs more time to reach a position on UN R10 (electromagnetic compatibility).

WP.29 secretariat recommendation to delete paragraph 12 proposing introductory and transitional provisions for the draft UN Regulation No. 0 on whole vehicle approvals. Since the application of new regulations is voluntary and government authorities may decide if and when to apply them, the use of transitional provisions would be redundant.

Proposal to add classifications covering agricultural trailers and towed agricultural machinery in the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3).

Revised proposal to add classifications covering agricultural trailers and towed agricultural machinery in the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3).

Presentation by the secretariat to open discussion of issues related to the introduction of provisions for electrified vehicles and systems within the context of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (which allows Contracting Parties to grant approvals under earlier series of amendments).

Status report to the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE).

Revisions to the proposed paragraphs 11, 12, and 13 concerning, respectively, Technical Services, procedures for amending the draft regulation on international whole vehicle type approvals, and provisions for Contracting Party acceptance of approvals. The document also addresses Annex 2 on approval markings and Annex 4 on limited whole vehicle approvals (L-IWVTA).

The proposed text is submitted for insertion into the draft Regulation (SGR0-11-03) in response to the action items noted in document SGR0-11-01.

Memorandum from the secretariat reporting on WP.29 subsidiary working party responses to the proposal for a common date of entry-into-force for new series of amendments to existing regulations. The Working Parties on Lighting and Light-signalling Equipment, General Safety, Passive Safety, and Pollution and Energy had no objections to setting a uniform annual date of September 1.

Annotated update of the first draft of the proposed UN R0 on whole vehicle type approvals.

IWVTA ambassadors review of the status of work on preparing various regulations for eventual inclusion in the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Preliminary tests using the draft GTR procedures on tires in the US market have raised concerns that a wet traction index value requirement for “all-season tires” (as used in the US) will be needed since these tires fall outside the tire types addressed by the GTR. The US proposes language to address this situation.

Proposal to introduce a “Deceleration Calculator” (dω/dt) for use in the UN R117 test procedures. This procedure was developed by Russia and validated by an ad hoc group (including NAMI, UTAC, and ETRTO).

Report prepared by the informal group for presentation to WP.29.

At the 58th GRB session, the expert from ETRTO introduced GRB-58-02, proposing new time measurement accuracy for instrumentation involved in the rolling resistance method (Annex 6 of the UN Regulation). The expert from the Russian Federation introduced GRB-58-13, arguing that this change of accuracy was not needed for Annex 6. This present revised proposal has been prepared the ETRTO and approved by Russia.

Set of explanations and requests for WP.29 approval of a questionnaire to solicit contracting party input on regulations to include in the whole vehicle type approval and handling of replacement parts under certain conditions, amendment of the 1958 Agreement status report to communicate whether contracting parties accept only ‘universal’ or accept ‘limited’ whole vehicle type approvals, to set English as the documentation language, and for comments on the proposed Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement.

Questionnaire for 1958 Agreement contracting parties to solicit input on the UN Regulations to include in the whole vehicle type approval. In addition, the questionnaire solicits input concerning replacement parts. Under IWVTA, a contracting party could apply UN Regulation 0 and accept type-approved vehicles while not necessarily applying all the regulations included in the whole vehicle approval. This raises the prospect of a situation where a contracting party accepts a type-approved vehicle but not all the type-approvals of replacement parts used for its maintenance.

Editorial corrections to document WP.29/2014/50.

Proposed questionnaire for 1958 Agreement contracting parties to solicit input towards resolving open issues related to the IWVTA and revision 3 to the agreement.

Changes agreed upon during the speciall GRRF session to finalize the draft global technical regulation on tires, especially in response to the amendments proposed by the United States (document GRRF-77-01).

Updated status of deliberations on aligning certain UN Regulations with the requirements of the proposed international whole vehicle type approval system.

Proposal to alter the marking requirements after November 2016 to replace the PSI Index by indicating the inflation pressure in kilopascals (“kPa”) and to add the possibility to put the “LT” marking as a prefix or suffix to align the requirements with current practice for C2 tyres with metric size designation

IMMA counter-proposal to the ETRTO proposal to amend Regulation No. 75 with regard to ATV tyres and replaces documents GRRF/2013/22 and GRRF/2013/20 taking into consideration the comments made at the last GRRF session in February 2014.

Proposed changes from the ETRTO to clarify the communication form in Annex 1.

Proposal for amendments as adopted during the 77th GRRF session specially devoted to the finalization of the draft GTR text.

Summary of items from the 11th meeting of the working group on revising the 1958 Agreement, especially with regard to the introduction of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval System, use of the Data Exchange for Type-Approval information, and changes aimed at improving accessibility to the agreement worldwide.

Proposal for revised guidelines and procedures for UN Regulations pursuant to the development of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system, including a procedure for exemptions of new technologies from current UN Regulation requirements and the procedure for updating the IWVTA regulation (proposed UN R0).

Version including a revised paragraph 12 transmitted by the Russian Federation and OICA.

“Quick scan” study prepared for the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment to evaluate the potential of “triple A” tyres to improve vehicle safety, noise emssions, fuel consumption, and CO2 emissions. Tyres in the EU are labeled to convey information on their energy efficiency, safety, and noise performance. Triple A refers to tyres receiving the highest ratings across these three criteria.

This leaflet gives a short introduction for those who wants to explore the benefits and common pitfalls of silent road surfaces in urban situations.

Proposal to insert a new marking provision and, under “categories of use”, a definition for construction application (Industrial tractor) tyres into UN R106.

Memorandum to the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment in response to its request for research into

• the effect of the present tyre Regulations on the exterior noise levels of tyres
• comparison of the tyre noise levels in the present distribution with the limit values defined in the tyre Regulations
• definition of the levels of “present-day technology and ambitious technology on base of the distribution of levels found in the present tyre population”.

Amendments to the draft GTR on light vehicle tires as agreed during the special 77th session of the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear.

Responses to the IWVTA group questionnaire sent to Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement in order to determine readiness to apply the international whole vehicle type approval system (UN Regulation No. 0) and to raise any issues that might impede its development and use.

Review of research program that quantified differences in tire noise levels between the tire population on sale before and after revision of tire regulation in 2009 (Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009).

Clarifications and corrections to document GRRF/2014/26 which proposes to alter the marking requirements of UN R54 to replace the PSI Index by the inflation pressure in kilopascals (“kPa”) and to add the possibility to put the “LT” marking as a prefix or suffix to align the requirements with current practice for C2 tyres with metric size designation.

European countries are considering new requirements to require the fitment of snow tyres for use in severe snow conditions on specific axles of heavy duty vehicles. New tyres are approved under UN R117; however, a large percentage of heavy duty vehicles are fitted with retreaded tyres which are outside the scope of UN R117. This proposal would transpose the relevant requirements for new snow tyres into UN R109 in order of avoid the exclusion of retreaded tyres from such applications/markets.

Proposed amendments to update the documents, especially with reference to obsolete deadlines and timelines, in light of the recent finalization of the GTR text.

Proposal to clarify the inflated run-flat tyres are within the scope of this regulation while uninflated run-flat tyres fall exclusively under UN R64 and to remove references to UN R64 since this regulation and UN R64 exist as independent parallel tyre regulations. The proposal seeks to improve the wording, including to align more closely with EU Regulation (458/2011).

This proposal was prepared by OICA and is based on the existing UN Regulation No. 64. It is aimed at moving the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System provisions into a separate Regulation.

This proposal was prepared by OICA and is based on the existing UN Regulation No. 64. It is aimed at moving the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System provisions in a separate Regulation.

Amendments to document GRRF/2013/20 (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).

Proposals to modify UN Regulations 10 and 14 to address requirements under Australian law.

OICA strongly supports the German proposal and seeks clarification of certain points.

Proposal to delete references to tire-pressure monitoring systems under UN R64 (with the intention to establish them as a stand-alone regulation). This document presents only the amendments and complements the earlier document GRRF-78-38 that presented the consolidated version of UN R64 amended as proposed here.

Proposed changes to the article concerning the procedure for amendments to UN Regulations.

Draft text for Revision 2 to the “General Guidelines for UN regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN regulations” (Document WP.29/1044).

Draft UN R0 with introduction and revised paragraphs 12 and 13.

OICA proposal for the “Information document for the purpose of IWVTA” that retains in the document only those entries that are essential for the identification of a vehicle type and its variants or describe important properties of the whole vehicle. This proposal also deletes entries not relevant for category M1 vehicles.

The document proposes revised wording for the introduction of a Declaration of Conformance (DoC) for the vehicles approved according to the draft UN Regulation No. 0 concerning whole vehicle type approvals.

Proposal to exclude M1 vehicles from the close-proximity field of vision requirements pursuant to the establishment of the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Various editorial changes to correct minor errors in the draft documents relating to the GTR development timeline.

OICA request to omit the proposed declaration of conformity provisions from the first phase implementation of the IWVTA, essentially arguing that the additional declaration is not justified in the context of type approval.

Annex 4 (“List of requirements for the purpose of IWVTA: List of regulatory acts”) contains the list of UN Regulations that would comprise the whole vehicle type approvals.

Draft presentation for review by the SGR0 subgroup on the second draft of UN Regulation No. 0 second as
submitted to WP.29 for consideration during its 164th (November 2014) session.

Request to move UN R44 on child restraint systems to the “B list” of regulations (eventual consideration for inclusion in the whole vehicle type approval) from the “A list” of regulations identified for use in the first phase implementation of the IWVTA system.

Proposal for a permanent working group to manage the administration and future development of the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Proposal for a permanent working group to manage the administration and further development of the international whole vehicle type approval system.

Background presentation on the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval regulation.

Background presentation on the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval regulation.

Proposal from the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) in order to add new tyres for light commercial vehicles (high flotation tyres) in Annex 5 of UN Regulation No. 54.

Proposal to insert language into the definition of a vehicle type clarifying the application (or non-application) of regulations included in the IWVTA across variants of a single type-approved vehicle in order to avoid scenarios where a single vehicle type could have more than one type approval or an approval under a non-applicable regulation (say, electrified vehicle requirements for a non-electrified variant of a vehicle type) could be demanded for a vehicle variant.

European countries are considering new requirements to require the fitment of snow tyres for use in severe snow conditions on specific axles of heavy duty vehicles. New tyres are approved under UN R117; however, a large percentage of heavy duty vehicles are fitted with retreaded tyres which are outside the scope of UN R117. This proposal would transpose the relevant requirements for new snow tyres into UN R109 in order of avoid the exclusion of retreaded tyres from such applications/markets.