Agenda includes status of work on GTR and UNR proposals and the Guidance and Interpretation Document (GID), and proposals to resolve open items concerning:

• The baseline document integration of GTR provisions,
• Introduction to the GID,
• Terms and definitions,
• ADS operational states,
• DDT requirements,
• Other ADS requirements,
• Safety of interactions between the ADS and its user(s),
• Safety cases and their assessment,
• SMS requirements and their assessment,
• Test environment requirements and their assessment,
• In-service monitoring and reporting requirements and related annexes,
• Approvals and related annexes,

Proposal to amend para. 6.1.5. to state that sensors, cameras, radar devices, etc. being part of driver assist systems and automated driving systems may become damaged, disoriented or broken due to an impact as long as basic braking and steering performance remain intact. The amendment enables application of UN R42 to vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System.

Proposal to amend definitions, recording triggering conditions, time zero establishment, crash test requirements, post-crash acceleration measurement, and data recording parameters:

• Amend definitions of automatically commanded steering function categories A, B1, B2, C, D, and E to clarify they are not part of a DCAS,
• Amend definition of “End of event time” to specify conditions for planar and other events,
• Amend definitions of “Engine throttle, percent full,” “Service brake status,” “Time interval between current event and previous event,” “Volatile memory,” and “VRU secondary safety system,”,
• Delete definition of “If recorded,”,
• Amend definition of “Non-volatile memory” to remove redundant text,
• Renumber “Accident Emergency Call System” from paragraph 2.2. to paragraph 2.25.,
• Insert new definitions for rollover protection system, AEBS, trigger activated, pre-event synchronization timer, blind spot monitoring system, emergency stop signal, turn signal, ACPE, ADDW, DCAS, and DDAW,
• Amend paragraph 5.3.1. on conditions for triggering recording to distinguish planar/VRU/rollover events from AEBS events and clarify that vehicles not fitted with certain systems are not required to trigger recording according to those paragraphs,
• Restructure paragraph 5.3.3. on time zero establishment to separately address planar/VRU/rollover events and AEBS events,
• Amend paragraph 5.4.3. to clarify crash test requirements,
• Amend paragraph 6.1. to clarify measurement of post-crash acceleration,
• Insert transitional provisions in paragraphs 12.12. through 12.16. establishing that as from entry into force no Contracting Party shall refuse to grant type-approvals under the 03 series of amendments, as from 1 September 2031/2029 Contracting Parties shall not be obliged to accept approvals to preceding series first issued after that date, until 1 September 2033 Contracting Parties shall continue to accept approvals issued according to preceding series first issued before 1 September 2031/2029, Contracting Parties may grant approvals according to any preceding series, and Contracting Parties shall continue to grant extensions of existing approvals to any preceding series,
• Amend Annex 1 to correct typo,
• Amend Annex 4 Table 1 to separate engine throttle and accelerator pedal data elements, increase recording intervals for rollover data, adjust recording intervals for AEBS events to −2.5 to 2.5 seconds, increase sample rates to 10 Hz for multiple data elements, add data elements for pre-event synchronization timer, trigger activated, ACPE status, ADDW status and time since warning, blind spot monitoring system status, turn signal status, DCAS status and driver monitoring system data, DDAW status and time since warning, and emergency stop signal status, and add time to collision data element for AEBS events.

Methods for evaluating electromagnetic immunity of blind-spot detection systems are proposed using a simple reciprocating motion device equipped with a reflector. The electromagnetic immunity test is conducted after the BSD system has been activated. Vehicle’s electromagnetic immunity test methods and conditions are consistent with the previous ones. Reproducibility has been verified across various vehicle models with only minor adjustments required. The proposal seeks opinions from member countries regarding the necessity of electromagnetic immunity evaluation methods for BSD systems.

Proposal to amend definitions 2.22 and 2.49 to modify the descriptions of non-volatile and volatile memory, and amend para. 5.3.1.2. to permit the EDR to write captured data from threshold criterion (a) in volatile memory only, with data from volatile memory written to non-volatile memory if any other trigger of para. 5.3.1. occurs or the vehicle master control switch is deactivated. The modification reduces memory wear in vehicles characterized by frequent stops.