Information provided to GRPE at the request of GRSG to explain the nature of LNG container venting as a safety precaution responding to LNG boil-off effects on pressure levels.

Proposal and initial draft language to establish uniform requirements and approval procedures for satellite-based in-vehicle emergency response systems for post-accident communications.

Various corrections and amendments, including SDWEE revisions, to UN R107 and
series of corrections to UN R43, as approved by the GRSG.

Schauer proposals concerning classification of tractor drawbars and their hitch rings and to limit the coupling device actuating force to 40 daN.

Presentation on Russian expectations for its proposed new UN Regulation to govern the approval of in-vehicle emergency call devices.

Agenda for the scheduled telephone conference.

This report provides recommendations for changes to the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), North American Standard inspection procedures, and out-of-service (OOS) criteria to facilitate the use of natural gas (compressed or liquefied) in commercial vehicles.

Proposal for amendments to document GRSG/2013/7, the draft text to introduce type-approval provisions for vehicles equipped with LNG propulsion systems, prepared as a new consolidated version (Revision 3) of UN Regulation No. 110.

Proposal for collective amendments of amendments to Regulations Nos. 13 (Heavy vehicle braking), 13-H (Brakes of M1 and N1 vehicles), 79 (Steering equipment) and 89 (Speed limitation devices) and the new Regulations on LDWS and AEBS to clarify the references to Regulation No. 10 into the UN Regulations mentioned above.

Text prepared by the informal group on Regulation No. 55 to amend the requirements for movable couplings, increase the range of application of remote controls to couplings similar to C50-X and G50-X, enable the increase of characteristic values of standard couplings and to add requirements for the mounting of couplings.

Supporting document to the proposal from the informal working group on Automated Connections between Vehicles concerning the referencing of ISO13044-2:2013 in the proposed amendments to UN Regulation No. 13.

Text prepared by the informal working group on Automated Connections between Vehicles (ACV) to introduce automatic coupling systems into UN Regulation No. 13.

Proposal as approved by the GRSG:

1) to enable the approval of an OEM engine control unit on a CNG/LNG vehicle during the vehicle type approval process, eliminating the need for a separate type approval of the ECU, and

2) to clarify provisions concerning hose assemblies.

Text prepared by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to review and simplify the UN R 13-H transitional provisions.

Text prepared by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to review and simplify the UN R-13 transitional provisions.