UN R80, paragraph 7.4.4. specifies that passengers in side-facing seats “shall be safeguarded by a vehicle part (e.g. partition, wall or seat back of a forward-facing seat) forward of the foremost side-facing seat”. Germany has determined that the current text has been misinterpreted with regard to the intended requirement for a safety device that does not break and maintains its capability to retain a passenger’s body in the event of an accident. This proposal clarifies that such any such structure “shall retain its safeguard function during testing”.

Presentation on the background and accomplishments of the GFV informal group from January 2008 to June 2016 as the group concludes its final effort on heavy-duty dual fuel engine retrofit systems.

Working draft amendment to UN R55 to introduce:

• An amendment that concerns a separation of requirement calculation procedures from the procedure of setting and certifying performance values.
• An amendment that adds procedures for requirement calculation for vehicle combinations that have hitherto not been accounted for in the regulation.

Proposal to introduce a procedure to identify allowable combinations of performance values DC and V for drawbar coupling equipment.

Proposal to introduce amendments on the secondary coupling and the attachment points.

Proposal to introduce amendments on the secondary coupling and the attachment points.

UN R55 informal group working draft to introduce:

• Correction error in annex 5 figure 12 and 17
• An amendment that concerns identification of worst cases for design assessment
• Clarifications on minimum articulation angles.

Proposal to introduce amendments on the secondary coupling and the attachment points.

Consolidated and marked-up revision of GTR No. 6 updated from document PSG-05-03.

Consolidated revision of GTR No. 6.

Comments on proposed changes to the draft as of 25 April 2016.

The US safety agency raises questions concerning the specific nature of the observed failures and the scope of the test procedures to ensure that glazing with ceramic printed areas resist such failures. NHTSA notes anomalies in the data that might suggest failure modes specific to particular manufacturers and/or production batches while questioning the focus on panoramic sunroofs rather than all glazing where ceramic printing might be a potential cause of failure.

Explanatory statement on CPA limitation from Korea.

Proposal from the UN R55 informal group to allow the fitment of a secondary coupling and/or a brake away cable for un-braked O1 trailers or inertia braked trailers up to 3.5t which are equipped with class B coupling heads and class S drawbar eyes (38 mm, 40 mm, and others) and for the related use of integrated towing brackets.

Proposal by the informal working group on Regulation No. 55 concerning vehicle combination applications to introduce:
(a) An amendment for the separation of requirement calculation procedures from the procedure of setting and certifying performance values.
(b) An amendment that adds procedures for requirement calculation for vehicle combinations that have hitherto not been accounted for in the Regulation.

Proposal by the informal working group on Regulation No. 55 and introduces a procedure to identify allowable combinations of performance values DC and V for drawbar coupling equipment.

Proposal by the informal working group on Regulation No. 55 to introduce:
a) Correction of an error in Annex 5, figures 12 and 17;
b) An amendment that concerns identification of worst cases for design assessment;
c) Clarifications on minimum articulation angles.

Proposal to restrict component type-approval for mechanical coupling devices dedicated to category M1 vehicles to use only on such M1 vehicles as are designed to tow trailers.