Overall Status of Recent UN/ECE/WP29 Sessions

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Overall Status of Recent UN/ECE/WP29 Sessions
2007. 7
MOCT / KOTSA(KATRI)
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Contents

1. Summary of UN/ECE/WP29 Plenary Meetings
2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting
3. Reports of the 141st Plenary Meeting

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1. Summary of UN/ECE/WP29 Plenary Meetings

• Since the 28th APEC Meeting,
• Two WP29 plenary meetings (140th and 141th) were
  held in November
• 2006 and March 2007, respectively.
• 140th Plenary Meeting
• - 52 draft amendments to existing ECE
  regulations were adopted
• - 3 GTRs were adopted
• 141st Plenary Meeting
• - 18 draft amendments to existing ECE
  regulations were adopted
• - Two new draft regulations were adopted

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2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting (1)

• ATTENDANCE

• Held 140th session from 14 to 17 November 2006
• 35 countries, including Australia Canada Japan
  Peoples Republic of China Korea Malaysia US
  and other countries from APEC region and European
  Community (EC)
• and 10 Non-governmental organizations, including
  OICA and IMMA, took part in the WP29 plenary
  meetings.

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2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting (2)

• 1958 Agreement

• Consideration of draft amendments to existing
  regulations
• Total 57 draft amendments were submitted to AC.1
  for vote
• Total 52 draft amendments were adopted.
• - 20/21 for GRE, 12/12 for GRSP, 3/3 for
  GRRF, 6/6 for GRPE, 1/1 for
• GRB, and 10/14 for GRSG)

• Deferred Items to the November 2006 session 5
  documents
• GRE R48 (Mandatory installation and automatic
  activation of DRL)
• GRSG R36, R46, R52 and R107

• Consideration of new draft Regulations 2 docs.
  were deferred
• Draft Regulation on Forward Field of Vision
• Draft Regulation on Partitioning Systems

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2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting (3)

• Documents of GRs

Expert Groups Adoption Documents New draft Documents
GRE Amendment Regulations 6, 7, 19, 37, 38, 45, 48, 69, 70, 87, 88, 98, 104,123
GRSP Amendment Regulations 11, 14, 16, 17, 29, 32, 33, 42, 44, 80, 94 Partitioning system to Protect passengers ? Deferred
GRRF Amendment Regulations 13, 13-H, 78
GRPE Amendment Regulations 40, 47, 49, 101, 110 -
GRSG Amendment Regulations 26, 34, 36, 46, 52, 66, 81, 97, 105, 107, 121 Forward field of vision of the drivers ? Deferred
GRB Amendment Regulations 51 -
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2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting (4)

• 1998 Agreement

• Consideration of draft global technical
  regulations
• The following 3 proposed draft GTRs were adopted
• Motorcycle brakes (GTR No.3)
• World-wide heavy-duty certification procedure
  (WHDC, GTR No.4)
• Heavy-duty on board diagnostics (OBD, GTR No.5)

• Exchange of Views
• Progress of developing Side impact dummy by US
• ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)
• World-wide light-duty test procedures (WLTP)
• Rulemaking procedure of ESC (Electronic
  Stability System) in US

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2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting (5)

• Progress in the development of GTR

Expert Area GTR (Informal Group) Chair / Sponsor
GRE (Lamps) Installation of Lamps Canada / Canada
GRRF (Brakes / Driving) Passenger Brakes Tires Electronic Stability Control (ESC) UK, US / Japan, UK UK / France / USA
GRSP (Collision Safety) Pedestrian Safety Head Restraints Japan, EC / EC USA / USA
GRSG (General Safety) Safety Glazings Controls and Displays Germany / Germany / Canada
GRPE (Environment / Energy) Heavy-Duty Certification Procedure(WHDC) 1) Heavy-Duty OBD 2) Motorcycle Emission Test Cycle (WMTC) Off-cycle Emissions (OCE) NRMM Particulate Matters / EC Japan / US Germany / Germany USA/ USA EC/ EC
WP29/AC3 Hydrogen and fuel cells vehicles (HFCV) Germany / Germany, Japan, US

• Footnote 1) adopted as GTR No.4
• Footnote 2) adopted as GTR No.5

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3. Reports of the 141st Plenary Meeting (1)

• ATTENDANCE

• Held 141th session from 13 to 16 March 2007
• 33 countries, including Australia Japan
  Peoples Republic of China Korea Malaysia US
  and other countries from APEC region and European
  Community (EC)
• and 10 Non-governmental organizations, including
  OICA and IMMA, took part in the WP29 plenary
  meetings.

• General Statements

• Stressed the importance of the reduction of CO2
  emissions from the transport sector to fight
  against the global warming

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3. Reports of the 141st Plenary Meeting (2)

• 1958 Agreement

• Status of the Agreement
• Accession of Montenegro to the 1958 Agreement
• Now 47 contracting parties to the 1958
  Agreement.

• Consideration of draft amendments to existing
  regulations
• Total 19 draft amendments were submitted to AC.1
  for vote
• Total 18 amendments were adopted.
• - 0/1 for GRE, 1/1 for GRSP, 7/7 for GRRF,
  and 10/10 for GRSG)

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3. Reports of the 141st Plenary Meeting (3)

• Deferred Items to the November 2007 session 1
  documents
• GRE R48 (DRL installation)
• - The internal procedures of formal
  adoption for mandatory installation
• and automatic activation of DRL were
  still in progress

• Consideration of new draft Regulations 2 docs.
  were adopted
• Draft Regulation on Forward Field of Vision
• Draft Regulation on Partitioning Systems
• - To protect passengers against displaced
  luggage, supplied as non-
• original vehicle equipment

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3. Reports of the 141st Plenary Meeting (4)

• Documents of GRs

Expert Groups Adoption Documents New draft Documents
GRE Amendment Regulations 48(Lightning) - deferred
GRSP Amendment Regulations 44 Partitioning system to Protect passengers ? Adopted
GRRF Amendment Regulations 13, 13-H, 30, 90, 106, 109, 117
GRSG Amendment Regulations 18, 36, 43, 46, 52, 66, 73, 107, 121 Forward field of vision of the drivers ? Adopted
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3. Reports of the 141st Plenary Meeting (5)

• 1998 Agreement

• Status of the Agreement
• Accession of Moldova to the 1998 Agreement
• Now 29 contracting parties to the 1998
  Agreement.

• Consideration of draft global technical
  regulations
• Proposal to develop a GTR on the location and
  identification of motorcycle
• controls, tell-tales and indicators
• No proposals were submitted for voting at the
  141st Plenary meeting

• Exchange of Views
• Progress of developing Side impact dummy by US
• Vehicle crash compatibility
• ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)
• World-wide light-duty test procedures (WLTP)
• Noise emissions

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3. Reports of the 141st Plenary Meeting (6)

• Progress in the development of GTR

Expert Area GTR (Informal Group) Chair / Sponsor
GRE (Lamps) Installation of Lamps Canada / Canada
GRRF (Brakes / Driving) Passenger Brakes Tires Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Motorcycle brake systems UK, US / Japan, UK UK / France / USA / Canada
GRSP (Collision Safety) Pedestrian Safety Head Restraints Door locks and retention components (GTR No.1) Japan, EC / EC USA / USA
GRSG (General Safety) Safety Glazings Controls and Displays Germany / Germany / Canada
GRPE (Environment / Energy) Heavy-Duty Certification Procedure (WHDC, GTR No.4) Heavy-Duty OBD (GTR No.5) Motorcycle Emission Test Cycle (WMTC, GTR No.2) Off-cycle Emissions (OCE) NRMM Particulate Matters / EC Japan / US Germany / Germany USA/ USA EC/ EC
WP29/AC3 Hydrogen and fuel cells vehicles (HFCV) Germany / Germany, Japan, US
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