Overall Status of Recent UNECEWP29 Sessions

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Overall Status of Recent UN/ECE/WP29 Sessions
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MLTM / KOTSA(KATRI)
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Contents

• 1. Summary of UN/ECE/WP29 145th Plenary Meetings
• 2. General Statements
• 3. Highlight of the Recent Sessions
• 4. Reports of the 145th Plenary Meeting

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1. Summary of UN/ECE/WP29 145th Plenary Meetings

• Since the 30th APEC Meeting, one WP29 plenary
  meetings was held
• in June 2008(145th).
• 145th Plenary Meeting
• - Total 14 draft amendments to existing ECE
  regulations were adopted
• - One GTR (ESC Electronic Stability Control)
  was adopted as the 8th
• GTR

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2. General Statements

• ATTENDANCE

• Held 145th session from 11 to 14 June 2008
• 36 countries, including Australia Canada Japan
  Peoples Republic of China Korea Indonesia
  India 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

• Ms. E. Molnar, Director of the UNECE Transport
  Division, informed the World Forum about the
  results of the first International Transport
  Forum (ITF) on "Transport and Energy
• ITF had urged the World Forum to accelerate the
  work to develop common methodologies, test cycles
  and measurement methods for reducing vehicle
  emissions, including CO2 emissions

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3. Highlight of the Recent Sessions(1)

• Highlight of the Recent Sessions

• GRSG (94th General Safety, 21-25 April 2008)
• - Proposal for a reduction from 75 per cent o 70
  per cent of the lower limit of the regular
• light transmittance of a windscreen, specified
  in Regulation No. 43, is considered to
• vote in the November 2008 session
• - With regard to the increased fire risk of
  heavy-duty vehicles, GRSG will continue to
• work on the detection of fires and on
  provisions for electric wires and fuses on buses,
• while GRRF will be focusing on Tyre Pressure
  Monitoring Systems (TPMS)
• Considered a proposal for clarification of the
  definitions of classes of vehicles due to
• request from GRSP to review the scope of
  Regulations of Nos. 14, 16 and 17,
• regarding the fitting of safety belts into
  buses and coaches.
• - decide to discontinue the work of the informal
  group on Event Data Recorder (EDR)
• until new data would be available
• - Agreed to initiate the amendment of the
  Regulation 43(Safety Glazing) in order to
• align it with the provisions of newly adopted
  GTR No.6

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3. Highlight of the Recent Sessions(2)

• Highlight of the Recent Sessions

• GRSP(43th Passive Safety, 19-23 May 2008)
• Japan proposed active participation in the
  Informal Working Group on Head Restraints GTR
• phase 2 as it has been adopted GTR NO.7 in the
  last plenary meeting
• Once Pedestrian Safety GTR is established, Phase
  II Development of flexible legform impactor
• technical evaluation group (FLEX-TEG) will be
  continued under the chairmanship of Japan
• With regard to the development of HFCV GTR,
  Phase I development of GTR, storage systems
• for compressed gas and for liquid hydrogen,
  vehicle fuel system integrity and electric
  safety,
• will be conducted through activities from SGS
  and ELSA
• Held a informal group meeting to amend
  Regulation No. 94 (Frontal impact) by changing
  the
• type of deformable barrier element and revising
  the testing procedures and decided to update it
• by 2010 based on technical justification
  including cost-benefit analysis.

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3. Highlight of the Recent Sessions (3)

• Highlight of the Recent Sessions

• GRE (59th Lighting and Light-Signalling, 31
  March-4 April 2008)
• - Awaiting sponsors for developing new GTR
  regarding new headlamp beam combinations,
• new front fog-lamps, LED headlamps,
  installation of lighting and light signalling
  devices on
• motorcycles, adaptive front-lighting systems
  (AFS) etc
• - Automatic activation of headlamp at engine
  start in motorcycle is submitted to WP29 for
• consideration at the November to considered to
  vote in the November 2008 session

• GRPE (56th Pollution and Energy 3-6 June 2008)
• - Informal group in charge of developing a GTR on
  Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test
• Procedures (WLTP) will preparing a roadmap by
  2009 as it is related to prevent global
• warming.
• Reported progress of work of Off-cycle emission,
  heavy-duty emission certification and fuel
• quality (WHDC)

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4. Reports of the 145th Plenary Meeting (1)

• 1958 Agreement

• Vote of draft amendments to existing regulations
• Total 14 draft amendments were submitted to AC.1
  for vote
• All 14 draft amendments were adopted.
• - 4/4 for GRE, 3/3 for GRSP, 4/4 for GRRF,
  2/2 for GRPE, 2/2 for GRB
• GRE
• - R48 Noted the new expected date of entry
  into force of the 04 series with
• regard to the headlamp and corrected
  description of Amber
• - R65 Not prohibiting use of other than red
  light for special warning lamp in
• accordance with CPs nation law
• R123 LED module can be used in AFS along with
  filament and gas discharge
• light source

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4. Reports of the 145th Plenary Meeting (2)

• GRSP
• - R14 (Safety belt anchorage) a maximum load
  application time of ISOFIX test changed from
• 2 sec to 30 sec
• - R16 (Safety belt) Clarify accelerated test
  condition with hatched area for safety belt test
  and
• add tolerance for test load (980 daN 100daN)

• GRRF
• - R13 (Heavy vehicles braking) Apply ISO
  119922003 with regard to the support message
• compatibility such as lightning system or
  warning between towing vehicle and trailer
• - R78 (Motorcycle braking) New PBC (Peak
  braking coefficient) using motorcycles braking
• power
• - R106 (Tyres for agricultural vehicles) Add
  kpa for pressure unit along with bar and
  clarify
• test speed from rpm to km/h

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4. Reports of the 145th Plenary Meeting (3)

• GRPE
• - R83 (Emission of M1 and N1 vehicles)
• Add PMP (Particle Measurement Program),
  which is measuring number of particles, method
• to measure particulate matter(PM) emitted
  from passenger vehicle
• relieve OBD regulation for bi-fuel system
  (petrol LNG/LPG)

• GRB
• - Correct test condition of R41 (noise of
  motorcycle) and approval requirement of R117
  (Type
• rolling noise and wet grip adhesion) to
  prevent confusion in applying the regulation
  

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4. Reports of the 145th Plenary Meeting (4)

• 1998 Agreement

• Status of the Agreement
• New accession of Australia to the 1998
  Agreement
• Now 31 contracting parties to the 1998 Agreement

• Consideration and Vote of draft GTRs
• Vote for draft GTR on Pedestrian Safety was
  postponed to the Nov. 2008
• One draft GTR, Electronic Safety Control (ESC),
  was adopted by
• consensus of Contracting Parties present
• The proposed Amendment regarding PBC(Peak
  braking coefficient)
• measurement to GTR No. 3 (Motorcycle braking)
  was established

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4. Reports of the 145th Plenary Meeting (5)

• Progress in the Development of New or Amended
  GTRs
• Head Restraints (GTR No.7)
• - Japan introduced a proposal for the
  development of phase 2 of gtr No. 7 with regard
  to head
• restraint height and dynamic test condition
• AC.3 agreed to defer consideration of the
  proposal to the next session
• HFCV
• - Germany informed AC.3 about the work progress
  of the GRSP subgroup on safety issues (SGS).
• - Basic structure of phase 1 of the gtr includes
  storage systems for compressed gas and for liquid
• hydrogen, vehicle fuel system integrity and
  electric safety.
• - Environmental related items would not be
  included in phase 1, due to the little progress
  made on
• this area.
• Tyre
• - France reported that the two major pending
  issues were the scope of the GTR and the
  markings,
• and a draft GTR would be submit to AC.3 at
  the November 2008 session
• Other progress of work such as GTR No.1(Door
  locks and door detentions), No.2(WMTC),
• NO.4(WHDC), off-cycle emissions, non-road
  mobile machinery (NRMM) were discussed

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4. Reports of the 145th Plenary Meeting (6)

• Exchange of Views
• Side Impact
• - USA informed GRSP about the research program
  regarding child protection in the event of
• side impact
• Passenger Vehicle Brakes
• - No. 13-H and FMVSS 135 have considerably
  progressed toward harmonization, and report will
• be submitted at the November 2008 session.
• Worldwide harmonized light-vehicle test
  procedures (WLTP)
• - GRPE Chairman informed AC.3 about the results
  of the first meeting of the informal group and
• announced the informal group's intention to
  anticipate the completion of the road map in
  2009.
• Other items such as ITS (Intelligent Transport
  Systems), Noise Emissions, Controls and
• Displays, etc.

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4. Reports of the 145th Plenary Meeting (7)

• Fiftieth Anniversary of The 1958 Agreement
• - The Chairman of WP29,Mr. B. Gauvin (France)
  opened the session for the commemoration of
• the 1958 Agreement and welcomed all
  participants.
• - The UNECE Chairman, Mr. A. van Meeuween, gave
  presentations on the history and the
• development of the Agreement as well as on
  its former, current and the future roles and
• challenges.
• - The Director of the Transport Division
  underlined the success and the role of the World
  Forum
• as a unique platform to develop global
  solutions for global issues.
• - Japan India, South Africa, China introduced
  their harmonization activities and expectation
  for
• WP29

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