Overall Status of Recent UN/ECE/WP29 SessionsUN/ECE/WP29 Sessions

MOCT / KOTSA(KATRI)MOCT / KOTSA(KATRI)

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1. Summary of UN/ECE/WP29 Plenary Meetings2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting3. 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)

Held 140th session from 14 to 17 November 2006

35 countries, including Australia; Canada; Japan; People’s 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.

ATTENDANCE

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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)

1958 Agreement

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

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

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

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Expert Groups Adoption Documents New draft Documents

GREAmendment Regulations : 6, 7, 19, 37, 38, 45, 48, 69, 70, 87, 88, 98, 104,123

GRSPAmendment 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

GRPEAmendment Regulations :40, 47, 49, 101, 110

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GRSGAmendment Regulations26, 34, 36, 46, 52, 66, 81, 97, 105, 107, 121

Forward field of vision of the drivers→ Deferred

GRBAmendment Regulations :51

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Documents of GRs

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

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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

1998 Agreement

2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting (4)

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Expert Area GTR (Informal Group) Chair / Sponsor

GRE (Lamps) Installation of Lamps Canada / Canada

GRRF(Brakes / Driving)

Passenger BrakesTires

Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

UK, US / Japan, UKUK / France

/ USA

GRSP(Collision Safety)

Pedestrian SafetyHead Restraints

Japan, EC / ECUSA / USA

GRSG(General Safety)

Safety GlazingsControls 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

/ ECJapan / US

Germany / GermanyUSA/ 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

2. Reports of the 140th Plenary Meeting (5) Progress in the development of GTR

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

Held 141th session from 13 to 16 March 2007

33 countries, including Australia; Japan; People’s 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.

ATTENDANCE

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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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)

1958 Agreement

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

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

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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

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

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

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Expert Groups Adoption Documents New draft Documents

GREAmendment Regulations : 48(Lightning) - deferred

GRSPAmendment Regulations :44

Partitioning system to Protect passengers→ Adopted

GRRF Amendment Regulations :13, 13-H, 30, 90, 106, 109, 117

GRSGAmendment Regulations18, 36, 43, 46, 52, 66, 73, 107, 121

Forward field of vision of the drivers→ Adopted

Documents of GRs

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

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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

1998 Agreement

3. Reports of the 141st Plenary Meeting (5)

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

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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Expert Area GTR (Informal Group) Chair / Sponsor

GRE (Lamps) Installation of Lamps Canada / Canada

GRRF(Brakes / Driving)

Passenger BrakesTires

Electronic Stability Control (ESC)Motorcycle brake systems

UK, US / Japan, UKUK / France

/ USA/ Canada

GRSP(Collision Safety)

Pedestrian SafetyHead Restraints

Door locks and retention components (GTR No.1)

Japan, EC / ECUSA / USA

GRSG(General Safety)

Safety GlazingsControls 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

/ ECJapan / US

Germany / GermanyUSA/ USA

EC/ EC

WP29/AC3 Hydrogen and fuel cells vehicles (HFCV) Germany / Germany, Japan, US

Progress in the development of GTR

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

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