Report to 167th WP.29 session from

the 19th IWVTA Informal Group meeting

Transmitted by the Technical Secretary document IWVTA-19-06

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Preliminary Draft

Contents

I. Report from Sub-group « 1958 Agreement »1. Transitional provisions of UN Regulations2. Transition of UN R0 conformity level

II. Report from Sub-group « UN R0 »3. UN Regulations applicable to IWVTA4. UN R0 pretesting5. Q&A document on UN R0 and IWVTA

III. IWVTA IG6. Request to extend the mandate of IWVTA IG7. Working schedule

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1. Transitional provisions of UN Regulations

Transitional provisions of UN Regulations /Note on UN Regulation No.0

Series AmendmentDate (a)= entry into force of XX series

- As from Date (a) no CP shall refuse to grant or accept UN type approval issued in accordance with XX series of this UN Regulation

Date (b)= Sept. 1 - CP shall not be obliged to accept UN type approval in accordance with XX-1 series first issued after Date (b)- In case additional UN Regulations are included in Annex 4 of UN R0 via the new series of amendments, then for these Regulations the same date (b) = September 1 applies.

Date (c) - CP shall not be obliged to accept UN type approval in accordance with XX-1 series regardless of the date of issue- The transitional provisions of UN R0 may include a date (c) for any such Regulation as appropriate. For the acceptance of a U-IWVTA this date (c) would supersede a date (c) specified in the transitional provisions of the individual UN Regulation."

New UN RegulationIntroductory provisions

- A new UN Regulation may include introductory provisions addressing the date from which Contracting Parties can mandate compliance to the new UN Regulations."

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Subject to mutual recognition: all CPs applying the UN Regulation must accept approval and extensions of existing approvals 　

Not subject to mutual recognition: CPs applying the UN Regulation have the choice to accept or refuse the approval

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1. Transitional provisions of UN Regulations

2. Transition of UN R0 conformity level

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UN R0 XX-1 Series (In case no Date (c) is specified )

UN R0 XX Series (In case at least one Date (c) is specified before Date (b) )

November, base year

- No CPs shall refuse to grant or refuse to accept U-WVTA based on XX-1 Series of UN R0

- The upgrade of UN R0 may include any new series of amendments of UN Regulations for which the date (b) is no later than September 1st of the year following the vote and new.

Date (a)= entry into force

- As from this date no CPs shall refuse to grant or refuse to accept U-WVTA based on XX Series of UN R0

Date (b)= September 1, the following year

- As from this date no CPs shall grant U-IWVTA based on XX-1 Series of UN R0.- CPs shall be continued to be obliged to accept U-IWVTA based on XX-1 Series of UN R0 first issued before this date

Date (c) - CP shall not be obliged to accept UN type approval based on XX series of UN R0 regardless of the date of issue

3. UN Regulations applicable to IWVTA (R51 has been added )

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Number Topic UN-Regulation

1 Retro reflecting devices 32 Illumination of rear registration plates 43 Direction indicators 6

4 Front and rear position lamps, stop-lamps & end-outline marker lamps 7

5 Electromagnetic compatibility 106 Door latches & retention components 117 Steering impact 128 Safety Belts 16

9 Seats, their anchorages, & head restraints 17

10 Front fog lamps 1911 Interior fittings 2112 Reversing & manoeuvring lamps 2313 External projections 2614 Audible warning signals 2815 Tyres 3016 Filament lamps 3717 Rear fog lamps 3818 The Speedometer equipment 3919 Safety glazing 4320 Built-in Restraining device for children 44

Number Topic UN-Regulation

21 Headlamp cleaners 4522 Sound emissions 5123 Tyres for commercial vehicles 5424 Rear underrun protective devices 5825 Parking lamps 7726 Steering equipment 7927 Measurement of engine power 8528 Side marker lamps 9129 Frontal collision 9430 Lateral collision 9531 Headlamps with gas-charge light sources 9832 Gas-charge light sources 9933 Electric power train 100

34 Headlamps with filament lamps and/or LED modules 112

35 Tyre wet grip/Noise/RR 11736 Cornering lamps 11937 Hand controls and tell tales 12138 Adaptive front-lighting systems 12339 Forward field of vision 12540 Pedestrian safety performance 12741 LED light sources 128

3. UN Regulations applicable to IWVTA ; B List

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UN Reg. TopicExpected

agreement date by GR

Expected agreement date

by WP.29Note

13H Braking February, 2016 June, 2016 Split provisions for ESC/BA

14 Safety belts Anchorages unknown unknown Wait for proposal by Australia

34 Prevention of fire risks May, 2014 November, 2014

To be included in Annex 4 of UN R0 in November, 2017

46 Indirect vision devices May, 2015 November, 2015

To be included in Annex 4 of UN R0 when adopted

48 Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices

unknown unknown Study on DRL by Japan would be reported to GRE

64 Temporary tyres February, 2016 June, 2016 Split provisions for TPMS

116 Anti-theft and alarm systems unknown unknown Task force was established for clarifying the scope and amending the Regulation

New Tyre installation February, 2016 June, 2016 IG was created for drafting the Regulation

WLTP CO2 emissions unknown unknown Discussion is on going.

WLTP Exhaust emissions unknown unknown Discussion is on going.

4. UN R0 pretesting program

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(1) Participants

The pre-test will be run independently and in parallel by pairs consisting of a TAA, technical services and a manufacturer. The following pairs have volunteered to participate in the program.

TAA Tech. Service Manufacturer

Germany KBA Daimler, VW

The Netherlands

RDW RDW Hyundai, VW

UK VCA VCA Toyota

Japan MLIT NTSEL Nissan, Honda, Mazda, Toyota

4. UN R0 pretesting program

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(2) Test Program

The vehicle manufacturer selects a vehicle type that really exists and consists of several variants. On system and parts level real UN type approvals are used whenever feasible.Step 1; New type approval - The manufacturer applies for original U-IWVTA and/or L-IWVTA - The entire approval process is performed between TAA/ technical service and the manufacturer - TAA grants U-IWVTA and/or L-IWVTA with revision 00 which is unfortunately invalid.Step 2; extension of type approval The following patterns of extension are performed [ to be discussed at Task Force meeting on November 4 ]

4. UN R0 pretesting program

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(3) Schedule

11 12 2016/ 1 2 3 4 5 6

Task Forcemeeting

★1st TF(4/ 11/ 2015)report to167th WP.29

★2nd TF(2/ 3/ 2016)report to168th WP.29

★3rd TF(15/ 6/ 2016)report to169th WP.29

Step 1

Step 2

5. Q&A document on UN R0 and IWVTA

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(1) PurposePromote understanding of not only Contracting Parties but also potential Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement on UN Regulation No.0 and IWVTA.The text of the questions and answers is not legally binding.

(2) Q&A documentQuestions are classified into 1) UN R0 and IWVTA and their application and 2) Rights and obligations of Contracting Parties applying UN R0.Sub-group members tried to avoid legal terms and make it easy and simple as much as possible.

(3) Request to WP.29 membersPlease give any feedback on Q&A document IWVTA-SGR0-17-07-rev.1 to Technical Secretary, IWVTA IG (ryuzo_oshita@mail.toyota.co.jp) by the end of December, 2015.

6. Request to extend the mandate of IWVTA IG

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A request to WP.29 to extend the mandate of IWVTA Informal Group by [15 / 20 ] months; i.e., until [June, 2017 / November, 2017] to complete the task. Refer to document WP.29-167-XX.

TIMELINE

December, 2015 to April, 2016: Pre-testing of UN Regulation No. 0 [March or June, 2016]: Submission of final proposal by the drafting subgroup for the text of UN Regulation No. 0 November, 2016: Submission of proposal to set up a permanent informal group administering IWVTA

November, 2016: Submission of updated “General Guidelines for UN regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN Regulations” (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044/rev.2).

7. Working schedule

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Action item 2015 2016 2017 2018

7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5

IWVTA IG andits Sub-Groupmeetings

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Permanent IGMeeting ◆ ◆ ◆

Revision 3 ofthe 1958Agreement

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UN RegulationNo.0 ★ ★ ★ ★

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Verify unanimity by all CPｓ

Secretary General transmit the proposal to all CPs

The proposal shall be deemed to be accepted if no CP expresses an objection within a period of six months

WP.29 approves the final proposal in accordance with Article 5 of Appendix to the 1958 Agreement

The proposal shall enter into force for all CPs in three months thereafter.

Secretary General transmit the proposal to allCPs

The Regulation will be considered to be adopted provided the conditions of Article 1.2 of the 1958 Agreement are fulfilled

As from 9 months after the date of entry into force of UN R0, CPs shall accept an IWVTA

Submit UN R0 final proposal to WP.29

Request to extend the mandate of IWVTA Inf.G

Propose to set up a permanent Inf.G

7. Working schedule

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Action item 2015 2016 2017 2018

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UN Regulationsapplicable toIWVTA

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Pretesting ofUN R0

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Q&A onIWVTA ★

GuidelineECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044

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Establishmentof Task Force

Finalization of test plan

Pre-testing of UN R0

Discussion on the test results and findings

Submit final amendment of Guideline ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044/rev.2

Submit draft Q&A on IWVTA to WP.29

Submit draft amendment of Guideline ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044/rev.2

Finalize UN Regulations applicable