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UN R0 Supplement 1 (01 series) · UNECE Regulation No. 0 (ECE R0) — Uniform provisions concerning the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA).

UN R0 — Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments

Base text → Supplement 1

Adopted at the WP.29 179th sessionEntry into force 2020-05-29
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What changed
  • For L-IWVTA notifications, a Contracting Party must now use the UNECE online sharing system instead of the format in Annex 4, Part A, Section II.
  • The notification must indicate the level(s) of acceptance for each UN Regulation concerned.
Why
  • The change was proposed so that the new IWVTA functionality in the 343 application serves as the unique means of notification.

Q1What changed1 change

Notification for the acceptance of an L-IWVTA (para. 13.5.)

To notify the UN Regulations and versions for which it will accept type approvals, a Contracting Party must now use the UNECE online sharing system. It must also indicate the level(s) of acceptance for each UN Regulation concerned. Before, the format provided in Annex 4, Part A, Section II had to be used. The last sentence of paragraph 13.5. no longer refers to "Annex 4, Part A, Section II".

For such notification, the format provided in Annex 4, Part A, Section II Contracting Party shall be useduse the UNECE online sharing system and indicate the level(s) of acceptance for each UN Regulation concerned. The Contracting Party shall then accept as evidence of compliance a L-IWVTA which includes at least the type approvals that are in accordance with the notification by the Contracting Party regarding Annex 4, Part A, Section II.
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Q2Why it changed

Proposed by
Experts of the Informal Working Group on International Whole Vehicle Type Approval
Working party
WP.29, 178th session (June 2019)

Reasons

Reasons given by the proposer: IWG on IWVTA, in informal document WP.29-178-05. WP.29 noted at its 178th session that the IWG planned to submit proposals based on WP.29-178-05 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1147, para. 79).

  • The secretariat proposed to amend paragraph 13.5. to reflect that the new IWVTA functionality in the 343 application "shall serve as the unique means of notification". The proposal quotes paragraph 73 of WP.29 report ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1145. There, the secretariat introduced the new IWVTA functionality of the "343 app", expected to be rolled out before the application date of UN Regulation No. 0.

    Sources (2)
    “The secretariat proposes amending paragraph 13.5 of UN Regulation No. 0 to reflect that the new IWVTA functionality in the 343 application shall serve as the unique means of notification.”
    WP.29-178-05Justification, para. 2
    “The secretariat also introduced the new IWVTA functionality of the “343 app” (WP.29-177-21) expected to be rolled out before the application date of UN Regulation No. 0.”
    WP.29-178-05Justification, para. 1

Document trail

  1. —ProposalWP.29-178-05Proposal submitted by the IWG on IWVTA
  2. 2019-08Sent to WP.29ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/75Text submitted to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration
  3. 2019-11WP.29 adoptsECE/TRANS/WP.29/1149Adopted at the 179th session (session report, para. 116)
  4. 2020-05-29In forceC.N.206.2020.TREATIES-XI.B.16.0UN depositary notification

Q3Who is affected

Vehicle manufacturer

  • No direct action for this role.

Component supplier

  • No direct action for this role.

Technical service / Approval authority

  • No direct action for this role.

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