UN R163 Supplement 4 (00 series) · UNECE Regulation No. 163 (ECE R163) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicle alarm system and approval of a vehicle with regard to its vehicle alarm system.
UN R163 — Supplement 4 to the 00 series of amendments
Supplement 3 → 4
- What changed
- New paragraphs 0. and 0.1. to 0.1.2. add an Introduction on vehicles of categories X and Y and on vehicles equipped with an ADS.
- If a vehicle has no driver/manual driving controls, provisions related to them must not be taken into account unless this amendment already covers them.
- Footnotes 1 and 3 now cite document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8 instead of Rev.6.
- Why
- Supplement 4 is introduced to take into account vehicles of categories X and Y. It also takes into account vehicles with a manual mode operating at speeds above 6 km/h which are equipped with an ADS.
- The amendment intends to extend the application of the Regulation to vehicles without a driver and without manual driving controls in the vehicle.
Q1What changed6 changes
New Introduction: the purpose of Supplement 4 (paras 0. and 0.1.)
New paragraph 0. adds an Introduction to the Regulation. Paragraph 0.1. says that Supplement 4 to the original version is introduced to take into account vehicles of categories X and Y. It also takes into account “vehicles with a manual mode operating at speeds above 6 km/h which are equipped with an Automated Driving System (ADS)”.
Vehicles without a driver and manual driving controls, and vehicles with an ADS (paras 0.1.1. and 0.1.2.)
Paragraph 0.1.1. says that the Regulation was originally drafted for vehicles with driver and manual driving controls. The amendment intends to keep the spirit of the Regulation. It also intends to extend its application to vehicles without a driver and without manual driving controls in the vehicle. In the absence of “driver/manual driving controls” in the vehicle, provisions related to them must not be taken into account if not already covered by this amendment. Paragraph 0.1.2. says that, in case of vehicles equipped with an ADS, no special provisions or exemptions apply in any driving mode.
References to R.E.3 in footnotes 1 and 3
Footnote 1 on the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3.) now cites document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8, with a new web address. Before, it cited Rev.6. Paragraphs 0.1. and 1.1. refer to footnote 1. In the text that GRSG sent to WP.29, the footnote said “Rev.8, para. 2”. AC.1 adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/130 as amended by Annex VI of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1192, which gives the footnote without “para. 2”. Footnote 3 to paragraph 4.4.1. refers to Annex 3 to R.E.3 and now cites Rev. 8 instead of Rev.6, with a new web address.
Q2Why it changed
- Proposed by
- Expert from the Kingdom of the Netherlands on behalf of the Task Force on Automated Vehicles Regulatory Screening (TF-AVRS)
- Working party
- GRSG, 131st session (April 2026)
Reasons
Supplement 4 to the original version is introduced to take into account vehicles of categories X and Y. It also takes into account vehicles with a manual mode operating at speeds above 6 km/h which are equipped with an ADS.
Sources (2)
“Supplement 4 to the original version is introduced to take into account vehicles of categories X and Y1”
“as well as vehicles with a manual mode operating at speeds above 6 km/h which are equipped with an Automated Driving System (ADS)1”
The Regulation was originally drafted for vehicles with driver and manual driving controls. The amendment intends to keep the spirit of the Regulation. It also intends to extend its application to vehicles without a driver and without manual driving controls in the vehicle.
Sources (2)
“The Regulation was originally drafted for vehicles with driver and manual driving controls.”
“It is the intention of this amendment to keep the spirit of the Regulation and to extend its application to vehicles without a driver and without manual driving controls in the vehicle.”
Document trail
- 2026-01ProposalECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/15Proposal by the expert from the Kingdom of the Netherlands on behalf of TF-AVRS
- —RevisedGRSG-131-40Revised TF-AVRS proposal that replaced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/15
- —Working party adoptsECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/110GRSG session report, para. 37
- 2026-04Sent to WP.29ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/130Text that GRSG sent to WP.29 and AC.1
- —Amended in sessionWP.29-199-10Amendments for the AC.1 vote, reproduced in Annex VI of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1192
- 2026-06-24WP.29 adoptsECE/TRANS/WP.29/1192Adopted at the 199th session (session report, para. 103)
- PendingIn forceDate not yet known
Q3Who is affected
Vehicle manufacturer
- For a vehicle without “driver/manual driving controls”, list the provisions related to them. Then find which of them this amendment already covers (para. 0.1.1.).
Component supplier
- No direct action for this role.
Technical service / Approval authority
- For a vehicle without driver/manual driving controls, leave out related provisions that this amendment does not already cover (para. 0.1.1.).
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