UN R166 — 01 series of amendments

New paragraphs 6.1.3. to 6.2.4. add protective housing requirements and tests for mirrors. Under paragraph 6.2.1., devices for mirrors are subjected to a pendulum impact test, and exterior mirrors with a stem to a bending test. Paragraphs 6.2.1.1. and 6.2.2. give cases where the impact test is not required or is not carried out. The requirements of paragraph 6.2. are considered to be satisfied for mirrors of a vehicle fulfilling the provisions of Regulation No. 21. Under paragraph 6.2.4., devices approved by UN Regulation No. 26 or No. 61 are exempted from paragraph 6.2. New Annex 13 has the title “Necessity of Pendulum Impact Test”, and paragraph 6.2.2. refers to it.

New paragraph 15.4.1. has the heading “Activation”, with paragraphs 15.4.1.1. and 15.4.1.2. on FLVCS and the detection system. Paragraph 15.4.1.1. says it must be possible to easily activate FLVCS and the detection system when the gear is in the out-of-parking or neutral range. Former paragraphs 15.4.1. to 15.4.1.4. are renumbered as paragraphs 15.4.2. to 15.4.2.4. New paragraphs 15.4.3. to 15.4.3.6. set protective housing requirements for devices other than mirrors. Paragraph 15.4.3.1. sets a radius of curvature of not less than 2.5 mm for parts “in potential, static contact with a sphere”, with the devices “mounted in the position recommended by the manufacturer for normal driving”. Paragraph 16.2. now says “front or lateral side(s) view image” instead of “front and lateral side(s) view image” for the FLVCS default.

In paragraph 15.2., plane (a) “passing through a point 300 mm from the contour of the sides of the vehicle” is now a longitudinal vertical plane, not a transverse vertical plane. Plane (b) “passing through a point 300 mm from the contour of the front of the vehicle” is now a transverse vertical plane, not a transverse horizontal plane. Paragraph 15.2. now refers to new Figure 6, which replaces Figure 2. Annex 9, paragraph 1.2., has a rule for the vehicle equipped with CMS that comply with UN Regulation No. 46, 04 series of amendments. This rule now names the centres of Class III or II CMS camera lens, instead of Class II CMS camera lens. The Figure 2 “Test Object Locations” drawing in Annex 9 is changed and marks the “Centre of side mirror (UN-R46 class III or II)”.

Paragraph 15.1. now includes “Via a combination of the means of vision and awareness, and declared by the manufacturer”. Paragraph 15.1. also contains the text on overlaps of designated areas and on the manufacturer’s declaration to the technical service. The examples of designated areas are now in Figure 5, instead of Figure 3. Paragraph 15.2.1.4., on a device of detection system, and paragraph 15.2.1.5., on a combination of the means in paragraphs 15.2.1.1 to 15.2.1.4., are deleted. In paragraph 15.2.3., former 15.2.6., the words “and have the dimensions specified for the class to which they belong” are deleted.

In paragraph 12.2., “Ambinocular vision” now refers to Figure 4, which has a direct vision case and an indirect vision case. Under paragraph 15.2.1., the test object must be revealed in the Annex 9 test “using ambinocular vision from the adjusted driver's ocular points, or binocular vision from the adjusted ocular reference point calculated by the methods described in Annex 10”. The adjusted driver's ocular points calculated by the methods described in Annex 10 do not apply to devices using monitors. Paragraph 15.2.2., former 15.2.5., now also refers to Annex 10, and cites UN Regulation No. 43, 01 series of amendments, instead of the 04 series. Annex 10, paragraphs 1. to 3., no longer start with “In testing according to paragraph 15.2.1.1.”, and the heading of paragraph 2. adds “front and”.

From the official entry into force of the 01 series, Contracting Parties applying this Regulation must not refuse to grant or accept its approvals (23.1.). As from 1 September 2026, they are not obliged to accept type approvals to the preceding series first issued after 1 September 2026 (23.2.). Until 1 September 2027, they must accept type approvals to the preceding series first issued before 1 September 2026 (23.3.). As from 1 September 2027, they are not obliged to accept type approvals issued to the preceding series (23.4.). Under paragraph 23.5., they must continue to accept preceding-series approvals “for the vehicles and devices for means of front and lateral vision which are not affected by the changes introduced by the 01 series of amendments”. They may grant type approvals, and must continue to grant extensions of existing approvals, to any preceding series (23.6. and 23.7.).

In paragraph 1.1.3., approvals at the request of the manufacturer for other categories are now under Part II, instead of Parts I and II. Paragraphs 5.2. and 14.2. now say an approval number is assigned to each approved type in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Agreement (E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.3). In Annex 5, the approval mark example now gives UN Regulation No. 166 and approval number 012439, instead of No. xxx and 002439. The title of Chapter 20 now reads “Penalties for Non-Conformity of Production”, not “Penalties for Non-Conformity of Protection”. A new footnote to paragraph 1.1.2., the footnote to paragraph 5.4.1. and Annex 9, paragraph 1.3.3.2., now cite R.E.3 document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.7. A new footnote in Annex 8 says that the procedure is described in Addendum 6 of Mutual Resolution No. 1 (M.R.1).