UN R44 Supplement 19 (04 series) · UNECE Regulation No. 44 (ECE R44) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of restraining devices for child occupants of power-driven vehicles ("Child Restraint Systems").
UN R44 — Supplement 19 to the 04 series of amendments
Supplement 18 → 19
- What changed
- From 1 September 2026, Contracting Parties applying R44 need not accept its approvals of vehicle specific “built-in” child restraint systems first issued after that date.
- Contracting Parties applying R44 must continue to accept its 04 series approvals of these “built-in” systems first issued before 1 September 2026.
- Why
- UN Regulation No. 170 (buses and coaches) and UN Regulation No. 129 (M1 vehicles) already define the approval requirements for built-in child restraint systems.
- For this reason, the proposal says that the possibility to approve built-in systems under UN Regulation No. 44 must end.
Q1What changed2 changes
Acceptance of approvals of “built-in” child restraint systems (paras. 17.26. and 17.27.)
New paragraphs 17.26. and 17.27. apply to type approvals of vehicle specific “built-in” child restraint systems under this Regulation. From 1 September 2026, Contracting Parties applying this Regulation are not obliged to accept these approvals if they are first issued after 1 September 2026. Contracting Parties applying this Regulation must continue to accept these approvals issued according to the 04 series and first issued before 1 September 2026. Paragraph 17.25. also requires Contracting Parties applying this Regulation to continue to accept approvals of these systems issued according to the 04 series.
Q2Why it changed
- Proposed by
- Informal Working Group on Safe Transport of Children in Buses
- Working party
- GRSP, 76th session (December 2024)
Reasons
UN Regulation No. 170 defines the approval requirements for built-in child restraint systems (CRS) in buses and coaches. UN Regulation No. 129 defines them for built-in CRS in M1 vehicles.
Source
“UN Regulation No. 170 defines the requirements for the approval of built-in Child Restraint Systems (CRS) in buses and coaches and UN Regulation No. 129 defines the requirements for the approval of built-in CRS in M1 vehicles.”
The proposal notes that built-in systems can still be approved under UN Regulation No. 44.
Source
“Built-in systems can still be approved according to UN Regulation No. 44.”
The requirements for built-in CRS are already defined in the new Regulations. For this reason, the proposal says that the possibility to approve built-in CRS under UN Regulation No. 44 must end.
Source
“As the requirements of built-in CRS are already defined in the new Regulations, the possibility to approve them according to UN Regulation No. 44 shall end.”
Document trail
- 2024-09ProposalECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2024/17Proposal by the Informal Working Group on Safe Transport of Children in Buses
- —RevisedGRSP-76-46Proposal that superseded ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2024/17
- —Working party adoptsECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/76Session report, para. 18
- 2025-04Sent to WP.29ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2025/50Text that GRSP sent to WP.29 and AC.1
- 2025-06WP.29 adoptsECE/TRANS/WP.29/1186Adopted at the 196th session (session report, para. 111)
- 2026-01-11In forceC.N.26.2026.TREATIES-XI.B.16.44UN depositary notification
Q3Who is affected
Vehicle manufacturer
- List your 04 series approvals of vehicle specific “built-in” child restraint systems and the date each was first issued.
- Ask each Contracting Party if it accepts this Regulation's approvals of built-in systems first issued after 1 September 2026.
Component supplier
- Give the vehicle manufacturer the date of first issue of each 04 series approval of your built-in systems.
- Include the 1 September 2026 date of paragraph 17.26. in your approval plans for new built-in systems.
Technical service / Approval authority
- For each approval of a built-in child restraint system under this Regulation, check the date it was first issued.
- Tell applicants that Contracting Parties need not accept this Regulation's approvals of built-in systems first issued after 1 September 2026.
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ⓘ This report gives advice only. It is not legal or type-approval advice.