UN R46 Supplement 2 (06 series) · UNECE Regulation No. 46 (ECE R46) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of devices for indirect vision and of motor vehicles with regard to the installation of these devices.
UN R46 — Supplement 2 to the 06 series of amendments
Supplement 1 → 2
- What changed
- Camera and monitor parts outside the vehicle are now exempt from the relevant provisions if their material has a Shore A hardness below 60.
- New paragraph 6.2.2.1.5. covers camera and monitor parts inside the vehicle with a Shore A hardness below 50 on a rigid support. For these parts, the requirements of paragraph 6.2.2.1.1. apply only to the support.
- The text on CMS with a lower edge mounted not less than 2 m above the ground does not change. Its number is now 6.2.2.1.6. instead of 6.2.2.1.5.
- Why
- The aim of the proposal is to align UN Regulation No. 46 with UN Regulation Nos. 26 and 61.
Q1What changed3 changes
Shore A hardness of camera and monitor parts outside and inside the vehicle (paras. 6.2.2.1.4. and 6.2.2.1.5.)
Paragraph 6.2.2.1.4. exempts camera and monitor parts outside the vehicle from the relevant provisions if their material has a Shore A hardness below 60. New paragraph 6.2.2.1.5. covers camera and monitor parts inside the vehicle with a Shore A hardness below 50 on a rigid support. For these parts, the requirements of paragraph 6.2.2.1.1. apply only to the support. Before this supplement, for parts with a Shore A hardness below 60 on a rigid support, paragraph 6.2.2.1.4. applied paragraph 6.2.2.1.1. only to the support.
CMS with the lower edge mounted not less than 2 m above the ground: new paragraph number (para. 6.2.2.1.6.)
The text on CMS with a lower edge mounted not less than 2 m above the ground is now paragraph 6.2.2.1.6. instead of 6.2.2.1.5. Its words do not change.
Q2Why it changed
- Proposed by
- Expert from Germany on behalf of the Task Force on UN Regulation No. 46
- Working party
- GRSG, 131st session (April 2026)
Reasons
The aim of the proposal is to align UN Regulation No. 46 with UN Regulation Nos. 26 and 61. The Chair of the Task Force introduced it with other proposals for a common alignment through the 02 to the 07 series of amendments.
Sources (2)
“Alignment of UN Regulation No. 46 with UN Regulation Nos. 26 and 61.”
“which propose a common alignment of UN Regulation No. 46 with UN Regulations Nos. 26 and 61 through the 02 to the 07 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 46”
Document trail
- 2026-01ProposalECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2026/28Proposal by the expert from Germany on behalf of the Task Force on UN Regulation No. 46
- —Working party adoptsECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/110GRSG adopted the proposal without amendment (para. 11)
- 2026-08Sent to WP.29ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/180Proposal that GRSG submitted to WP.29 and AC.1 for their November 2026 sessions
- PendingWP.29 voteScheduled for the 200th session (17–20 November 2026)
- PendingIn forceDate not yet known
Q3Who is affected
Vehicle manufacturer
- For camera and monitor parts outside the vehicle, check if their Shore A hardness is below 60 (para. 6.2.2.1.4.).
- For camera and monitor parts inside the vehicle on a rigid support, check the Shore A hardness against paragraph 6.2.2.1.5.
- In documents on CMS with the lower edge mounted not less than 2 m above the ground, cite paragraph 6.2.2.1.6.
Component supplier
- Give the vehicle manufacturer the Shore A hardness of the materials of camera and monitor parts (paras. 6.2.2.1.4. and 6.2.2.1.5.).
- Tell the vehicle manufacturer if each camera or monitor part is for installation inside or outside the vehicle.
Technical service / Approval authority
- Before you exempt outside camera and monitor parts (para. 6.2.2.1.4.), check that their Shore A hardness is below 60.
- Check if camera and monitor parts inside the vehicle with Shore A hardness below 50 are on a rigid support.
- For CMS with the lower edge mounted not less than 2 m above the ground, use paragraph 6.2.2.1.6., not 6.2.2.1.5.
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