UN R98 Supplement 1 (02 series) · UNECE Regulation No. 98 (ECE R98) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicle headlamps equipped with gas-discharge light sources.
UN R98 — Supplement 1 to the 02 series of amendments
Base text → Supplement 1
- What changed
- Headlamps may conform with the latest version of UN Regulation No. 149 for headlamps equipped with gas-discharge light sources, instead of this Regulation (5.13.).
- Why
- The proposal aims to link UN Regulations Nos. 98, 112, 113 and 123 to the new UN Regulation on Road Illumination Devices (RID).
- CMVSS No. 108 refers specifically to the present UN Regulations, which are to be soon frozen.
- To continue the allowance in Canada of UN Regulation headlamps conforming to the new UN Regulation [RID], the frozen Regulations should refer to it clearly.
Q1What changed1 change
Headlamps that conform with UN Regulation No. 149 (para. 5.13.)
New paragraph 5.13. lets headlamps conform with the latest version of UN Regulation No. 149, as it relates to headlamps equipped with gas-discharge light sources. This is an alternative to the requirements of this Regulation.
Q2Why it changed
- Proposed by
- Informal Working Group on Simplification of Lighting and Light-Signalling Regulations (IWG SLR)
- Working party
- GRE, 80th session (October 2018)
Reasons
The proposal aims to link UN Regulations Nos. 98, 112, 113 and 123 to the new UN Regulation on Road Illumination Devices (RID). This is for the purposes of the recently updated Canadian Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) No. 108.
Source
“with the aim to link UN Regulations Nos. 98, 112, 113 and 123 to the new UN Regulation on Road Illumination Devices (RID), for the purposes of the recently updated Canadian Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) No. 108.”
A recent amendment to CMVSS No. 108 allows a UN Regulation headlamp to be used on vehicles in Canada. CMVSS No. 108 refers specifically to the present UN Regulations. These UN Regulations are to be soon frozen, and no more improvements will be added to them.
Sources (2)
“Recent amendment to Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS) No. 108 allows a UN Regulation headlamp to be used on vehicles in Canada.”
“CMVSS No. 108 specifically refers to the present UN Regulations. These UN Regulations are to be soon frozen and no more improvements will be added to them.”
The frozen UN Regulations should make a clear reference to the new UN Regulation [RID]. The purpose is to continue the allowance in Canada of UN Regulation headlamps that conform to it.
Source
“To continue the allowance in Canada of UN Regulation headlamps conforming to the new UN Regulation [RID], the frozen UN Regulations should make a clear reference to the new UN Regulation [RID].”
Document trail
- 2018-08ProposalECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2018/32Collective amendment proposal by IWG SLR
- —Working party adoptsECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/80GRE session report, para. 14
- 2019-08Sent to WP.29ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/89Text that GRE sent to WP.29 and AC.1
- 2019-11WP.29 adoptsECE/TRANS/WP.29/1149Adopted at the 179th session (session report, para. 116)
- 2020-05-29In forceC.N.219.2020.TREATIES-XI.B.16.98UN depositary notification
Q3Who is affected
Vehicle manufacturer
- No direct action for this role.
Component supplier
- Decide whether your headlamps follow the latest version of UN Regulation No. 149 for gas-discharge light sources (5.13.).
Technical service / Approval authority
- Be ready to test headlamps to the latest version of UN Regulation No. 149 for gas-discharge light sources (5.13.).
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