WP.29 179th session: amendments to UN Regulations
12–14 November 2019
Amendments to UN Regulations that the WP.29 documents submitted for the vote at the 179th session. Each change report shows what changes, why, and who is affected.
This list has the 22 amendments with a RegVault change report, in 17 regulations. It is not the full agenda of the session.
UN R0 — International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA)
- 02 series — Base text
For L-IWVTA notifications, Contracting Parties must now use the UNECE online sharing system, and Annex 4, Part A, Section II is deleted.
- 01 series — Supplement 1
For L-IWVTA notifications, a Contracting Party must now use the UNECE online sharing system instead of the format in Annex 4, Part A, Section II.
- 00 series — Supplement 1
For L-IWVTA notifications, Contracting Parties must now use the UNECE online sharing system instead of the format in Annex 4, Part A, Section II.
UN R16 — Safety-belts
- 07 series — Supplement 5
Paragraph 11.1. now requires notification only of modifications that affect technical performance and/or documentation as required in this Regulation.
UN R21 — Interior fittings
- 01 series — Supplement 4
The additional requirements of paragraph 5.5.1.2. now apply to the "manual" opening and operating devices.
UN R29 — Cabs of commercial vehicles
- 03 series — Supplement 5
During the application of the load, the loading device may now deviate by not more than 5° in z-direction, in each direction. The reference is the parallel plane to the x-y plane of the chassis.
UN R43 — Safety glazing
- 01 series — Supplement 9
In the Annex 3 procedure of paragraph 6.4.1.3., the resistance to abrasion of the control piece surface(s) is no longer measured.
UN R44 — Child Restraint Systems
- 04 series — Supplement 17
Paragraph 7.1.4.2.2. now identifies the vertical component of the acceleration from the abdomen towards the head as "-z".
UN R48 — Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices
- 06 series — Supplement 13
New paragraph 5.34. allows lamps approved for and equipped with LED substitute light source(s) only when the paragraph 3.2.8. statement is present and positive.
UN R53 — Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices for L3 vehicles
- 03 series — Base text
Paragraph 5.11.1.1. applies if each DRL whose maximum luminous intensity exceeds 700 cd as identified in Annex 1 of UN Regulation No. 148 is fitted. Then the passing beam must be switched ON and OFF automatically relative to the ambient light conditions, according to Annex 8.
- 02 series — Supplement 3
Lamps approved for and equipped with LED substitute light sources are allowed only when the statement of paragraph 3.2.6. is present and positive.
UN R55 — Mechanical couplings
- 01 series — Supplement 8
Item 2. of Annex 1 now reads “Type of device or component:” instead of “Manufacturer's name for the type of device or component:”.
UN R58 — Rear underrun protective devices (RUPDs)
- 03 series — Supplement 1
In paragraphs 16.1. and 25.1., item (b) reads “500 mm for vehicles other than those in (a) above”. The words “or a departure angle according to ISO 612:1978 of 8°, whichever is less” are deleted.
UN R67 — LPG vehicles
- 03 series — Base text
New paragraph 6.17.10.8.: for M1 vehicles, the filling unit must not be below the vehicle body and must respect the height provisions of paragraph 17.4.5.
- 02 series — Supplement 2
New paragraph 18. of Annex 16 adds a test for “All components connecting the pressure relief valve and/or the pressure relief device with the gaseous phase in the LPG container”.
UN R74 — Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices (mopeds)
- 02 series — Base text
A new footnote says that direction indicator lamps are mandatory on vehicles with a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h.
- 01 series — Supplement 12
New paragraph 5.20. allows lamps approved for and equipped with LED substitute light source(s) exclusively if the paragraph 3.2.6. statement is present and positive.
UN R80 — Strength of seats and their anchorages (buses)
- 04 series — Base text
New paragraph 5.5.: the static test in Appendix 5 is not permitted if the seat is “attached to the vehicle structure by means of any clamping without mechanical fixation”.
UN R85 — Measurement of the net power and the 30 min. power
- 00 series — Supplement 10
Power at each speed may be measured at a set charge air cooler outlet temperature if the manufacturer requests and the type approval authority agrees.
UN R86 — Installation of lighting and light-signalling devices for agricultural vehicles
- 01 series — Supplement 2
New paragraph 5.21. allows lamps approved for and equipped with LED substitute light source(s) exclusively if the paragraph 3.2.6. statement is present and positive.
UN R98 — Headlamps with gas-discharge light sources
- 02 series — Supplement 1
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.).
UN R115 — LPG and CNG retrofit systems
- 00 series — Supplement 9
New paragraph 2.5.1.4. makes the retrofit vehicle family relation valid for both indirect and direct injection petrol vehicles, if all its conditions are satisfied.