WP.29 182nd session: amendments to UN Regulations
10–12 November 2020
Amendments to UN Regulations that the WP.29 documents submitted for the vote at the 182nd session. Each change report shows what changes, why, and who is affected.
This list has the 14 amendments with a RegVault change report, in 11 regulations. It is not the full agenda of the session.
UN R0 — International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA)
- 03 series — Base text
Annex 4 now also lists UN Regulations Nos. 110, 134, 135, 137 and 138 for U-IWVTA.
UN R13 — Heavy vehicle braking
- 11 series — Supplement 17
Annex 7, para. 1.2.2.3. covers a power-driven vehicle to which the coupling of a trailer is authorized and with a pneumatic control line. After the paragraph 1.2.1. test, its control line requirement now applies at the additional (ninth) actuation of the service braking system control.
UN R16 — Safety-belts
- 08 series — Supplement 2
For seats "which can be fixed to different designated seating positions within the vehicle", the visual warning must at least indicate when any rear safety belt is unfastened (para. 8.4.4.2.).
- 07 series — Supplement 6
For seats “which can be fixed to different designated seating positions within the vehicle”, the visual warning must at least indicate when any rear safety-belt is unfastened.
UN R17 — Strength of seats, their anchorages and head restraints
- 10 series — Base text
Paragraphs 5.6. to 5.13. are deleted. New paragraphs 5.6. to 5.9.2. cover head restraint height, width, gaps, backset, static performance, non-use positions and BioRID II requirements.
UN R44 — Child Restraint Systems
- 04 series — Supplement 18
From 1 September 2021, Contracting Parties applying R44 are not obliged to accept its type approvals first issued after 1 September 2021.
UN R55 — Mechanical couplings
- 02 series — Supplement 1
The form of shank for drawbar eyes of Class D50-X is now limited by the form drawn in Figure 11. Before, it was not specified.
- 01 series — Supplement 9
Annex 5, paragraph 3.4. now says: “Any flexible components providing part of the articulation are not considered to be a special joint.”
UN R83 — Emissions of M1 and N1 vehicles
- 07 series — Supplement 12
Test and measurement equipment compliant with the technical requirements of UN GTR No. 15 may now follow that UN GTR's maintenance and calibration requirements.
- 06 series — Supplement 15
Annex 4A, Appendix 3, paragraph 2. now has a new opening sentence. For test and measurement equipment compliant with the technical requirements of UN GTR No. 15, that UN GTR's maintenance and calibration requirements may be followed.
UN R93 — Front underrun protective devices
- 00 series — Supplement 1
Paragraph 10.5. now gives the vertical plane in which the foremost part of the vehicle is measured for the 400 mm distance.
UN R94 — Frontal collision protection
- 04 series — Base text
In the “Low electrical energy” criterion, the Total Energy (TE) on the high voltage buses must now be less than 0.2 joules, not 2.0 joules.
UN R95 — Lateral collision protection
- 05 series — Base text
Under the low electrical energy criterion, the total energy (TE) on the high voltage buses must be less than 0.2 joules, instead of 2.0 joules.
UN R115 — LPG and CNG retrofit systems
- 00 series — Supplement 10
New paragraph 2.5.1.6. makes the family relation valid for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), with conditions for OVC and NOVC vehicles.