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Palestine Awareness Raising Workshop
On Main UN Road Transport Agreements Administered
by the Inland Transport Committee of the UNECE
14-15 May 2013, Ramallah
Vehicle Regulations
Michalis P. Adamantiadis
Road Transport Key Expert
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Content
• The 1958 Agreement on vehicle
regulations
• The 1997 Agreement on
periodical technical inspections
(PTI)
• The 1998 Global (Parallel)
Agreement on global technical
regulations (2000)
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UNECE Vehicle Regulations
Framework
The WP.29 structure
Committee for
Coordination
of Work (AC.2)
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
Active Safety
Passive Safety
General Safety
Lighting and lightsignalling (GRE)
GRSP
GRSG
Pedestrian
protection
Safety of
wheelchair users in
buses & coaches
Brakes and running
gear (GRRF)
Head restraints
Child restraint
Truck cab strength
Environmental
protection
Pollution and
Energy (GRPE)
Noise (GRB)
Glazing materials
Rear view mirrors
> 40 non-permanent technical groups
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Contracting Parties
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The UN vehicle regulations
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‘58 Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled
vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the
conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions
(50 Contracting Parties (EU), 129 UN Regulations)
‘98 Agreement concerning the establishing of global technical regulations (gtrs) for wheeled
vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicle (33
Contracting Parties (EU), 12 UN GTRs)
‘97 Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform conditions for periodical technical
inspections of wheeled vehicles and the reciprocal recognition of such inspections (12
Contracting Parties, 17 pending signatories, 2 UN Rules)
The 58 & 98 Agreements have similar technical provisions (parallel)
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The 1958 Agreement on vehicle
regulations
Key Provisions:
• UN Regulations are annexed to the Agreement and therefore part of it; they
are considered as international law
• CPs are free to be bound by all, some or no UN Regulation
• UN Regulations apply to a type of vehicles, equipment or parts as specified
in the scope of the Regulation
• a new UN Regulation is adopted by a 2/3 majority of the Administrative
Committee (AC.1 = representatives of CPs), but in practise by unanimity
• UN SG notifies a new Regulation to all CPs
• Regulations apply to each CP that does not notify to the SG its objection or
intention to cease the application (6 months)
• Same procedure applies to amendments of UN Regulations (i.e. to adapt to
the technical progress an existing one)
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The 1958 Agreement on vehicle
regulations
GRSP Activities on passive safety:
Safety belts: 1970
Protective helmets: 1972
Child Restraint Systems (CRS): 1981
Frontal and lateral crash tests: 1995
Pedestrian safety: 2008
Electric safety: (2010)
Updated frontal crash barrier: (2010)
Electric batteries (2012)
New UN Regulation on Child Restraint
Systems (2012)
GRSG Activities on general safety
provisions:
Indirect vision systems (mirrors &
camera monitoring): 1981/2005
Safety glazing materials:
1981/2008
Superstructure of buses and
coaches: 1986/(2010)
Vehicle alarm systems: 1997
Burning behaviour: 2005 updated
2011
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EMISSIONS LIMITS FOR
PASSENGER CARS
EMISSIONS LIMITS FOR HEAVY
DUTY VEHICLES
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The 1998 Agreement
Global (Parallel) Agreement
Key provisions:
• Technical prescriptions, the testing method (eventually alternative
provisions and performance requirements, including limit values
• No administrative provisions
• No certification procedure
• No conformity of production
• No reciprocal recognition
• Adoption of UN GTRs by consensus vote of the Executive Committee
(AC.3) of the Agreement,
• CPs can decide not to apply the UN GTR or transpose it with
amendments
Contracting Parties: 33 countries (incl. European Union EU
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The 1997 Agreement on
Periodical Technical Inspections (PTI)
1 Status of the Agreement
– The Agreement entered into force on 27 January 2001
– Amendment to Article 12 of the Agreement (1 December 2004)
– Amendments to Articles 1, 2, 12 and to Appendix 2 to the
Agreement (4 July 2007)
2 Status of the Rules annexed to the Agreement
– Rule No. 1 (Emissions) entered into force on 4 December 2001
as Addendum 1 to the Agreement
– Amendment to Rule No. 1 (15 February 2007)
3 The Agreement is completed
- Rule No. 2 (Roadworthiness) adopted and entered into force on
3 February 2012
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Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs
(ATP)
THANK YOU
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