5.1 Status of IWVTA Informal Group
37th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting
Vehicle Standards Harmonization Sub-group (LEG - VSHG)
April 2013
Presented by Hiroshi Morita
Director of technical section
JASIC
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Agenda
1. Introduction of International Whole Vehicle Type
Approval (IWVTA)
2. Activity toward Establishment of IWVTA
3. Latest situation of IWVTA Informal Group Activity
4. Conclusion
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International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA)
1. Outline and expected benefits of IWVTA
○To enhance the mutual recognition of motor vehicle type approval based on the 1958
Agreement from “per Device” to “per Vehicle”.
Approval per Device
○To reduce costs to develop, approve and produce through unifying specifications
and parts thanks to harmonization of technical regulations and mutual recognition of
approvals.
○To promote the development of whole vehicle type approval system, which is
harmonised with international system, in Asian and other emerging countries.
Approval as Whole Vehicle
2. Activities toward establishment of IWVTA
Nov. 2007
Nov. 2009
Japan introduced the concept to establish IWVTA at UN/ECE/WP29.
Mar 2010
IWVTA Informal Group under WP29 was established. Japan and EC took the position of covice-chairperson under the chairmanship of Mr. Gauvin.
Mar 2012
As the results of activities of the Informal Group for 2 yrs, the framework of IWVTA, such as a
roadmap to establish IWVTA, items to be modified in the 1958 Agreement and candidate items
for technical regulations applicable to IWVTA was agreed on at WP29.
Jun 2012
Activities based on the roadmap (amendment of the 1958 Agreement, drafting of the technical
regulation on IWVTA (UN R0) etc.) was started at WP29.
Japan proposed the establishment of IWVTA at WP29 and the proposal was unanimously
approved.
Establishment of IWVTA in March 2016
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Agenda
1. Introduction of International Whole Vehicle Type
Approval (IWVTA)
2. Activity toward Establishment of IWVTA
3. Latest situation of IWVTA Informal Group Activity
4. Conclusion
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Activities toward Establishment of IWVTA
Task necessary for IWVTA
① Amendment of the1958 Agreement
② Development of UN R0 (tech. reg. of IWVTA)
③ Review of technical regulations applicable to IWVTA
The major purposes of the revision of the 1958 Agreement are as follows.
(1) Increase the attractiveness of the 1958 Agreement and also increase the number of Contracting Parties
to the Agreement by;
i) allowing to issue type approvals pursuant to earlier versions of a UN Regulations
ii) allowing proxy voting (this still needs legal checking)
(2) Improve the quality and the reliability of the 1958 Agreement by;
iii) giving legal status to the guidelines related to the 1958 Agreement.
(3) enable the implementation of IWVTA
(Ref.) Roadmap to establish IWVTA in March 2016 (agreed at WP29 in March 2012)
Mar 2013 IWVTA Informal Group is to submit a proposal of the 1958 Agreement revision to WP29.
Jun 2013 GRs are to report interim results of review (priorities, necessity to amend etc.) of technical
regulations applicable to IWVTA to WP29.
Nov 2013 IWVTA Informal Group is to submit a proposal of UN R0 to WP29.
Jun 2015 GRs are to complete the review (establishment/amendment etc.) of technical regulations
applicable to IWVTA
IWVTA Informal Group is to submit the final draft of UN R0 to WP29.
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Framework for Implementing Activities at WP.29
UN/ECE/WP.29
IWVTA Informal Group
Task: Development of roadmap (approved by WP.29 in November 2011)
Chairman: Mr. Gauvin (WP.29 Vice-chairman)
Co-vice-chairmen: Mr. Renders (EU)
Revision of the 1958 Agreement
(Quality of rulemaking, type-approval procedure and mutual recognition,
conformity of production, qualification of technical services, quorum for adoption
of new Regulations and amendments, etc.)
Mr. Onoda (MLIT)
Preparation of IWVTA
(Technical requirements, types, categories, weights, definition of dimensions,
specifications of application procedures, etc. necessary for IWVTA)
Technical Secretary:
Mr. Oshita (JASIC)
Time of meeting: Friday of the week prior to WP.29 (mostly)
Venue: Paris (mostly)
Members: Any organization that attends WP.29
(Currently about 30 members from government and industry)
Terms of Reference for IWVTA Informal Group
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2010/wp29/ECE-TRANS-WP29-1083a1e.pdf
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Proposals to review the 1958 Agreement and the introduction of
International Whole Vehicle Type Approval
The Roadmap of the revising 1958 agreement and establishing IWVTA was approved by 155
session of WP29 in November 2011.
Document. WP29-155-27
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2011/wp29/WP29-155-27.doc
ANNEX 1: Identification of items which need to be modified or complemented in the 1958 Agreement
ANNEX 2: Roadmap for the revision of the 1958 Agreement and introduction of IWVTA
 Final proposal of UN Regulation No.0 on IWVTA as part of the package of amended and new
UN Regulations developed by GRs will be submitted to WP.29 for consideration in June 2015.
 The target completion date for the work of the IWVTA Informal Group shall be March 2016.
2011
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2012
6
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2013
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2014
2015
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2016
1. IWVTA
Candidates for items for IWVTA
IWVTA-IG is to prepare
candidates for items for IWVTA.
Amend existing regulations and/or
make new regulations
Based on the item list, each GR examines UN Regulations (to be
created or amended as necessary).
IWVTA concept (including UN R0
at WP.29)
Making draft UN R0
Discuss the draft UN R0 at WP.29
Amend IWVTA-related agreements
(if necessary)
Amend agreements?
2. Amend the 1958 Agreement
Application, grant, modification,
withdrawal of approval; new
technologies, COP, safeguard, etc.
Discuss and agree on
the inventory
Report to
WP.29
Draft proposal
Report
to
WP.29
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Candidate of technical regulations and Guideline for GRs
Proposal for “Candidate of technical regulations applicable to IWVTA” and
“Guideline for GRs to review technical regulations applicable to IWVTA”.
Working Document. WP29-156-21-Rev.1
PROPOSAL FOR “CANDIDATE ITEMS FOR TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
APPLICABLE TO INTERNATIONAL WHOLE VEHICLE TYPE APPROVAL
(IWVTA)”AND “GUIDELINE FOR GRS TO REVIEW TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
APPLICABLE TO IWVTA”
Submitted by the Chairman and the co-Chairmen of the WP.29 informal group on the
future direction for the 1958 Agreement and IWVTA
1.The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicles Regulations (WP.29), at its March 2010
session, decided to set up an informal group to establish an inventory of items to be
addressed in a review of the 1958 Agreement and roadmap for future actions to be
undertaken relating to i) the quality assurance of type approval, ii) its functional
improvement, and iii) establishment of IWVTA. The inventory (list of elements to be
addressed in the review of the 1958 Agreement) and the roadmap for the revision of the
1958 Agreement and introduction of IWVTA proposed by IWVTA Informal Group were
approved by WP.29 at its 155th session in November, 2011. According to the roadmap,
IWVTA Informal Group is to submit “candidate items for technical regulations applicable to
IWVTA” and “guideline for GRs to review technical regulations applicable to IWVTA” to
WP.29 at its 156 session for consideration. The target completion date for the work of the
informal group shall be the 168th session of WP.29 in March 2016 as indicated in terms of
reference (informal document No.WP.29-150-25) and as reflected in the roadmap (Annex
2 of informal document No.WP.29-155-27)
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/geninf156.html
Annex 1:
Candidate items for technical regulations
applicable to IWVTA(64 items)
I. Candidate items for technical regulations applicable to IWVTA
2.The informal group selected candidate items for technical regulations applicable to
IWVTA in the following procedure. The information on national or regional technical
regulations submitted by EU, Russia, South Africa, Australia and Japan was summarized
on a list. National regulations were sorted into 4 categories of “A”,”B”,”C” and “n”. “A”s are
those for which IWVTA Informal Group considers it appropriate to specify only one
requirement as the international regulations. “B”s are those for which IWVTA Informal
Group considers it appropriate to specify several requirements as the international
regulations considering the characteristics of different regions. “C”s are those for which it
is difficult to formulate justifications that they are appropriate as the international
regulations. “n” means there are no national regulations for the subject. As a result of
various discussions, the Chairman proposed the following approach to select technical
requirements for IWVTA. (1) The subjects sorted into all “A” or “A + n” should be a basis
for IWVTA and allocated to each GR for further consideration as indicated in Annex 3. (2)
The subjects sorted into “A + B” should be allocated to each GR. Each GR is expected to
explore the way to make a regulation to stipulate only one level of requirements wherever
possible. (3) Non technical subjects should be considered by IWVTA Informal Group. (4)
The subjects sorted into “C + n” should not be allocated to each GR, and their
consideration should be stopped as they are considered to be inappropriate for IWVTA by
IWVTA Informal Group.
3.The list of candidate items for technical regulations applicable to IWVTA is attached as
Annex 1 to this document. Annex 2 is the same list of candidate items grouped into six
GRs bearing responsibility for the items.
Annex 3:
Guideline for GRs to review technical
regulations applicable to IWVTA
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Candidate of technical regulations applicable to IWVTA (1)
Group(1): IWVTA item for technical regulations with unified requirements (Item No.1-55)
Group(2): IWVTA items for potential technical regulations with regionally applicable requirements (Item No.56-60)
Group(3): IWVTA items for non-technical regulations (Item No.61-64)
Items in Group (1) and (2) will be sent to responsible GRs for review in accordance with the guideline.
Items in Group (3) will be considered by IWVTA Informal Group.
Grou
p
(1)
Item
No.
1
Item
UN R
Permissible sound level
51
(1)
2
Fuel tanks
34
(1)
2a
Rear Protective devices
58
(1)
3
Steering effort
79
(1)
4
Door latches and hinges
11,
GTR1
(1)
5
Audible warning
28
(1)
6
Braking
13H
(1)
6a
ESC
13HSup.9
(1)
6b
BA(Brake Assist)
13HSup.9
(1)
7
Radio interference
10
(1)
8
Anti-theft / immobiliser
97,
116
(1)
(1)
(1)
9
10
10a
Protective steering
Seat strength
Head Restrains
GR is to check the validity of
R97.
17
25
11
Speedometer and reverse
gear
39
(1)
12
Seat belt anchorages
14
(1)
13
Installation of lighting and
light signalling devices
48
(1)
14
Retro reflectors
3
(1)
15
End-outline,
front-position(side)
rear-position(side), stop,
side marker, DRL
Direction indicators
7,87,
91
16
GR is to check the necessity
to split
R13H.
12
(1)
(1)
Notes
6
GR is to check the validity of
R25 applicable to M1.
*1: Installation of DRL is
prohibited in
Group
(1)
Item
No.
17
Item
UN R
Front fog lamps
(1)
18
Towing hooks
(1)
19
Rear fog lamps
38
(1)
20
Reversing lamps
23
(1)
21
Parking lamps
77
(1)
22
Seat belt and restraint
System
16
(1)
22a
Child restraint system*2
44
(1)
23
Forward vision
125
(1)
24
Identification of controls,
tell-tales and indicators
121
(1)
25
Heating system
122
(1)
26
Wheel guards
(1)
27
Engine power
85
(1)
28
Safety glazing
43
(1)
(1)
29
29a
Tyres
Tyres （Installation）
30,54
(1)
29b
Temporary tyres / TPMS
64
(1)
29c
rolling noise/RR/
wet grip
117
(1)
30
Front impact
94
(1)
(1)
31
32
Side impact
Pedestrian protection
95
GTR9
(1)
33
Air-conditioning system
(1)
34
Headlamp cleaners
Notes
19
*2: Built-in type CRS only
*3: No harmonized standard
45
GR is to check the necessity to split
R64.
*4: apply through R48
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Candidate of technical regulations applicable to IWVTA (2)
Grou
p
Item
No.
Item
UN R
(1)
35
Equipment for LPG
vehicles/ installation
67
(1)
36
Specific component for
CNG installation
110
(1)
37
Speed limiters
89
(1)
38
electric vehicles
100
(1)
39
Cornering lamps
(1)
40
Fuel
system–
pressure
gas for FCV
Notes
*5: Regulated
authority
by
different
Gro
up
Item
No.
Item
(1)
(1)
51
52
(1)
(1)
53
54
Washer/ wiper
CO2 emissions and
fuel consumption
Arrangement of foot control
Head lamps
(including bulbs)
(1)
55
Advance warning triangle*7
27
(2)
56
83*8
*8: to be amended after adoption
of WLTP GTR
49
*9: M1 (only 3.5t or more)
119
High
GTR
draft
*6:
Requirements
accelerator
return springs, etc.
GR is to check the validity of R84.
GR is to check the validity of R35.
GR is to check the validity of R1, R2,
R5, R8, R20, R31.
GR is to check whether R37 and R99
have performance-based requirements.
UN Regulation on LED light source is
Pending.
*7: Built-in type AWT only
GR is to check the validity of R27.
41
Engine and Power-train
System
(1)
42
Interior burning behaviour
of materials
(2)
56a
Emissions (Euro 5 and 6)
Light duty vehicles/
access to information
Diesel emissions *9
(2)
57
Indirect vision devices
46
*10: has different requirements for
radius curvature for mirrors.
(2)
58
Rear registration plate
lamps
4
*11: has registration plates of
different size. Accordingly needs
different requirements
for rear registration plate lamps.
(2)
(2)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
59
60
61
62
63
64
Masses and dimensions
Couplings
Definition of terms
Rear registration plate space
Statutory plates (VIN)
Recyclability
43
Riding accommodation
(1)
44
Odometer
(1)
45
Electrical system
(1)
46
Running system
(1)
47
Diesel smoke
24
(1)
48
Interior fittings
21
(1)
49
Exterior projections
26
(1)
50
Defrost/ demist
two
101
84
35
1,2,5,
8,20,
31,37
98,99
112,
Notes
(1)
(1)
for
UN R
10
55
*12: corresponds to ISO 7591:1982
Agenda
1. Introduction of International Whole Vehicle Type
Approval (IWVTA)
2. Activity toward Establishment of IWVTA
3. Latest situation of IWVTA Informal Group Activity
4. Conclusion
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The 12nd IWVTA Informal Group
IWVTA informal Group
The 12nd IWVTA Informal Group held its session on March 8th in Paris
Sub-group on the amendment of the 1958 Agreement
The 5th SG58 was held on
5-6 March in Paris
Chairman: Mr. Renders (EU) Secretary :Mr. Oshita (JASIC)
Object: This group is to assist the IWVTA informal group in prepare a draft text for the
revision of the 1958 Agreement.
Major results and action items made at the 5th SG58
SG58-06-01
https://www2.unece.org/wiki/download/attachments/5801949/SG58-06-01.docx
Sub-group on the new regulation No.0
The 5th SGR0 was held on
7 March in Paris
Chairman: Mr. Onoda and Mr. Matsuo (JAPAN/MLIT) Secretary :Mr. Oshita (JASIC)
Object: This group is to assist the IWVTA informal group in preparing a draft text for UN R0.
Major results and action items made at the 5th SGR0
SGR0-06-01
https://www2.unece.org/wiki/download/attachments/5801953/SGR0-06-01.docx
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Current status of the revision of the 1958 Agreement
IWVTA informal group presented a first draft proposal of the revised 1958 Agreement
to WP29 in March 2013.
Document. WP29-159-19
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2013/wp29/WP29-159-19e.doc
Remaining issues(under discussion)
1. level of ambition with respect to the list of 50 action items previously endorsed by WP.29 as well as
concerns and questions raised when discussing this list
legal status of the so-called placeholder specifying the administrative provisions for the type approval
procedure India and the Republic of Korea expressed their support
2. the possible need to change the condition of the formal adoption of a new Regulation or an amendment
to an existing Regulation
taking into account some Asian countries' opinion to change it from two-third to four-fifth
majority of the Contracting Parties (CPs).
3. the exchange of Type-approval data and the role of DETA in this process
-from six months to three months
4. the application of the Regulations annexed to the 1958 Agreement for self-certification purposes.
The IWVTA informal group will submit a final draft of the revised 1958 Agreement
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to WP29 in November 2013.
Current status of the development of UN R0
The main result of the 5th Sub-group on UN R0 and the 12nd IWVTA Informal Group is as follows.
1. The Sub-group agreed that Explanatory Note (EN) is a note to explain UNR0 and reflects what SGR0
has agreed, and that important points which need further discussion would be added in the EN
once the Sub-group reaches conclusions.
2. The Sub-group agreed to consider the following discussion papers at the next Sub-group meeting.
(1) Rights and obligations of Contracting Parties applying UN R0
(2) Handling of If-fitted requirements
(3) Clarification of IWVTA Step 1
(4) Q&A document to explain UN R0
(5) Update of the EN
3. Japan proposed the concrete image of IWVTA “Step 1” (a set of UN type approvals required for
IWVTA + checkup of a complete vehicle to confirm its equipment with certified systems and parts +
COP)
The IWVTA Informal Group will submit a first proposal on UN R0
to WP29 in November 2013.
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Future Schedule
2013
June, 19 Paris
The 6th Sub-group on UN R0
June, 20 Paris
The 6th Sub-group on the amendment of the 1958 Agreement
June, 21 Paris
The 13rd IWVTA Informal group
(The Sub-group “UN R0” meeting may continue if the Sub-group “1958 Agreement” meeting adjourns early.)
June, 2013 (The 160th session of WP29）
IWVTA Informal Group will submit a proposal draft technical requirement
for IWVTA
November, 2013 (The 161st session of WP29）
IWVTA Informal Group will submit a Formal document of the revised 1958
agreement for IWVTA
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Agenda
1. Introduction of International Whole Vehicle Type
Approval (IWVTA)
2. Activity toward Establishment of IWVTA
3. Latest situation of IWVTA Informal Group Activity
4. Conclusion
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Conclusion
• IWVTA is beneficial for Governments in delivering transparent,
robust and reliable processes for vehicle type approval; for
industry by having access to quicker and more cost efficient
type approval; and for consumers, who benefit from vehicles
meeting uniform and consistent requirements at lower prices.
• Further efforts toward the establishment of IWVTA in 2016
would be required, including ones in the review of technical
regulations applicable to IWVTA
• Japan would like to closely work with every stake holder in
WP29 to further promote IWVTA activities.
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Thank you for your attention
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