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Issues on UN Regulations on light sources in Annex 4 of UN Regulation No. 0 (IWVTA)
Document SLR-14-05
5 December 2016

The regulation of lighting includes individual regulations for specific lighting devices (headlamps, direction indicators, etc.), for light source (filament, gas, LED), and for installation (UN R48). The proposed UN R0 on the type approval of whole vehicles requires submission of approval certificates for components and systems to be included within the whole vehicle approval. Vehicle manufacturers work directly with UN R48 approvals, but lamp and device approvals are generally handled by lighting suppliers. UN R48 includes provisions for listing approvals of lighting units, but not for approvals of light sources (presently UN R37, R99, and R128). In order to avoid excessive administrative burdens, GTB proposes that the regulations covering light units include provisions to confirm their approval under the applicable light source regulations such that UN R48 approvals would represent approval of the vehicle lighting systems under both device regulations and light-source regulations.

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Previous Documents, Discussions, and Outcomes
4.3. | Development of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) system
4.9.2. | Proposal for Supplement 18 to Regulation No. 4
4.9.3. | Proposal for Supplement 27 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 6
4.9.4. | Proposal for Supplement 26 to the 02 series of amendments to Regulation No. 7
4.9.5. | Proposal for Supplement 9 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 19
4.9.6. | Proposal for Supplement 21 to Regulation No. 23
4.9.8. | Proposal for Supplement 18 to Regulation No. 38
4.9.10. | Proposal for Supplement 19 to Regulation No. 50
4.9.14. | Proposal for Supplement 17 to Regulation No. 77
4.9.15. | Proposal for Supplement 19 to Regulation No. 87
4.9.16. | Proposal for Supplement 16 to Regulation No. 91
4.9.17. | Proposal for Supplement 8 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 98
4.9.20. | Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 112
4.9.21. | Proposal for Supplement 7 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 113

74. The World Forum also noted EU proposals for amendments to Regulations Nos. 4, 6, 7, 19, 23, 38, 48, 50, 77, 87, 91, 98, 112, 113, 119, 123, with the aim to clarify requirements for light sources in lighting and light-signalling Regulations listed in Annex 4 to UN Regulation No. 0 (IWVTA) (WP.29-171-03). The World Forum requested GRE to consider these proposals at its forthcoming session in April 2017.

4.9.22. | Proposal for Supplement 5 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 119
4.9.23. | Proposal for Supplement 8 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 123
Related and Previous Documents
WP.29-171-03
Relates to SLR | UN R0 | UN R37 | UN R99 | UN R128 |