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Vehicle Standards Harmonization Sub-group

(LEG - VSHG)
Final Report
Purpose: Information
Submitted by: Chair of LEG-VSHG (Korea)

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Vehicle Standards Harmonization Sub-group (LEG - VSHG)

Final Report
Summary Report to LEG for the Closing Plenary:
1. The 38th LEG-VSHG meeting was held on the 2nd and 3rd of July 2013,
chaired by Mr Jin-Hwan Yoon of the Republic of Korea. Nine economies
were in attendance, including Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Viet Nam, and Macau (observer).
2. The harmonization progress of each economy was reported and this
showed the ongoing efforts by members to adopt UN regulations and
Global Technical Regulations (GTRs).
3. Japan outlined recent activities for developing a GTR on electric
vehicles and updated the work on the establishment of the IWVTA
system at WP29.
4. In an effort to implement TEMC Action Agenda, Viet Nam introduced
their strategy to improve fuel economy and energy efficiency and
Indonesia introduced their strategy to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions (GHG).
5. Malaysia presented progress of its review on proceeding with the
proposed project on vehicle safety regulation workshop initially
proposed by Indonesia. The country informed economies that it is
currently in the process of seeking an approval from its cabinet.
6. Korea made presentations on its new car assessment program
(KNCAP) and policy on the safety of eco-friendly vehicles in support of
TMM7 and the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. Korea also shared
the outcomes of the International Conference on Enhanced Safety of
Vehicles (ESV).

8. Economies agreed to review their information, update if necessary

using the agreed templates, and circulate these in advance of meetings
(whether they are able to attend or not) to enable enhanced
cooperation and information exchange among APEC member
economies.

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7. Korea and Australia were re-elected in the roles of Chair and Deputy
Chair, respectively.

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1. Welcome and Introductions

The 38th VSHG meeting was held on the 2nd and 3rd of July 2013, chaired by
Mr Jin-Hwan Yoon of the Republic of Korea with help from the Deputy Chair Mr
Thomas Belcher of Australia.
The Chair welcomed delegates from nine economies, including Australia,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau (observer), Singapore, Chinese
Taipei, and Viet Nam. The list of the participants is at attachment A.

2. Adoption of the Agenda

The Chair invited delegates to review the draft agenda and to indicate whether
they wanted any changes. The agenda was adopted without any additions or
changes.

3. Summary of outcomes from the 37th VSHG Meeting (Deputy Chair)

The Deputy Chair summarized the outcomes from the 37th VSHG meeting. He
recalled presentations made by Korea, Japan, the United States and a guest
speaker from Australia. The presentations covered issues including updates on
activities for developing regulations on electric vehicles, discussions on
International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) at WP 29, and introduction
of automotive policy master plan and integrated safety standards in Korea.
Indonesia, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam, and Malaysia reported their progress in
harmonizing with UN regulations. Singapore and Korea shared their policies in
support of the directives of TMM7 and TEMC. Malaysia agreed to have an
internal review on whether to proceed with the proposed project on vehicle safety
regulation workshop initially proposed by Indonesia. Economies worked on three
templates for information sharing concerning officials in charge of safety
standards, regulations on Event Data Recorder (EDR) and Visual Display Unit
(VDU), and alignment with UN regulations and GTRs.

4.1 Overall status of recent UN/ECE/WP29 sessions (Korea)

The Korean delegate gave a comprehensive presentation summarizing the
160th meeting of Working Party 29 (WP29) which took place just a week before

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4. Progress Reports of Action Plan to Introduce UN Regulations and GTRs

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the VSHG meeting. He reported that 16 amendments to UN regulations and

two amendments to GTRs were adopted. In addition, a proposal for developing
a new UN regulation on e-call system was endorsed, while a new GTR on a
hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (HFCV) was adopted. The presentation outlined the
major activities at the WP29 meeting, explaining the highlights of recent
sessions for each of the six working groups and progress in developing and
amending GTRs. Indonesia and Viet Nam attended as observers.
The Japanese delegate made a comment on the development of a new UN
regulation on e-call system. He mentioned that Japan supports this activity, but
that Japans position is currently at research status. Given the complexity of the
issue, he expected many discussions to come in the future.

4.2 Brief reports of each member economys harmonization progress

(Each Economy)

Australia has not applied any more UN regulations since the last update
was provided. There have been some amendments to the Australian
Design Rules in this time, so changes may need to be made to the
columns of accept and refer on the template indicating the status of
harmonization. Australia will review the table fully and circulate an update.

Indonesia is preparing to become a contracting party to the 1958

Agreement administered by WP 29. In preparation for becoming a
Contracting Party, Indonesia has established the Indonesia Automotive
Standards Internationalization Forum (IASIF) to conduct necessary
studies and is working with related institutions. Indonesia has already
implemented UN regulations on noise and emissions in its national
regulations.

Japan has adopted 46 regulations, including the three new UN

regulations to be established in July 2013. It has introduced six GTRs into
its national regulations.

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At the previous meeting, the Chair advised members to fill out the two templates
designed to share information on harmonization with UN regulations and GTRs.
On the basis of the templates, member economies reported their progress on
harmonisation.

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Malaysia has adopted 54 UN regulations and is preparing to adopt

another 24 regulations in 2015 based on domestic consultations.

Korea has adopted 28 UN regulations and six GTRs and plans to adopt
15 UN regulations in 2013.

Singapore is not a vehicle manufacturing economy but accepts vehicles

that comply with UN regulations.

Chinese Taipei has used 59 UN regulations as a basis for its technical

regulations. It plans to discuss the introduction of regulations on daytime
running lamps. Studies will be initiated for the discussion of 18 more
regulations.

Viet Nam has 185 standards/regulations for motor vehicles. 71

standards/regulations are based on ECE/EEC regulations. There are eight
mandatory regulations for automobiles, while 18 regulations for
motorcycles are mandatory.

Macau is not a vehicle manufacturing economy and accepts vehicles in

compliance with UN regulations.

The delegate from Chinese Taipei encouraged all the economies to work
on the templates in advance of the meeting so that other economies can
have better understanding on progress in harmonizing with UN regulations.
He also asked economies unable to attend meetings to update their
information using the template and to circulate in advance of meetings to
enable enhanced cooperation among all APEC member economies. If
necessary VSHG may ask for assistance through HODs.

5. Policy and Technical Discussions

Japan reported the status of developing a GTR for electric vehicles. The
presentation summarized activities at the latest meetings of the two informal
groupsElectric Vehicles Safety (EVS) and Electric Vehicles and Environment
(EVE)under GRSP and GRPE. The Japanese delegate also briefed the
current status of developing a GTR on Quiet Road Transport Vehicles (QRTV).
Since WP 29 agreed to develop the GTR, there have been three meetings of

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5.1Status of development of GTRs about EV (Japan)

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the informal group on QRTV. There will be another two rounds of the meeting
before discussions on a draft GTR for QRTV in November 2014.

5.2 Status of IWVTA (International Whole Vehicle Type Approval) Informal

Group (Japan)
The Japanese delegate provided an update on major activities for development
of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA). He began with an
overview of the informal group on the IWVTA, including a roadmap for
amending the 1958 agreement and developing the UN regulation No. 0. He
informed proposed actions to improve the 1958 agreement and detailed key
issues for discussion at the sub-group on UN regulation No. 0, including
obligations and rights of contracting parties applying the new regulation. The
presentation also briefly touched on major topics discussed at the recent 160th
meeting of WP 29.

6. Policy under TMM7 Joint Statement, UN Project and TEMC

6.1 Effort to implement the United Nations Decade of Action for
RoadSafety (Relevant economy)

The delegate from Chinese Taipei questioned whether Korea has put in place
regulations on safety belt reminder and lane departure warning system
(LDWS). Korea answered that it has implemented regulations on safety belt
reminder only for the front seats of a vehicle, while the implementation of
regulations on LDWS is still under consideration. In response to a question

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The Korean delegate presented the Korean New Car Assessment Program
(KNCAP). The program was initiated in 1999 and has expanded the scope for
its application to include buses and trucks as well as passenger cars. The
program performs various crash tests, including front, side and pole impacts,
and impacts with pedestrians. Based on performance in the tests, it publishes
safety reports and awards star ratings. A vehicle which tops the list is selected
as a Safer Car of Year. He also explained its new integrated overall rating
system which evaluates three categoriescrash, pedestrian and brakeand
drafted the future roadmap for the period from 2014 to 2019. He pointed out
that the NCAP is a good non-regulatory means to enhance the safety of
vehicles.

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from Indonesia on the possibility of more globally uniform NCAP protocols,

Korea noted that there has been no discussion on the harmonization of NCAP
due to differences in regulatory systems across countries.

6.2 Policy of environment-friendly vehicle safety (Relevant economy)

The presentation outlined Koreas policy on the safety of eco-friendly vehicles.
The Korean delegate provided an overview of research activities on hybrid
electric vehicles (HEV), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCV) and electric
vehicles (EV). He introduced domestic regulations (KMVSS) relating to the
safety of environment-friendly vehiclesfor example, regulations on high
voltage electric device, traction battery and fuel system.
With regard to a question from Chinese Taipei, Korea explained that there are
two facilities, one in Japan and one in Canada which conduct tests for highpressure hydrogen containers. The Indonesian delegate asked who has been
involved in discussions on development of the regulations on HEV and HFCV.
Korea answered that the government, research institutions, and local car
manufacturers participated in the discussions.
6.3 Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles (Relevant
economy)
Viet Nam made a presentation on its strategy to improve fuel economy and
energy efficiency. He gave the number of vehicles and motorcycles in
operation for the years of 2010, 2011and 2012. The presentation provided
information, such as statistics on fuel consumption of manufactured
motorcycles, corporate average fuel consumption (CAFE) for automatic
transmission and fuel consumption for gasoline engine vehicles fitted with
mechanical transmission by weight. He also introduced legal framework for
energy saving and efficiency, technical regulations, a labelling system for all
new cars with fewer than seven seats, and emission inspection for motorcycles.

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Indonesia also summarized its efforts to reduce GHG emissions, including

greater use of green transport and smart driving training program.

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6.4 Other items, if any (Relevant economy)

No discussion

7. Other Business
7.1 Status of Regulation on EDR and Visual Display Unit (Each economy)
- Brief reports of each member economys status and progress
As agreed at the previous meeting, the economies were requested to
complete the template to share information on regulations on Event Data
Recorder (EDR) and Visual Display Units (VDU). Economies took turns to give
a brief description of relevant regulations or guidelines.
Indonesia and Chinese Taipei stressed the importance of installing an EDR to
analyse causes of accidents, such as driver behaviour, and unintended
acceleration and failure of technical devices fitted to a vehicle. EDRs are not
yet regulated in Indonesia. Indonesia is considering regulating EDRs for
inter-city buses. Japan pointed out the need to clarify the definitions of an
EDR, digital tacho graph and driving recorder. Chinese Taipei asked if Korea
could provide some further information on EDRs at the next meeting.

7.2 Project proposal on vehicle safety regulation workshop (Malaysia)

Malaysia is currently working on a proposal document to get an approval from
the cabinet. The country needs more than one year to finish all necessary
administrative process to determine whether it can proceed with the proposed
project. He noted that Malaysia still has an interest in proceeding with the
proposed project, on the condition that the project is funded by APEC. He
asked for further support from VSHG and LEG, if necessary.

Member economies previously discussed several times the development of a

certification circle to share information on officials in charge of UN
regulations. At the last meeting, economies finally determined the format of
the template for the certification circle and agreed to complete the template

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7.3 Future directions for VSHG recap of meeting, discussion on the

needs of participants and identification of future capacity building
requirements (Participants)

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ahead of the next meeting. The Chair encouraged economies to share the
contact information of each economys officials responsible for each of six
working parties of WP29. The information includes the name, title,
department, organization, and email address.

7.4 Relevant Q & A

- Status of implementing GTR 6, 7, 9, 12 (Chinese Taipei)
Chinese Taipei raised several questions concerning implementation of GTR
Nos. 6, 7, 9, and 12. Australia mentioned that GTR No.9 on pedestrian
protection was reflected in UN regulation No.127. Further information on the
questions will be discussed at the next meeting.
7.5 Brief introduction of the result of the 23rd International Technical
Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (Korea)
Korea shared the outcome of the 23rd international technical conference on
the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) it hosted on May 27-30, 2013. The
Korean delegate offered the background of the ESV conference which was
held under the theme of Research Collaboration to Benefit Safety of All Road
Users. The event attracted more than 1,000 participants from 21 countries.
Major programs include a special award ceremony, plenary session, special
workshops, technical sessions, government status reports, student safety
design competition and exhibition. Notably, technical sessions featured more
than 240 papers on key topics, such as active safety, passive safety and
biomechanics. On the sidelines of the conference, participants gained
opportunities to experience Korean culture and industrial sites.

7.6 Election of Chair and Deputy Chair

There was unanimous support for Korea to continue in the role of Chair and
Australia to continue in the role of Deputy Chair. According to the result of the
election, the Chair announced that Korea and Australia will continue to serve
as the Chair and Deputy Chair at the next meeting.

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The Chair and Deputy Chair positions were opened up for re-election. As Korea
and Australia have long been assuming the Chair and Deputy Chair of the
group, the Chair noted that it was time for the renewal of the leadership.

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Attachment A:
Registration List of VSHG
Australia
- Thomas Belcher(Deputy-Chair) : thomas.belcher@infrastructure.gov.au

Japan
- Hirai Takashi: hirai@jasic.org

Korea
- Jin Hwan, Yoon (Chair): airoman5@korea.kr
- Ms Seong Min, Gong : isya03@korea.kr
- Jong Soo, Kim: jskim-katri@ts2020.kr
- Jae kon, Shin: katriemc@ts2020.kr
- Ms Minju, Kim: mjkim@ts2020.kr
- SangHun Lee: hun@hyundai.com
- Bang Hyo In: hyoin.bang@smotor.com

Chinese Taipei
- Hsu, chih-cheng: simon@vscc.org.tw
- Lin Fu-Shan: fs_lin@motc.gov.tw
- Chen, Huey-Chih : 10030hcchen@mail.kuozui.com.tw

Indonesia
- Mohammad Malawat: achrie2000@yahoo.com
- Toto Noerwitjaksono: totonoer@hotmail.com
- Ms Fanda Makhmudah: farizka@yahoo.com
- Budi Prasetyo Soesilo: bpsoesilo@yahoo.com

Singapore
- Dennis Poon:dennis_poon@lta.gov.sg

Malaysia
- Azzaharin Bin Allias : azzaharin@jpj.gov.my

Viet Nam
- Nguyen Dong Phong: phongnd@vr.org.vn

Macau
- Luis Correia Gageiro: lgageiro@dsat.gov.mo

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Attachment B:
ECONOMY REPORTS:
Status of development of GTRs for electric vehicles
Status of IWVTA (International Whole Vehicle Type Approval) Informal
Group

Viet Nam

Strategy to improve fuel economy and energy efficiency

Chinese Taipei

Progress report on regulation harmonization

Korea:

Overall status of recent UN/ECE/WP29 sessions

Current activities and future roadmap of Korean New Car Assessment
Program (KNCAP)
Status of Electric Fuel Vehicle Safety
Outcomes of the 23rd international technical conference on the
Enhanced Safety of Vehicles

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Japan:

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