http://vca.gov.uk Latest changes to UK, EU and Worldwide Vehicle Legislation en-uk Copyright 2010, Vehicle Certification Agency nick@hattjoys.co.uk Vehicle Legislation Motorcycle Legislation Nick Ajderian 1440 http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/images/vca_logo_med1.jpg http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/rss.asp http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1019 Reg: 51 Additional Sound Emission Provisions paper setting out the options. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1018 Reg: 51 Proposals to amend paragraph 6.2.1.1. to clarify stationary testing for vehicles that do not operate at stationary conditions or operate in a manner that is unpredictable such as fuel cell vehicles, vehicles equipped with stop-start systems, hybrids & electric vehicles, is not required. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1017 Reg: 51 Refinement of draft proposal to amend the text of method B specified in Regulation No. 51, Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments in order to incorporate additional sound emissions provisions (ASEP) – addition of definition of defeat device and irrational control strategy and prohibition of use of both. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1016 Reg: 51 GTB Report of the Status of work in the WP.29 Informal Group “DETA” Relating to Lighting and Light Signalling. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1015 Reg: 51 Proposals intended to enable the transposition of findings from one silencing system to another under clearly defined conditions & that the final test result has the same quality of significance as the actual procedure. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1014 Reg: 51 Proposals to assess and determine what if any steps might be taken to mitigate potential pedestrian hazards through the use of acoustic means, recognizing that other means of communication may also be appropriate. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1013 Reg: 51 Presentation on 'Noise Emission of Moving Vehicles in Urban Areas', including remarks to new noise legislation in R51 for category M2 (>3500kg), M3, N2 & N3. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1012 Reg: 51 Proposals to clarify the definition of “defeat device”& of “irrational control strategy” to cover amongst other issues any form of cycle detection or manipulation of the engine management system during a type-approval test. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1011 Reg: 51 Proposals for R51 regarding the conditioning of silencing systems or silencing system components containing absorbing fibrous materials with those of R59. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1010 Reg: 51 Management summary of the 2 ASEP proposals by OICA & the Netherlands. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1009 Reg: 51 Proposals to exclude or limit N1 Vehicles from ASEP provisions PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1008 Reg: 51 Series 02 Proposals to clarify stationary testing for vehicles that do not operate at stationary conditions or operate in a manner that is unpredictable such as fuel cell vehicles, vehicles equipped with stop-start systems, hybrids & electric vehicles. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1007 Reg: 51 Proposals to align regulation concerning the conditioning of mufflers containing absorbing fibrous materials with those of Regulation No. 59. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1006 Reg: 51 Proposals to incorporate ASEP Provisions as changed by the GRBIG ASEP. Discussed by GRB with preference of the EC, Switzerland and the UK not to exclude hybrid electric vehicles and to insert a time limited exemption only. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1005 Reg: 51 Netherlands comment on not accepting OICA proposal as vehicles will become significantly louder in the higher engine speed area compared to what is allowed by the existing regulation with proposals for alternative methods. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1004 Reg: 51 Proposal to remove the 2 m/s2 boundary from the new type approval measurement method resulting in a a significant increase of the effectiveness of ASEP. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1003 Reg: 51 Netherlands short inventory of the use of the words “sound”,“noise”, “silencing system” and “noise- reduction system”. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=1002 Reg: 51 ISO presentation regarding the stationary noise testing of some vehicles equipped with advanced technologies (e.g. automatic stop and start, hybrid and electric vehicles) in their propulsion systems. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=150 Reg: 51 Presentation to GRB by Additional Sound Emissions Provisions (ASEP) informal group on work to date. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=149 Reg: 51 Draft proposal for changes to GRB/2005/2/Rev 2 to incorporate additional sound emission provisions in Reg 51.03. This paper will be presented to GRB. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=148 Reg: 51 Japanese Proposal for partial amendment to the announcement that prescribes details of Safety Regulations for road vehicles (vehicle and motorcycle noise problems). PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=144 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 6 Concerns Sound levels and exhaust this amendment introduces new requirements for the test site, and New test procedures PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=147 Reg: 51 Proposal to amend paragraph 3.2.5.3.2.2 to remove ‘then the throttle control shall be rapidly released & the engine speed shall return to idle’, & sound level reading rounded up to first decimal place. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=146 Reg: 51 Proposal for draft changes to incorporate the additional sound Emissions Provisions (annex 10) PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=145 Reg: 51 Proposal by GRB to OICA for the ASEP proposal PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=143 Reg: 51 Proposal for Draft Amend of revised test procedure according R59 & reverses procedure currently described in R51 PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=137 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 6 Align stationary test (Annex 3) with ISO/FDIS 5130 PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Document Into Force Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=141 Reg: 51 Revise title and content of annex 5 to refer to systems with absorbing materials PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=140 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 5 New alternative test method PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=139 Reg: 51 Directive: 2007/34 New test to align with R51(.02) and R59. 2-year transitional period during which results shall be reported to the Commission. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Document Into Force Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=139 All M & N No specific characteristics Reg: 51 Directive: 2007/34 New test to align with R51(.02) and R59. 2-year transitional period during which results shall be reported to the Commission. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Provision: Can't refuse to grant ECTA or NTA (MUST ISSUE) Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=139 Reg: 51 Directive: 2007/34 New test to align with R51(.02) and R59. 2-year transitional period during which results shall be reported to the Commission. PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=125 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 5 EC proposal for an additional test method for urban traffic. An alternative to 2006/4 PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Document Into Force Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=128 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 5 amended by informal 139-14 to make optional the exclusion of snow and special tyres from the measurements PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Document Into Force Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=131 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 5 amended by informal 139-14 to make optional the exclusion of snow and special tyres from the measurements PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Document Into Force Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=140 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 5 New alternative test method PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Document Into Force Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=138 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 4 Clarify scope PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=137 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 6 Align stationary test (Annex 3) with ISO/FDIS 5130 PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=123 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 4 Change/clarify scope to show application to cats M&N PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Document Into Force Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=138 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 4 Clarify scope PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles Document Into Force Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=135 Reg: 51 Russian proposals for durability requirements (including compressed air noise) PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=136 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 6 Align stationary test (Annex 3) with ISO/FDIS 5130 PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=134 Reg: 51 Align with the recent changes proposed to R51 (03 series) to introduce the new test. Presumably the Directive cannot be progressed until R51 is amended (to 03), and this will probably be some time in Spring 07. Not progressed at CATP on 23/10/06 due to issues over Art 4: publication of data. For CATP 5/2/07, (is was adopted) PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=133 Reg: 51 Russian proposals for durability requirements (including compressed air noise) PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=132 Reg: 51 New tests, to align with R51 & R59. Transitional provisions 12 months & 48 months PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=131 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 5 amended by informal 139-14 to make optional the exclusion of snow and special tyres from the measurements PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=130 Reg: 51 Alignment of Reg (annex 3) with changes to ISO 5130:1982. Will also be at 4/9/06 GRB PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=129 Reg: 51 Refers to 2006/31/Add.1 Rev.1 to make optional the exclusion of snow and special tyres from the measurements PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=128 Reg: 51 Series 02 Supp 5 amended by informal 139-14 to make optional the exclusion of snow and special tyres from the measurements PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:00:01 GMT http://www.vca-trove.org.uk/legstat/Document.asp?SubID=6.1.1&SeqNo=127 Reg: 51 Alignment of Reg (annex 3) with changes to ISO 5130:1982. Will aslo be at 4/9/06 GRB PCNTA Noise - Passenger & Goods Vehicles New Document Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:01 GMT