WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/MA/W/118/Rev.2 
23 June 2010 
 (10-3431) 
Negotiating Group on Market Access Original:   English 
  
  
MARKET ACCESS FOR NON-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
 
Agreement on Non-Tariff Barriers Pertaining to Standards, Technical Regulations,
 
and Conformity Assessment Procedures for Automotive Products  
 
Communication from the European Union 
 
Revision  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 21 June 2010,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union in response to  recent discussions within the Negotiating Group. 
  This revision includes new provisions for the case of new domestic technical regulations being 
developed after the convergence has been achieved,  addressing various possible contingencies. It 
updates the good regulatory practice provision. Fina lly, it fleshes out further Annex 2 by describing 
the regulatory universe that this proposal enco mpasses on the basis of all existing Regulations 
developed by the World Forum for the Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations under the auspices of the UNECE.   
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Agreement on Non-Tariff Barriers Pertaining to Standards, Technical Regulations,  
and Conformity Assessment Procedures for Automotive Products  
 
Members, 
 
Recalling that pursuant to paragraph 16 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration, Members agreed 
to negotiations aimed at reducing or as appropria te eliminating tariffs and non-tariff barriers on 
non-agricultural products; 
Recognizing the important contribution of automotiv e products to global economic growth 
and development; 
Desiring to ensure that technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment 
procedures do not create unnecessary obstacles to in ternational trade in automotive products; 
Affirming their existing rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement, including the 
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement); 
Recognizing that no Member should be prevented from  taking measures that are necessary for 
the protection of human, animal or plant life or health, of the environment, or for the prevention of 
deceptive practices, at the levels it considers appropria te, subject to the requirement that they are not 
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  between countries or a disguised restriction on inte rnational trade, and are otherwise in accordance 
with the provisions of this Agreement; 
Recognizing that no country should be prevented from taking measures necessary for the 
protection of its essential security interests;  
Agree as follows: 
 
I. SCOPE AND COVERAGE 
1.1 This Agreement shall apply with respect  to any automotive product. Automotive product  
includes any product classifiable under the Harmonized System subheadings specified in Annex I of 
this Agreement.  1.2 Members assume obligations under this Agreem ent only with respect to standards, technical 
regulations, and conformity assessment procedures. 
 1.3 This Agreement shall not apply to purchasing specifications prepared by governmental bodies 
for production or consumption re quirements of governmental bodies. 
 1.4 Any reference in this Agreement to standard s, technical regulations, or conformity assessment 
procedures shall be construed to include any amendment thereto and any additions to product 
coverage or other provisions thereof, except amendm ents and additions of an insignificant nature, to 
the extent such amendment or additio n pertains to an automotive product. 
 
II. REGULATORY APPROACHES  
2.1 This Agreement shall be neutral with regard  to the regulatory approach a Member follows.  
For the application of technical regulations different administrative procedures exist and are in use.  
Two alternative approaches are generally known as t ype approval system or self-certification system. 
Members recognise that both systems have advantages a nd affirm that the choice of system remains in 
the sole judgement of the Member.  
2.2 A type approval system indicates a regulatory a pproach relying on the use of an administrative 
procedure by which the competent authorities of one  Member declare, after carrying out the required 
verifications that a vehicle, equipment or parts submitted by the supplier conform to the requirements 
of a given technical regulation.  Afterwards the s upplier ensures that each vehicle, equipment or parts 
put on the market were produced to be identical with the approved product. 
 
2.3 A self-certification system relies on the fact that  the supplier is required to certify, without any 
preliminary administrative control, that each product put on the market conforms to mandatory technical regulations; the competent administrativ e authorities may verify by random sampling on the 
market that the self-certified products comply with  the requirements of a given technical regulation. 
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  STANDARDS, TECHNICAL REGULATIONS,  
AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES 
 III. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION AND REGULATORY CONVERGENCE 
3.1  International Standard-Setting Body 
 
 Members recognize that the World Forum for the Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29), within the framework of the United Na tions Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE), 
is the main relevant international standard-setting b ody for the products covered by this Agreement.  
 
3.2 Regulatory Convergence and Harmonization 
 3.2.1 With a view to harmonizing technical regula tions and conformity assessment procedures on as 
wide a basis as possible, Members shall play a full part, within the limits of their resources, in the 
preparation by the appropriate international standa rdizing bodies of international standards, guides and 
recommendations pertaining to automotive products. 
 3.2.2 Members commit to participate actively in the development of Regulations in the 
standard-setting body identified in paragraph 3.1 an d shall cooperate for the adoption, without undue 
delay, of new Regulations by this body.  
3.2.3 Members undertake to review technical regulati ons covered by this Agreement with a view to 
increasing their convergence to applicable internati onal standards at regular intervals, not exceeding 
five years.  When reviewing their existing technical regulations, Members shall consider whether the circumstances that have given raise to any nationa l divergence from a relevant international standard 
continues to exist.  The Member shall notify this reason together with a full technical description of 
the divergence to the Subcommittee establishe d in Article 11 and the World Forum for the 
Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations.  3.2.4 The World Forum for the Harmonisation of  Vehicle Regulations shall review these 
divergences and the reasons and report to the Subc ommittee of this Agreement about the state of 
harmonisation with regard to its Regulations, not less than every [three] years. 
 
[3.2.5    All legislation of a Member addressing a policy area covered by a Regulation adopted by the 
body identified in 3.1 shall be consistent with su ch Regulation no later than 10 years from the entry 
into force of this Agreement. No later than 2 y ears before the end of this transitional period, WTO 
Members may decide by a two thirds majority to  extend the transitional period by another 7 years 
from the adoption of such a decision. ] 
 3.2.6 During this process of international conve rgence, Members shall actively review their 
domestic legislation with a view to enhancing co mpatibility of their technical requirements with 
relevant international standards. Any Member shall as soon as practicable after any new 
Regulation is adopted by the WP.29 in areas cov ered by existing domestic technical regulations, 
align this existing domestic technical regulation. 
 
3.2.7 Notwithstanding Art. 3.2.5. and withou t prejudice to Art. 2.4 of the TBT Agreement, 
developing country Members may maintain techni cal regulations that are less demanding than 
the Regulations adopted by the WP.29 for its domestic market provided  that this developing 
country Member accepts the selling and placing into  its market and putting into service of any 
product under  the coverage of this Agreement that is in full compliance with the relevant Regulations. For the purpose of enhancing the integration of its manufacturing industries into TN/MA/W/118/Rev.2 
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  the global economy, such developing country Member shall bring its domestic technical 
regulations in conformity with the Regulations as soon as practicable in view of its development. 
 
3.3  New Domestic Technical Regulations  
 
3.3.1 When starting to develop any new tec hnical regulation, any Member shall verify 
whether the policy area in which it wishes to regul ate is not already covere d, fully or partially, 
by an existing Regulation or whether the comple tion of such Regulation is imminent. If this 
Member comes to the conclusion that there is no Regulation for the area in which it considers 
necessary to regulate, this Memb er shall notify this conclusion together with a broad description 
of the content of the intended new domestic t echnical regulation to the Subcommittee established 
under this Agreement. The following Subcommitt ee shall discuss this notification and may 
decide to request the WP.29 to urgently start work in the area proposed. Members sharing an interest in the content of the technical regulation shall co-operate to develop a common solution 
and shall endeavour to promote the rapid development and adoption of a Regulation. After this 
discussion in the Subcommittee, any Member urgent ly needing to regulate in the area notified 
shall be allowed to do so until the time a Regu lation is adopted by the WP.29 in that area. 
 3.3.2 Any Member shall at any time refrain from introducing any new domestic technical regulations diverging from Regulations in a reas covered by such Regulations, or from 
Regulations whose completion is imminent unless  there are substantiated reasons based on 
scientific or technical information for why a speci fic Regulation is ineffective or inappropriate 
for ensuring the protection of road safety, the environment, or public health.   3.3.3 If a Member needs to deviate from any Re gulation, for instance because of fundamental 
climatic or geographical factors or fundamental t echnological problems, it shall notify the extent 
and the reason of the proposed deviation to the Subcommittee established under this Agreement. 
The Member shall explain this deviation in the next meeting of the Subcommittee in particular 
with regard to the legitimate policy objective th at requires such a deviation taking into account 
the expected impact that such deviation has, in  particular on trade in automotive products. 
Other Members may seek any clarifications or additional justification from the notifying 
Member at the latest within one month after th e first such meeting. The notifying Member shall 
respond to any questions or requests for clarificatio n at the latest by the second such meeting.  
 3.3.4 Upon completion of the procedure pursuant to paragraph 3.3.3, the notifying Member shall be permitted to deviate from the relevant Regulation for a period not exceeding three years. The notifying Member shall refrain from adopting such technical regulation until one 
month after the second meeting of the Subcommitt ee.  This exemption is without prejudice to 
Art. 2.4 of the TBT Agreement.  
3.3.5 The Subcommittee shall notify the WP.29 about these discussions and their outcome. 
The Subcommittee shall list these exemptions and publish the scientific or technical information 
provided by the Member making the notification  pursuant to 3.2.8 and the clarifications and 
additional information sought by other Memb ers. The Subcommittee shall periodically review 
all exemptions. 
3.3.6 Members that are parties to the WP.29 sh all ensure that the reports of the discussions, 
and in particular the substantiated reasons based  on scientific or technical information provided 
as well as any clarifications and additional justif ications shall be examined in the WP.29 with a 
view to integrating these elements into any revision of the relevant Regulation. Any such 
Regulation shall be automatically inscribed by Members on the agenda of every meeting WP.29 
until the deviation has been resolved either th rough a repeal or alignment of the domestic 
technical regulation or through an appropriate amendment of the Regulation by the WP.29.  TN/MA/W/118/Rev.2 
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  3.3.7 Any Member that has made use of Article 3.3.4 for a specific Regulation, shall be 
suspended from the benefits of recognition of conformity assessment results from other  Members as provided by this Agreement with regar d to this specific Regulation for the duration 
of the deviation. 
3.3.8 Any developing country Member whose manufacturing industries of the products 
covered by this Agreement does not have any su bstantial investments for production of these 
products in any other Member shall not be requi red to follow the procedure of paragraph 3.3.3 
provided  that this developing country Member accep ts the selling and placing into its market 
and putting into service of any product under  th e coverage of this Agreement that is in full 
compliance with the Regulations. For the pu rpose of enhancing the integration of its 
manufacturing industries into the global economy , such developing country Member shall bring 
its domestic technical regulations in conformity with the Regulations as soon as practicable in 
view of nits development. 
 
3.4  Development of International Standards 
 
 For international standards to make a maxi mum contribution to the achievement of trade 
facilitation for the products under this  Understanding, Members confirm the importance they attach to 
the principles announced in the Decision of th e WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade 
(G/TBT/1/Rev.8) of 23 May 2002, Section IX ( Decision of the Committee on Principles for the 
Development of International Standards, Guides and R ecommendations with relation to Articles 2, 5 
and Annex 3 of the Agreement ) on the development of international standards. 
 3.5  Good Regulatory Practice  3.5.1 Where a Member prepares or proposes to adopt a technical regulation or conformity 
assessment procedure and a relevant international standard or a relevant guide or recommendation 
issued by an international standa rdizing body does not exist, it shall: 
 
(a) consider, inter alia , the impact of  the proposed technical regulation or conformity 
assessment procedure; and 
 
(b) assess the available regulatory and non-regulat ory alternatives to the proposed technical 
regulation or conformity assessment procedure that may fulfill the Member's legitimate 
objective  in accordance with Article 2.2 of the TBT Agreement. 
  The above requirements do not imply any de termination on the way or format this 
consideration shall take.  
3.5.2 For regulatory activities in areas where a relevant  international standard or a relevant guide or 
recommendation issued by an international standa rdizing body does not exist, any Member shall 
publish, on an regular basis, a regulatory agenda wh ich includes any standard, technical regulation, or 
conformity assessment procedures that it reasonably e xpects to issue in proposed or final form within 
the coming future covering no less than the following 12 month period. 
 3.5.3 Each Member shall establish or maintain pro cedures for it to review, at regularly-scheduled 
intervals, its technical regulations and conform ity assessment procedures to determine whether such 
measures should be modified or eliminated so as to make the Member's regulatory program more 
effective in achieving the legitimate objective(s) pur sued.  In reviewing its technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures to determine wh ether such measures should be modified or 
eliminated, relevant elements of consideration include whether such technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures have become unnecessary or outdated by reason of changed 
circumstances, such as fundame ntal changes in technology. TN/MA/W/118/Rev.2 
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  3.6  Products with New Technologies or New Features 
 
3.6.1 No Member shall prevent or unduly delay th e placing on its market of a product on the ground 
that it incorporates a new technology or a new feat ure which has not yet been regulated unless it can 
demonstrate, based on scientific or technical inform ation, that this new technology or new feature 
creates a risk for human health, safety or the environment. 
 3.6.2 When a Member decides to refuse the placing on the market or require the withdrawal from 
the market of a product on the ground that it incorporates a new technology or a new feature creating a risk for human health, safety or the environment,  it shall immediately notify this decision to the 
Member of origin of the product and to the econom ic operator concerned.  The notification shall 
include all relevant scientific or technical information.   
IV. EQUIVALENCE OF DOMESTIC TECHNICAL REGULATIONS  WITH 
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 
4.1 Any Member may list domestic technical re gulations for which this Member declares 
functional equivalence with a Regulation in Annex 2.  4.2  Any automotive product that complies with  the requirements of a Regulation listed by a 
Member in Annex 2 shall be accepted by that Member as complying with the technical requirements of the applicable domestic technical regulations listed correspondingly.  For this area, no further 
technical requirements shall be stipulated in the domestic legislation of the importing Member, unless 
foreseen explicitly by such a Regulation. 
 
V. MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF DOMESTIC TECHNICAL REGULATIONS ON THE 
BASIS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 
5.1 Until the convergence to international standards is  completed as referred to  in paragraph 3.2.5, 
any Member may declare in Annex 3 its recognition of  a technical requirement of another Member as 
functionally equivalent with the technical requi rements of its domestic technical regulation provided  
that both Members reciprocate this recognition of equi valence in its part of this Annex 3 and that at 
least one of the two Members has also listed the relevant technical requirements in Annex 2.  
5.2 Any automotive product of a recognised Member that complies with the requirements of the 
corresponding domestic technical regulation of the recognised Member as listed by the recognising 
Member in Annex 3 shall be accepted by the reco gnising Member as complying with the technical 
requirements of its applicable domestic technical regulations.  For this area, no further technical 
requirements shall be stipulated in the dom estic legislation of the importing Member.  
 
VI. MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT 
6.1  Independently of the regulatory approach me ntioned in Article 2 that a Member has chosen 
for part or the full set of its technical regulations  for products covered by this Agreement, Members 
are invited to join both the 1958 Agreement and the 1998 Agreement.  
6.2. Members with type-approval systems shall join the plurilateral system of recognition of 
type-approvals under the rules of the Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform technical 
prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and part s which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled 
vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recogn ition of approvals granted on the basis of these 
prescriptions, for any technical regulation declared in  Annex 3 so as to benefit from the in-built mutual 
recognition system under the 1958 Agreement. 
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  6.3 Members with self-certification systems may join the plurilateral system of type-approvals 
under the rules of the 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 recogniti on of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions, so as to 
benefit from the in-built mutual recognition system  of this 1958 Agreement.  After joining this 
plurilateral system, such a Member has the right of nominating its monitoring body (or any body 
fulfilling the same criteria of expertise required unde r domestic law) in accordance with the rules and 
conditions of the 1958 Agreement as its domestic type approval author ity for the purpose of delivering 
approvals recognised amongst participants of this pl urilateral system.  This monitoring body shall be 
entitled to deliver type approvals for the purpose of  exporting to members with type-approval systems 
under the rules and conditions of the 1958 Agreement.  
 6.4  Members not joining the above-mentioned pl urilateral system of mutual recognition shall 
accord to conformity assessment bodies in the te rritory of any other Member treatment no less 
favourable than that they accord to conformity asse ssment bodies in its own territory with respect to 
the procedures, criteria, and other conditions w ith which conformity assessment bodies must comply 
in order for the Member to accredit or otherwise approve  them as competent to test or certify that an 
automotive product conforms with the Member 's standard or technical regulation.  
 6.5 Conformity assessment bodies that are allowe d to operate under the plurilateral system of 
recognition of type-approvals under the 1958 Agreemen t shall be deemed fulfilling all requirements 
necessary in order to operate under a domestic conf ormity assessment system of any other Member. 
 
VII. POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE 
7.1 Any Member's regulatory authorities retain th eir rights of requiring adequate and complete 
information, or the production of required assuranc es of conformity, or the random sampling on its 
markets of vehicles allowed to circulate on its terr itory.  Such verifications shall not constitute a 
disguised means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discr imination against the products of another Member. 
 7.2 If a Member requires test results for the pur poses of post-market surveillance (alone or in 
conjunction with other assurances of conformity) or  other assurances of conformity that are based on 
test results as an assurance that an automotive product conforms with a standard or technical 
regulation, it shall not require the testing to be pe rformed in a testing facility within its territory and 
shall accept the test results  if the testing is performed in anothe r Member's territory by a facility that 
the importing Member deems competent or approves for that purpose.  Each Member shall permit a testing facility in another Member's territory to demonstrate that it meets any requirements to be 
deemed competent or otherwise approved by the Member.  If the importing Member requires the 
testing facility to comply with requirements c oncerning the testing of automotive products for 
conformity with the standard or technical regula tions or requires the body that accredits the testing 
facility to comply with requirements concerning that accreditation, it shall ensure that such 
requirements are based on a conformity assessment  procedure that the Member has adopted and 
published in accordance with the provis ions of paragra phs 8.1 and 8.3. 
 
7.3 Conformity assessment bodies that are allowe d to operate under the plurilateral system of 
recognition of type-approvals under the 1958 Agreemen t shall be deemed fulfilling all requirements 
necessary in order to operate under a domestic conf ormity assessment system of any other Member. 
 7.4 Without prejudice to the 1958 and 1998 Agreements, if a Member determines that: 
 
(1) test results or other information that a s upplier of an automotive product has submitted to the 
Member to demonstrate that the product conforms  to the Member's technical regulations fails 
to demonstrate such conformity;  or 
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  (2) a testing facility in the territory of anothe r Member does not meet the Member's requirements 
to be deemed competent or otherwise approved, 
  It shall immediately notify, in the case of s ubparagraph (1), the supplier of the automotive 
product and, in the case of subparagraph (2), the tes ting facility the reasons for its determination and 
indicate the corrective action that if taken would remedy the deficiency. 
 7.5 Notwithstanding compliance with the technical  regulations or the requirements listed in 
Annex 2 and Annex 3, a Member may, in exceptiona l circumstances, refuse to a supplier the placing 
of a product on its market or require a supplier to withdraw that product from its market if there are 
urgent and compelling risks for road safety, public  health or environmental protection based on 
substantiated scientific or techni cal information.  Such a refusal  shall not constitute a means of 
arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination against the products of the other Member  or a disguised 
restriction on trade. Before it is implemented, any such temporary emergency measure shall be 
notified to the Member of the product's origin and to the supplier with an objective, reasoned and 
sufficiently detailed explanation of the motivation for the measure. 
 
TRANSPARENCY, PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW,  
AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 
 
VIII.  TRANSPARENCY 
{Transparency provisions as resulting from th e horizontal discussions on transparency}. 
 IX. PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW 
{Provisions as in the horizontal part of the pr oposal for a Framework for Industry-specific NTB 
Proposals} 
 
X. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 
{Provisions as in the horizontal part of the pr oposal for a Framework for Industry-specific NTB 
Proposals}  
ADMINISTRATION, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, AND FINAL PROVISIONS  
 
XI. MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT 
 A Subcommittee on Automotive Products (S ubcommittee) is hereby established as a 
subcommittee to the TBT Committee to oversee the operation and implementation of this Agreement 
and further its objectives and to provide a forum for discussions on any matter related to this 
Agreement. The Subcommittee shall: 
 (1) comprise representatives of each Member;  (2) elect its own Chairman and apply the TBT Committee working procedures;  
(3) meet to review the implementation and operation of this Agreement (a) at least every six 
months during the first 30 months after the da te this Agreement enters into force, and 
(b) thereafter at least once every 12 months;   
 (4) report to the TBT Committee with a view to complementing and not duplicating the work of 
that Committee, and to this end, communicate to  the TBT Committee the results of its review 
conducted pursuant to subparagraph (3);  and  TN/MA/W/118/Rev.2 
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  (5) maintain and update the Annexes 2 and 3 on th e basis of notifications provided by Members. 
 
XII. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 
 Article 14 of the TBT Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.  
 [Note: need to further consider relations hip with Dispute Settlement Understanding]  
 XIII.  FINAL PROVISIONS 
[Note: Need to consider A final provisions to be in cluded in this Agreement, such as entry into force, 
withdrawal, amendment, WTO Secretariat to service  Agreement, deposit etc. B items included, for 
example, in the various UR WTO agreements]  
 The Annexes to this Agreement cons titute an integral part thereof. 
 
DEFINITIONS 
 
 Regulation  is any "regulation" as defined in th e 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 (1958 Agreement) and in the Agreement concerning the establishing of 
global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, e quipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be 
used on wheeled vehicles (1998 Agreement). 
  Functionally equivalent  are any two or more technical regulations, possibly different, for 
which a Member declares that in order to fulfil the technical requirements contained in its technical regulation it is sufficient to comply with all re levant technical requirements of the functionally 
equivalent technical regulation. 
 
 1958 Agreement  means the Agreement concerning th e adoption of uniform technical 
prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and part s which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled 
vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recogn ition of approvals granted on the basis of these 
prescriptions.  
 
 1998 Agreement  means the Agreement concerning th e establishing of global technical 
regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and part s which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled 
vehicles.  
 
 Supplier means any party that supplies the product and may include a manufacturer, 
distributor, or importer.   Interested party  [is not mentioned in the TBT Agreement; a definition should be added] 
  Other terms are defined as in Annex 1 of the TBT Agreement. TN/MA/W/118/Rev.2 
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  ANNEX 1
 
 
Harmonized System Subheadings  
Vehicles Parts Parts Parts 
870120 381900 841330 852721 
870210 382000 841391 852729 
870290 400950 841430 853180 
870321 401010 841459 853641 
870322 401110 841520 853910 
870323 401120 841583 853921 
870324 401210 841590 854430 
870331 401220 842123 870710 
870332 401310 842131 870790 
870333 401593 842139 870810 
870390 401693 842549 870821 
870421 401699 842691 870829 
870422 401110 843110 870831 
870423 401120 848210 870839 
870431 401140 848220 870840 
870432 401161 848240 870850 
870490 401191 848250 870860 
870600 401192 848310 870870 
 401211 850132 870880 
 401212 850710 870891 
 681310 850730 870892 
 681390 850790 870893 
 700711 851110 870894 
 700721 851120 870899 
 700910 851130 871690 
 731816 851140 871899 
 732010 851150 902910 
 732020 851180 902920 
 830120 851190 902990 
 830210 851220 910400 
 830230 851230 940120 
 840734 851240 940190 
 840820 851290 940340 
 840990 851991 940350 
 840991 851993 940390 
 840999 852520 980200 
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  ANNEX 2  
 
List of technical regulations for which Members declare  
equivalence with WP.29 Regulations  
 
 
Subject Area WP.29 Regulation  
Declaring Member 1 Member 1's Correspondin g Technical Regulation  
Declaring Member 2 Member 2's Correspondin g Technical Regulation  
…  
Declaring Member N Member N's Corresponding  Technical Regulation  
 
 
Lighting and Li ght Signalling Equipment 
Headlamps (R 2 and HS 1) UNECE Reg. 1 
Retro reflectors UNECE Reg. 3 
Rear registration plate lamp UNECE Reg. 4 
Headlamps (sealed beam) UNECE Reg. 5 
Direction indicators UNECE Reg. 6 
End-outline/front-position (side)/rear-po sition (side)/stop lamps UNECE Reg. 7 
Headlamps (H 1, H 2, H 3, HB 3, HB 4, H 7, and/or H 8, H9 ,HIR1, HIR2 and/or H 11) UNECE Reg. 8 
Front fog lamps UNECE Reg. 19 
Headlamps (H 4) UNECE Reg. 20 
Reversing lights UNECE Reg. 23 
Headlamps (halogen sealed beam) UNECE Reg. 31 
Filament lamps for use in approv ed lamp units UNECE Reg. 37 
Rear fog lamps UNECE Reg. 38 
Headlamp cleaners UNECE Reg. 45 
Installation of lighting and light signalling devices UNECE Reg. 48 
Special warning lamps for powerdriven vehi cles and their trailers UNECE Reg. 65 
Rear marking plates for slow-moving vehicles (b y construction) and their trailers UNECE Reg. 69 
Rear marking plates for heavy and long vehicles UNECE Reg. 70 
Parking lamps UNECE Reg. 77 
Daytime running lamps UNECE Reg. 87 
Side marker lamps UNECE Reg. 91 
Headlamps with gas-discharge light sources UNECE Reg. 98 
Gas-discharge light sources fo r use in approved gas-discharge lamp units UNECE Reg. 99 
Retro-reflective markings for vehicles of  category M, N and O UNECE Reg. 104
Headlamps (asymmetrical passing beam) UNECE Reg. 112
Cornering lamps for power-driven vehicles UNECE Reg. 119
Adaptive front-lighting systems UNECE Reg. 123
 
Occupant Protection 
Door locks and door retention  components UNECE Gtr. 1 
Head restraints UNECE Gtr. 7 
Door latches and hinges UNECE Reg. 11 
Behaviour of steering device under impact UNECE Reg. 12 
Belt anchorages UNECE Reg. 14 
Safety belts and restraint systems UNECE Reg. 16 
Seat strength and anchorage, head restraints  UNECE Reg. 17 
Interior fittings UNECE Reg. 21 
Head restraints UNECE Reg. 25 
Protection of the occupants of the ca b of a commercial vehicle UNECE Reg. 29 
Behaviour of the structure in a rear-end collision  UNECE Reg. 32 
Behaviour of the structure in a head-on collision UNECE Reg. 33 
Fuel tanks UNECE Reg. 34 
Child restraint systems UNECE Reg. 44 TN/MA/W/118/Rev.2 
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  Occupant Protection 
Rear protective device UNECE Reg. 58 
Front under-run protection UNECE Reg. 93 
Frontal impact UNECE Reg. 94 
Side impact UNECE Reg. 95 
Replacement airbag systems UNECE Reg. 114
Partitioning systems to prot ect passengers against displaced luggage, supplied as non 
original vehicle equipment UNECE Reg. 126
 
Pedestrian Protection 
Pedestrian safety UNECE Gtr. 9 
External projections UNECE Reg. 26 
External projections forward of the cab's rear panel - Commercial vehicles UNECE Reg. 61 
Lateral protection UNECE Reg. 73 
 
Drivers Vision  
Safety glazing materials for motor vehicles  and motor vehicle equipment UNECE Gtr. 6 
Safety glazing UNECE Reg. 43 
Indirect vision devices UNECE Reg. 46 
Front forward field of vision UNECE Reg. 125
 
Brakin g  
Electronic stability contro l systems UNECE Gtr. 8 
Braking UNECE Reg. 13H
Brake linings UNECE Reg. 90 
 
Controls and Displays 
Arrangement of foot controls UNECE Reg. 35 
Speedometer UNECE Reg. 39 
Identification of controls, tell-ta les and indicators UNECE Reg. 121
 
EMC, Electronic, Radio and Telecommunication equipmen t 
Radio interference (electromagnet ic compatibility) UNECE Reg. 10 
 
Anti the ft  
Anti-theft UNECE Reg. 18 
Vehicle Alarm Systems UNECE Reg. 97 
Anti-theft and immobiliser UNECE Reg. 116
 
Emissions, Fuel consumption, En gine Power and Fuel Speci fications 
Test procedure for compression-ignition (C.I .) engines and positive-ignition (P.I.) 
engines fuelled with natural gas (NG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with regard to the emission of pollutants UNECE Gtr. 4 
Technical requirements for on-board diagnostic sy stems (OBD) for road vehicles UNECE Gtr. 5 
Off-cycle emissions (OCE) UNECE Gtr. 10 
Emission of gaseous pollutants by the engine - fuel consumption of vehicles UNECE Reg. 15 
Diesel smoke UNECE Reg. 24 
Emissions of pollutants UNECE Reg. 49 
Emission of pollutants UNECE Reg. 83 
Power-driven vehicles equipped with intern al combustion engine s with regard to the 
measurement of fuel consumption UNECE Reg. 84 
Engine power measurements UNECE Reg. 85 
CO2 emissions – Fuel consumption UNECE Reg. 101
Replacement catalytic converters UNECE Reg. 103
 
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  Noise  
Noise emissions UNECE Reg. 51 
Replacement silencing systems UNECE Reg. 59 
 
Steerin g, Wheels and T yres 
Electronic stability contro l systems UNECE Gtr. 8 
Braking UNECE Reg. 13 
Tyres, motor vehicles and their trailers  UNECE Reg. 30 
Tyres of commercial vehicles an d their trailers UNECE Reg. 54 
Temporary-use spare wheels/tyres UNECE Reg. 64 
Steering effort UNECE Reg. 79 
Retreaded pneumatic tyres for motor vehicl es and their trailers UNECE Reg. 108
Production of retreaded pneumatic tyres for commercial  vehicles and their trailers UNECE Reg. 109
Rolling sound emissions UNECE Reg. 117
Wheels for passenger cars UNECE Reg. 124
 
Buses, Public Service Vehicles and Special Purpose Vehicles 
General construction of large passenger vehicles  UNECE Reg. 36 
M2 and M3 small capacity vehicles with regar d to their general construction UNECE Reg. 52 
Strength of superstructure (bus es and coaches) UNECE Reg. 66 
Seat strength (buses and coaches) UNECE Reg. 80 
Vehicles intended for the transport of dangerous goods UNECE Reg. 105
Buses and coaches UNECE Reg. 107
Tank vehicles of categories N and O with regard to rollover stability UNECE Reg. 111
Flammability UNECE Reg. 118
 
Miscellaneous  
Advance-warning triangles UNECE Reg. 27 
Audible warning UNECE Reg. 28 
Front and rear protective devices (bumpers, etc.) UNECE Reg. 42 
Coupling components UNECE Reg. 55 
LPG tanks UNECE Reg. 67 
Power-driven vehicles including pure electric  vehicles with regard to the measurement 
of the maximum speed UNECE Reg. 68 
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of rear marking plates for slow-moving 
vehicles (by construction) and their trailers UNECE Reg. 69 
Speed limitation devices UNECE Reg. 89 
Construction, functional safety and hydrogen emi ssion - Battery electric vehicles UNECE Reg. 100
Close-coupling device UNECE Reg. 102
CNG tanks UNECE Reg. 110
Specific LPG (liquefied petroleum gases) , CNG (compressed natural gas) retrofit 
systems  UNECE Reg. 115
Heating systems UNECE Reg. 122
 
  
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  ANNEX 3
 
 
List of Mutual Recognition of Domestic Technical Requirements  
on the basis of International Standards  
 
[Heading member recognising other members' techni cal regulation; first column: UNECE Reg./GTR,  
second: recognising  member's legislation, third: title, fourth: recognised members' legislation] 
 Examples:
 
 
Recognising Member:  European Union Recognised Member: United States of America 
 
WP.29 Regulation Title EU technical 
requirements US corresponding 
requirements 
    
 Recognising Member:  United States of America Recognised Member:  European Union 
 
WP.29 Regulation Title US technical 
requirements EU corresponding 
requirements 
    
 
Recognising Member: Member M   Recognised Member: Member N  
 
WP.29 Regulation Title EC technical 
requirements US corresponding 
requirements 
    
 Recognising Member: Member N   Recognised Member: Member M  
 
WP.29 Regulation Title US technical 
requirements EC corresponding 
requirements 
    
  
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