Having quickly read through those minutes it seems ammendments to the proposal were raised and voted on at the EFRA meeting. So if the dimensions of saddles were such an issue, why was that not raised and ammended? As you can see, other details of the specification were ammended.
Height is now 25mm (additional chassis protrusions are allowed)
Maximum capacity is now 5500mAh
Maximum charging voltage isnow 8.40v
There were plenty of national representatives at the meeting to raise any concerns with other elements of the proposal if they felt the need. There were also manufacturing representatives there too.