163. The representative of the European Union informed AC.3 that the work on UN GTR on Global RDE had been paused and would resume directly at the phase two, by focusing on the test procedure, provide further improvements to the evaluation method and review the regional needs (as detailed in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/149). AC.3 endorsed ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/149 and requested the secretariat to distribute it at the next session with an AC.3 symbol.