17. The Secretary of WP.29 introduced the list of Working Parties, Informal Working Groups and Chairs (WP.29-186-01-Rev.1), the calendar of meetings of the World Forum for 2022 (WP.29-186-02) and invited delegates of WP.29 to review Informal document: WP.29-186-01-Rev.1 and report any objection or contributions to the secretariat.

18. The secretariat informed WP.29 that for the period 2022, based on the current situation there will be a continuation of hybrid meetings with interpretation provided for both the morning and the afternoon sessions. The secretariat informed of the changes to the calendar of meetings for 2022, highlighting the GRSG meeting which will be held on 28 March – 1 April 2022, GRVA will be held on 23 – 27 May 2022, GRPE will be held on 30 May – 2nd June 2022. The 188th session of WP.29 was also moved a week earlier to 14 November – 16 November 2022 as requested by delegations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1161, para. 24).

19. The Secretary of WP.29 also presented the revised Programme of Work (PoW) based on agreed priorities following levels of discussions at GRs, AC.2 and previous sessions of WP.29 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/1) as amended by WP.29-186-14, reproduced in Annex VI. He highlighted that the PoW contained a strategic introduction on the main priorities of the WP.29 work, which were related to the implementation of the Agenda 2030 focusing on Sustainable Development Goals No. 3, 7, 9, 11,13, as well as to the implementation of the ITC strategy 2030 and among others, to vehicle automation and environmental protection. (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/1).

20. WP.29 adopted the Programme of Work for 2022.

21. The representative of China requested the secretariat to confirm the final date of the next GRVA session, and to avoid the Chinese New Year week in 2023 for the organization of the fifteenth session of GRVA.