113. The Chair of GRVA informed WP.29 of his invitation from the WP.1 Chair to the WP.1 to discuss the coordination of a public joint event of WP.1 and WP.29. He stated that he would report on the global activities under the framework document, the progress made on UN Regulation No. 157, the collaboration and work of WP.29 on light signalling for Automated Vehicles (AVs) and the corresponding schedule and asked WP.29 for further guidance, in particular regarding the coordination of the joint event.
114. WP.29 supported a joint event in general but agreed that a public event this year would be too premature, as certain steps needed to be conducted, for instance defining the objectives of the joint event, especially the cooperation and collaboration with WP.1. WP.29 preferred to conduct this event informally.
115. The Chair of GRVA participated in the WP.1 session, organized in the same week as WP.29, and reported there on WP.29 position regarding a joint public event.
116. The Chair of GRVA informed WP.29 of the results of his meeting with WP.1. He reported that that the Chair of WP.1 expressed her disappointment of not having a joint public event this year and that her objective for the joint event would have been to give information about the activities performed in each working party, rather than informing about their collaboration. He reported that there were questions regarding the meaning of “guidelines”, which were submitted by FRAV and VMAD to the WP.29 meeting in March 2022 for information. He stated that he had explained to WP.1 that these guidelines were no type of legal instrument but rather a guidance for Contracting Parties, who would like to start rule making and that these guidelines were still under development. He reported that there were questions about the extension of ALKS and that he explained that the system would comply to the national traffic laws without any need for user input.
117. WP.29 agreed to continue the discussions regarding a joint event with WP.1 at the June 2022 session of AC.2.