147. The representative of the Republic of Korea updated AC.3 on recent activities concerning the developments of a draft amendment to UN GTR No. 8, sponsored by his country, aimed at modifying provisions for accommodating innovative steering with significant lower steering gear ratio. He mentioned exchanges between Canada and Korea that led to the drafting of two amendment proposals. He informed AC.3 that both amendment proposals were withdrawn at the January 2022 session of GRVA. He reported that the representative of the United States of America had encouraged the delegations to share data and technical information that could support the process and that the representative of OICA had agreed to provide such material. He concluded his intervention by stating that the stakeholders involved would resume activities after having reviewed information provided by the industry.