23. The expert from the United States of America, Co-Chair of the IWG on EDR/DSSAD, updated GRVA on the recent achievements of the group (GRVA-13-21). She recalled the mandate of the group (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1147, Annex VII) and the distinction made between EDR and DSSAD. She mentioned that the group had had 56 meetings since its inception in 2019.

24. She recalled that the group produced WP.29-179-19 (in November 2019), clarifying the purpose of EDR and DSSAD and explained that the group would consider revising it. She reported that the group collected the national positions, reproduced in GRVA-13-06, and compiling best practices. She highlighted that the group was still reflecting on the purpose of DSSAD, some experts preferring to focus on the performance of the system itself, others having additional purposes in mind, such as crash reconstruction and liability determination.

25. The expert from OICA noted that some Contracting Parties were envisaging to require additional data points. He stated that the work was still ongoing and that it would be preferable to further discuss and develop a harmonized approach.

26. The expert from France clarified that their national input would likely need to be revised and based on experience gathered while implementing UN Regulations Nos. 157 and 160.

27. GRVA noted with thanks the status report of the IWG on Event Data Recorder / Data Storage System for Automated Driving (EDR/DSSAD).