45. The expert from Japan, co-organizer (together with the secretariat) of 10 workshops on the implementation of UN Regulation No. 155, reported on recent activities (GRVA-13-16). He highlighted one of the key elements discussed during the workshops related to CSMS in the case of collaborations between two manufacturers or in the case of a product sold under several brands. GRVA thanked Japan and the Secretary for these efforts to build capacity and support uniform application of the Regulation.

46. GRVA noted the importance of these activities, supporting the uniform application of UN Regulations by the Contracting Parties and allowing exchange among the type approval authorities. GRVA noted the limit of virtual meetings for such activities and encouraged the organizers to consider some in-person sessions. GRVA also noted that the outcome of this work could form the basis for future amendments to the Interpretation document of UN Regulation No. 155.

47. The expert from OICA welcomed these activities and offered potential contributions of the industry if some sessions would be open for participation by industry. GRVA agreed to consider the organization model used during the first session, held on 8 July 2021.

48. The expert from China introduced GRVA-13-31, explaining the activities performed in China regarding the elaboration of a national standard on the basis of UN Regulation No.155, the difficulty related to the lack of pass/fail criteria in the Regulation and mentioning the difficulty for China to perform the peer review as prescribed in para. 5.3. to the regulation, in the absence of access to the Database for Exchange of Type Approval documentation (DETA).

49. The expert from the United States of America pointed out at ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/60 and suggested to develop that document further, if needed, to address China’s concern.

50. GRVA agreed to address China’s request and decided to organize, before the summer break, a technical workshop on the implementation of Cyber Security provisions under the 1958 and 1998 Agreements, on the model of those already organized for the implementation of UN Regulation No. 155. GRVA invited Japan and the Secretary to organize it as a virtual meeting in English only. GRVA hoped to receive a report on this workstream at the September 2022 session of GRVA.

51. The expert from SAE International presented GRVA-13-28/Rev.1, introducing GRVA-13-26 and GRVA-13-29, proposing updates to references to ISO/SAE 21343 in the interpretation document for UN Regulation No. 155 and proposing clarifications in UN Regulation No. 155 regarding the authentication of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) messages. GRVA requested the secretariat to distribute GRVA-13-26 and GRVA-13-29 with official symbols at the next session with the necessary changes to produce: (i) an amendment proposal to UN Regulation No. 155 and (ii) an amendment proposal to the interpretation document.

52. GRVA noted that CEMA would present a roadmap proposal concerning the vehicle categories S, R, T with regards to the scopes of UN Regulations Nos. 155 and 156. The expert from CEMA detailed that CEMA had taken necessary steps to organize the work from the industry side, divided over different groups with CEMA being the steering committee, the Agricultural industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) taking the lead in the content development, and the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) being in charge of the standardization actions within the subcommittee 19 of the technical committee 23 of ISO.