135. The AC.1 voting followed the special proceedings during COVID-19 period, which had been adopted by all Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement under a silence procedure on 4 November 2022. The written procedure, had been initiated on 8 November 2022 12:00h CET and had lasted for 72 hours, ending on 11 November 2022 15:00h CET. The eighty-second online/hybrid, session of AC.1 was held on 15 November 2022.

136. Of the 58 contracting parties to the agreement, 36 were represented by taking part in the written procedure and at the online/hybrid AC.1 session, its eighty-second session, on 15 November 2022.

137. AC.1 invited the Chair of WP.29 to chair the online/hybrid session.