56. The expert from Japan, Ambassador of IWVTA, informed GRSP that the 05 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 0 had been adopted at the November 2022 session of WP.29. He added that this new series reflected the latest series of amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 100, 94, 95 and 137, which had entered into force in June 2021. He also informed GRSP that the question-and-answer document on Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement and IWVTA had been posted on the WP.29 website on the page dedicated to the 1958 Agreement. GRSP also noted the response of IWVTA-IWG in GRSP-72-07-Rev.1 on the interpretation of the preceding series of amendments (singular or plural) mentioned in the transitional provisions of UN Regulations. The expert from OICA suggested that the interpretation laid out in the document was intended to be general and was to be applied with flexibility in specific cases. Finally, GRSP agreed to provide feedback to the expert from Japan on GRSP-72-07-Rev.1 by the end of January 2023.

57. The expert from Finland, on behalf of the informal working group on the Database for Exchange of Approval documentation (DETA) introduced GRSP-72-14 following a request of IWG DETA to Working Groups to clarify the UN Regulations in which the Unique Identifier (UI) marking applies. He also introduced GRSP-72-15 that provides a table for the list of UN Regulations under the responsibility of GRSP, that can be completed with the required information. The expert from CLEPA introduced GRSP-72-38 with an initial assessment of the requested list of UN Regulations. He clarified that UN Regulation No. 16 (Safety-belts) would prohibit the use of UI, because additional symbols to identify the type of safety-belt, energy absorber and retractor would be needed. He thus introduced a proposal of amendment to UN Regulation No. 16 (Safety-belts) prohibiting UI use (GRSP-72-39). GRSP requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-72-39 with an official symbol at its May 2023 session. At the same time GRSP agreed to resume discussion on GRSP-72-15 at its May 2023 session based on the feedback provided by the expert from OICA.