6. The 141st session of WP.29/AC.2 (6 March 2023) was chaired by Mr. A. Erario (Italy), Chair of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, WP.29, and was attended, in accordance to Rule 29 of the terms of reference and rules of procedure of WP.29 (TRANS/WP.29/690/Rev.2) by the Chairs of GRBP (France), GRE (Finland), GRPE (Netherlands), GRSG (Italy), GRSP (United States of America), GRVA (Germany), and the Vice-Chairs of GRE (Netherlands), GRPE (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), GRSG (represented by Canada delegate), GRSP (Republic of Korea), GRVA (China and Japan), the Chair and Vice-Chairs of the Executive Committee (AC.3) of the 1998 Agreement (Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America), the Vice-Chair of WP.29 (Japan) and by the representatives of the European Union.

7. AC.2 recommended the election of AC.3 Chairperson and two Vice-Chairpersons by acclamation.

8. AC.2 reviewed the updated calendar for 2023, the draft calendar for 2024. AC.2 welcomed the list of priorities for 2024 prepared by the secretariat and invited GRs to provide inputs related to their respective activities/priorities.

9. AC.2 recalled discussions on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and called on WP.29 delegates to provide feedback before the 190th session of WP.29. AC.2 also recalled the established process related to Copy-Right issues and reminded WP.29 and its subsidiary bodies to continue following them.

10. AC.2 reviewed the draft Programme of Work (PoW) for 2023 and recommend its adoption, as amended, by WP.29.

11. AC.2 was informed of the outcome of the special session of the Informal Working Group (IWG) on Intelligent Transport System (ITS) in January 2023 on the potential role of WP.29 regarding vehicular communication and discussed the potential next steps proposed by the Co-Chairs of the group, i.e. the establishment of a task force under the IWG on ITS.

12. AC.2 was informed on the outcome of a combined workshop of the Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety, WP.1, Informal Group of Experts on Automated Driving (IGEAD) and the WP.29/GRVA Informal Working Group on Functional Requirements for Automated Vehicles (FRAV). AC.2 discussed the collaboration between WP.29 and WP.1. It supported that communications continues at the operational level while WP.29 and WP.1 are exploring the needs of the Working Parties.

13. AC.2 renewed the approval for the European Caravan Federation, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association and the European Association for Electromobility. AC.2 considered the application of European Noise Barrier Federation and IRF Global. It agreed to resume consideration of these applications at its next session and authorized European Noise Barrier Federation and IRF Global to participate at GRBP and GRVA respectively in 2023 so that they present their activities.

14. AC.2 noted the pending consideration of the application of a university as an NGO with ECOSOC status.

15. AC.2 recommended AC.4 not to convene.