2. Mr. Rijnders, Chair of GRPE, opened the meeting and welcomed the participants.

3. GRPE adopted the provisional agenda of the eighty-ninth session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2023/15), as updated and consolidated in GRPE-89-01-Rev.1, and GRPE-89-03 as a tentative running order.

4. The secretariat also briefly introduced GRPE-89-02, showing the schedule of meetings held in conjunction with this session of GRPE.

5. The informal documents distributed before and during the GRPE session are listed in Annex I to the session report. Annex II lists the informal meetings held in conjunction with this GRPE session. Annex III lists active Informal Working Groups (IWGs) of GRPE, task forces and subgroups, giving details on their Chairs, Secretaries and the end of their mandates.

6. The secretariat introduced GRPE-89-04, announcing details for the next GRPE sessions. He informed GRPE the corresponding deadline for the submission of official documents would therefore be Tuesday 17 October 2023.