57. The representative of Japan, Co-Chair of the IWG on Cyber Security and Over the Air (CS/OTA) issues, presented a status report (GRVA-17-31), highlighting the recent achievements by the group regarding the interpretation document for UN Regulation No. 156, amendments to Annex 7 of R.E.3 and the post registration software update processes. He also mentioned the outcome of the workshops of Contracting Parties on the implementation of UN Regulations Nos. 155 and 156.

58. The representative of France supported the continuation of the workshops. He supported that the review efforts of Annex 7 be pursued. He noted that the processes for manufacturers not using software numbering according to the Regulation X Software Identification Number (RxSWIN) would need to be clarified. On the latter, the representative of Japan proposed to align the text of Annex 7 with the one in UN Regulation No. 156 for such a case.

59. GRVA agreed with the intervention from the representative of France, stating that the benefits of software updates could only be seized if proper reference to UN Regulation No. 156 is made in the relevant UN Regulations. GRVA agreed to promote the text of Annex 7 and references to UN Regulation No. 156 in other UN Regulations under the purview of the other WP.29 subsidiary bodies. GRVA agreed to review a list of regulations under GRVA where software updates provisions could be inserted and requested the secretariat to inform WP.29 that other GRs could do a similar review to get the benefits of UN Regulation No. 156.

60. GRVA agreed to prepare a document on this review for presentation to WP.29 in March 2024.

61. The representative of France presented (GRVA-17-13) an amendment proposal to the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 on behalf of France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in response to a GRVA request. He explained that the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 should be the same as the scope of UN Regulation No. 156. He clarified that this addition to the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 would not lead to automatically mandating the application of this regulation for the vehicles categories added. He added that not inserting these categories in the scope would prevent the manufacturers, who want it, to apply for an approval pursuant to this regulation for their products falling in these categories. He concluded his intervention by recalling that GRVA never heard any technical arguments against the inclusion of these categories in the scope.

62. The representative of IMMA supported (GRVA-17-06) the instruction of the Category L in the scope of UN Regulation No. 155. He recalled that his organization proposed to postpone this insertion back in 2020 until review by the industry would be completed. He explained that, in the European Union context, the Cyber Resilience Act was developed to cover all kind of products, from the smartphone to the washing machine, would not necessarily cover the specific needs of powered two wheelers. He called for avoiding fragmentation and double requirements and clarified that IMMA was seeking for a clear agreement in principle already at this session.

63. The representative of CEMA presented their views (GRVA-17-30), in response to GRVA-17-13. He proposed to restrict the inclusion in the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 of the vehicles of Categories S, R and T equipped with an ADS of level 3 or more.

64. GRVA agreed to include the Category L in the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 and requested the secretariat to prepare the corresponding formal proposal for review at GRVA in January 2024, on the basis of GRVA-17-43.

65. The representatives of Spain, Italy and CEMA were not in favour to include the categories S, R and T in the scope. The representative of France, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and CLEPA supported this inclusion. The representatives of Japan and Denmark were neutral (The representative of Denmark recalled that the Ministry of Transport in his country would not express an opinion on the categories R and S). GRVA agreed to resume consideration of this item for these three vehicle categories at its next session.