2. The Chair of WP.29, Mr. A. Erario (Italy) welcomed delegates to the 190th session of WP.29 and opened the meeting. He invited Mr. T Naono (Japan), Vice-Chair WP.29 and Chair of AC.3 to chair the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1998 Agreement.

3. The Vice-Chair of WP.29 invited the Special Envoy for Road Safety, Mr. Jean Todt, the Executive Secretary of UNECE, Ms. Olga Algayerova, the Director of the Sustainable Transport Division, Mr. Yuwei Li, as well as the participating countries of the first session of WP.29, other delegations, and industry for their remarks.