137. The WP.1 Secretary reported on the Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) session in September 2023 (for more details please see ECE/TRANS/WP.1/185) focusing on the elements being relevant for WP.29. He informed WP.29 about discussions on remote driving, about the Group of Experts on Drafting a New Legal Instrument on the Use of Automated Vehicles in traffic (GE.3), which was currently focusing on the needs assessment as requested by ITC and the ToR review, as requested by WP.1, and about human factors and automated driving. He reported that Canada had submitted a document on human factors principles and procedures for automated vehicle safety (WP.1 informal document No. 9) and that a final version was expected for the next session. The representative of Canada informed WP.29 that WP.1 had discussed the document for collaboration between the two working parties (WP.29-190-07) but understood from the report by the GRVA Chair that the document would be further discussed at WP.29. He stated that WP.1 was looking forward for more guidance on that document from WP.29 at its March 2024 session.

138. The representative of Canada invited the WP.29 delegates to provide comments on the WP.1 informal document No. 9 and stated that the work of the IWG on FRAV under this user stream connected well to this document.

139. The representative of the United Kingdom highlighted the importance of consideration of human factors but asked for clarification on the intended use of this document. He also noted that the document makes reference to requirements for the design and development of vehicles and noted that this relates to responsibilities of WP.29.

140. The representative of Canada, after the request from the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, that this document was not intended exclusively for one of the working parties and stated that it was intended for consideration by those parties that were involved in road safety eco-system. He added that there was still the possibility to change the scope and make it more specific to road safety.

141. The representative of Canada suggested, regarding the collaboration between WP.1 and WP.29, that WP.29 delegates from all GRs should identify issues, gaps and common areas of work and provide comments to the collaboration document. He proposed to underpin this collaboration through general WP.29 working tools, e.g., programme of work, framework document.

142. The GRVA Secretary suggested the delegations to translate the positions expressed into amendments to the collaboration document WP.29-190-07, to support the effort initiated by the GRVA Chair. He asked, for clarification, if WP.29 was proposing to expand the scope of the collaboration between WP.1 and WP.29 beyond ADS and pointed out that waiting for comments from all WP.29 subsidiary bodies could extend the process by six or nine months. The representative of Canada clarified that the scope should stay the same and stated that this topic affected several GRs, e.g. regarding light signalling.

143. WP.29 agreed to the proposal by the representative of the United States of America to request both, the GRs and the WP.29 experts to provide comments to the collaboration document.