Updated draft version of the amended 1958 Agreement pursuant to the establishment of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Document prepared by the WP.29 Secretariat reviewing 1958 Agreement procedures as they would be revised under the proposals being considered by the IWVTA 1958 Agreement subgroup.

UN Office of Legal Affairs responses to questions raised by the expert group preparing revisions to the 1958 Agreement concerning conditions for the delegation of voting authority to another Contracting Party and on amendment of the title of the agreement.

Discussion paper concerning the approval markings that might be used under the international whole vehicle type approval system in association with approval codes, numbers, or markings required by individual UN Regulations.

Draft proposal for a procedure to allow for the exemption of new technologies from relevant existing regulatory requirements in cases where those existing requirements present incompatible, inapplicable, and/or unwarranted burdens.

The European Commission position on the Japanese proposal (document SG58-07-04) for amendments to the 1958 Agreement (within the context of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system).

Russian explanation that its laws require documentation to be in the Russian-language. Russia does not accept type-approval documents directly, but first transposes the documents into an acceptable Russian form. Therefore, Russia proposes to delete the direct acceptance of “documentation”. Russia also raises a concern over possible contradictory clauses with regard to “if-fitted” equipment such as TPMS.

Proposal to replace the term “climate of trust” with a “risk assessment methodology” in addressing conformity of production assessments.