The Executive Committee should, at the request of any Contracting Party, vote on the listing in the Compendium of Candidates of any national or regional technical regulation, in accordance with the procedure set up in Article 7.1 of Annex B to the Agreement (ECE/TRANS/132 and Corr.1). A national or regional regulation shall be listed in the Compendium of Candidates by an affirmative vote of either at least one-third of the Contracting Parties present and voting (as defined in Article 5.2. of this Annex), or one-third of the total number of votes cast, whichever is more favourable to achieving an affirmative vote. A listed technical regulation shall be removed from the Compendium of Candidates at the end of the 5-year period following the regulation’s listing under Article 5, and at the end of each subsequent 5-year period, unless the Executive Committee reaffirms (Article 5.3.2.), by an affirmative vote in accordance with paragraph 7.1. of Article 7 of Annex B, the listing of the technical regulation in the Compendium of Candidates.