Working Party on Pollution and Energy | Session 66 | 3-7 Jun 2013
Geneva
Agenda Item 2.
Report on the last session of the World Forum (WP.29)

5. The secretariat informed GRPE about items discussed in the last session of the World Forum (held in March 2013) (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1102), reporting the information summarized in GRPE-66-15.

6. No documents were transmitted by GRPE for adoption by WP.29 in March 2013.

7. Considering the 1997 Agreement on Periodical Technical Inspections, WP.29 adopted a revised road map (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1102, Annex II), developed by the Russian Federation and the International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee (CITA), for the update of UN Rules. The World Forum also requested its subsidiary Working Parties (including GRPE) to consider ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/64, containing a proposal to amend UN Rule No. 1.

8. Prior to the consideration at its June 2013 session, the World Forum asked GRPE to provide technical input to the report on diesel exhaust emissions, taking into account the incorporation of the comments and the inclusion of recommendations in the latest draft.

9. WP.29 adopted the Environmentally Friendly Vehicles (EFV) summary report and decided to freeze the activities of the EFV informal working group and the EFV task force group.

10. WP.29 acknowledged the nomination of the expert from Spain as the GRPE Ambassador for issues concerning the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) and considered a first draft of the revised 1958 Agreement (WP.29-159-19). A final draft is expected in November 2013, when the submission of a first draft of the Regulation No. 0 (containing requirements for the whole vehicle type approval) is also scheduled.

11. Following an update on the status of the work on the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP), WP.29 confirmed to the GRPE Chair its availability to provide guidance at its June 2013 session, in case of remaining issues.

12. The updated terms of reference of the informal working group on Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE), adopted by GRPE in its last session (January 2013), will be considered in the June 2013 of WP.29.

Documentation
GRPE-66-09/Rev.1 Pollutant Emissions in the Transportation Sector
GRPE-66-15 UNECE Secretariat report to GRPE on the last World Forum|WP.29 session
WP.29-159-19 Consolidated Drafting Proposals for the Revised 1958 Agreement
WP.29/1102 Report of the World Forum on its 159th session
WP.29/2013/64 Proposal for Revision 2 to Rule No. 1 (Russia)