45. The secretariat reported on the activities of the IWG on IWVTA and its subgroups. GRRF noted that IWVTA was one of the main objectives associated with Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement which is expected to entry into force in March 2016. It was also noted that the GRRF actions related to IWVTA should ideally be completed in February 2015.

46. The GRRF Ambassador to IWTVA introduced GRRF-78-49 containing the highlights of the work progress of the IWVTA, the list of key documents and the calendar of meetings and actions.