57. Upon the request of WP.29, the secretariat gave a status report on the hosting of DETA within the UNECE premises, on its financing and the related staffing issues. He informed WP.29 about the efforts of the secretariat to reduce the yearly costs of hosting DETA upon the request of its management. He concluded that the formal decision has still to be taken to cover DETA within the regular biannual budget 2016-2017. The representative of Germany recalled that his country was providing an interim solution to host DETA, until its implementation at UNECE. He reported that the IWVTA had already a discussion on possibilities to ensure a reliable hosting of DETA, especially for the IWVTA system, in the case UNECE could not cover the hosting costs.