75. The representative of Global NCAP, on behalf of the Government of Ecuador, welcomed the support of WP.29 that, following the adoption of a number of UN Regulations and UN GTRs, resulted in a new national legislation that will improve the safety of Ecuador’s new vehicle fleet. He added that this legislative action was consistent with the Decade of Action for Road Safety and also with the recent UN General Assembly resolution 68/269 ‘Improving Global Road Safety’ which recommended that all member States becoming Contracting Parties to legal instruments.

76. The representative of Australia informed WP.29 that while his country had a long-standing programme of harmonization with UN Regulations, the Government had recently announced the acceleration of this programme. The two methods are: removing Australian specific content from the national standards and applying more regulations. He added that seventeen UN Regulations would be applied over the next year, including the recently initiated UN Regulations Nos. 19 and 46.