78. The representative of the Russian Federation introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/132/Rev.1 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/133/Rev.1 proposing amendments to UN Rules No. 1 and 2. The representatives of Finland and the Netherlands indicated that the documents would need further amendments to be fully aligned with the corresponding EU directives. WP.29 noted that six out of the twelve Contracting Parties to the Agreement were EU member States and that any divergence between the UN Rules and the corresponding EU Directive would be unacceptable. WP.29 agreed not to hold the session of the Administrative Committee of the 1997 Agreement (AC.4).

79. WP.29 considered the future of the Agreement. Recalling the request of WP.29 to investigate possible improvements of the Agreement, the representative of CITA announced that the investigations of CITA were in the process and would likely be presented at the March 2015 session of WP.29. He volunteered to also prepare an updated proposal to fully align the draft UN Rules with the corresponding EU directives. The representative of the Russian Federation recalled that the requirements for vehicles in service were established by several legal instruments, which were recognized as equivalent by the majority of the countries. He noted that in current circumstances the international technical inspection certificate was not yet mutually recognized in comparison with other similar international certificates. He invited interested parties and the secretariat to work on possible solutions and report on this situation at the next Inland Transport Committee (ITC) session in February 2015.