2. Having welcomed the participants in conjunction with the GRPE Chair and Vice-Chair, the GRPE secretary announced his forthcoming change of duties. The secretary of WP.29 explained the subsequent organizational changes, introducing to GRPE the secretary appointed on a temporary basis for the June 2014 session and informing GRPE that the recruitment process for a new GRPE secretary has started. GRPE acknowledged the excellent support given by the secretary, Mr. Pierpaolo Cazzola during his tenure and wished him all the best in his new assignment.

3. GRPE adopted the agenda (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2014/1, Adds.1 and 2), as consolidated in GRPE-68-02. GRPE also noted GRPE-68-01-Rev.2, on the organization of GRPE informal working group meetings.

4. The informal documents distributed during the GRPE session are listed in Annex I [of the session report]. Annex II contains a list of the informal meetings held in conjunction with the GRPE session. Annex III lists GRPE informal working groups, task forces and subgroups, giving details on their Chairs, secretaries, and the end of their mandates.

5. The secretariat introduced GRPE-68-05, announcing that the next ordinary GRPE session would take place on 2-6 June 2014 and recalling that the deadline for the submission of official working documents is 7 March 2014. The Chairs and secretaries of informal working groups were invited to approach the secretariat to define the calendar of meetings of informal working groups for the June 2014 GRPE session.