The 70th GRPE session is scheduled to be held in Geneva, starting on Monday, 12 January 2015, from 2.30 p.m. until Friday, 16 January 2015, at 12.30 p.m., subject to the confirmation by the secretariat (to be confirmed via the eventual publication of document GRPE-70-01). Interpretation would be provided from 13 January to 16 January 2015.
15. The Chair of the IWG on WLTP informed (GRPE-70-20) about the progress made on Phase 1B of the development of GTR No. 15. He presented a status report on the remaining issues to be addressed by the group. He highlighted the stressed timeline but expected the completion of this work by October 2015.
16. The expert from the EC presented (GRPE-70-13) the progress made on the transposition of GTR No. 15 into a European Regulation as well as a new Regulation to be annexed to the 1958 Agreement. He presented a roadmap on how to deliver them until January 2016 to GRPE.
17. GRPE agreed that GTR No. 15 shall be transposed into a new Regulation and that some corresponding Transitional Provisions shall be introduced into Regulations Nos. 83 and 101. The expert from the EC stated that a new Regulation corresponding to GTR No.15 should be harmonized with the corresponding European Regulation. The expert from Japan insisted that the transposition of the GTR should reflect the outcome of the discussions that occurred during the development of GTR No. 15. GRPE agreed to resume consideration of this subject at its June 2015 session.
18. The expert from Japan, as one of the sponsors of the Phase 2 for the development of GTR No.15 presented the so called “starting note on WLTP Phase 2” (GRPE-70-26) as well as the corresponding questionnaire (GRPE-70-27), already presented at the eighth session of the IWG on WLTP. He indicated that, as an example, the tentative position of his country was provided in GRPE-70-30. GRPE invited all experts to send answers to this questionnaire. The Chair of GRPE recalled the purpose of GRPE-70-28, for information on the position of the European Union regarding future work on electrified vehicles under the umbrella of the IWG on WLTP.
19. The expert from Japan presented the draft position of his Country (GRPE-70-29) on Mobile Air Conditioner. The expert from the EC reported on the corresponding position of the European Union (EU). GRPE agreed that this subject should be considered as an open issue to be addressed when working on Phase 2 of GTR No. 15.
20. GRPE acknowledged the progress made by the WLTP informal working group and noted the request of the group for a meeting room for one day during the GRPE week in June 2015.