11. The 116th session of WP.29/AC.2 was held on 10 November 2014, chaired by Mr. B. Gauvin (France) and was attended, in accordance to Rule 29 of the terms of reference and rules of procedure of WP.29 (TRANS/WP.29/690 including its Amends.1 and 2), by the Chairs of WP.29 (France), GRB (France), GRE (Canada, Belgium), GRSP (United States of America), GRPE (Germany), GRRF (United Kingdom), GRSG (Italy), the Administrative/Executive Committees of the three agreements administered by WP.29 (France (AC.1), Russian Federation (AC.4) and the United States of America (AC.3)), by the representatives of the European Union, Japan and the United States of America and by the Vice-Chairs of WP.29 (Russian Federation), GRSG (Hungary), GRPE (India) and GRSP (Republic of Korea).

12. The Committee reviewed the draft agenda of the 164th session of the World Forum and recommended the amendments as indicated in paragraph 9 above. The Committee also recommended that agenda item 5.1 be considered by the World Forum and that the rest of the agenda items of the 1998 Agreement be considered by the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3). It was also recommended that the Administrative Committee of the 1997 Agreement (AC.4) not to convene. WP.29/AC.2 also reviewed the draft agenda for the 165th session of the World Forum, scheduled to be held in Geneva from 10 to 13 March 2015.

13. WP.29/AC.2 noted the secretariat’s intention to prepare, following the review by WP.29 this week, a consolidated version of draft Revision 3 to the 1958 Agreement as an official document for consideration and possible adoption by WP.29 in March 2015. WP.29/AC.2 also noted the preparedness of the representative of EU to notify the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) about the draft Revision 3 once adopted by WP.29.

14. WP.29/AC.2 considered WP.29-164-13 on national requirements not covered by the scope of a UN Regulation and endorsed the position of Japan.

15. WP.29/AC.2 recalled its previous discussions on potential inconsistencies in the use of acronyms. The secretariat reported that several Working Parties (GRs) already produced lists of acronyms as informal documents. WP.29/AC.2 noted that the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) included a list of acronyms in UN Global Technical Regulations (UN GTRs) and that this practice could be applied by other GRs. WP.29/AC.2 considered a central register as a valid option to avoid such inconsistencies. WP.29/AC.2 requested the secretariat to prepare, for the March 2015 session, a concept for a central register in which acronyms used by WP.29 would be listed. WP.29/AC.2 agreed to also resume consideration of definitions used in UN Regulations and UN GTRs.

16. WP.29/AC.2 noted the outcome of the UNECE Special session on Air Pollution and Transport (Geneva 2 July 2014). The secretariat indicated that the summary report had been reproduced in Annex III of ECE/EB.AIR/WG5/112, available at: www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2014/AIR/WGSR/ece.eb.air.wg.5.112.edited.ae.pdf

17. The Committee elected Mr. Boris Kisulenko (Russian Federation) as Chair of the AC.2 for the sessions in the year 2015.

18. The World Forum adopted the report of the Administrative Committee on its 116th session and its recommendations.