12. The World Forum noted the revised programme of work and proposed documentation (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2015/1). The secretariat presented the list of informal working groups (based on WP.29-165-01) and the distribution of tasks in the vehicle regulations and transport innovations section (based on WP.29-165-02). The World Forum noted WP.29-165-01 on the informal working groups and chairmanships of WP.29 and its subsidiary bodies as well as WP.29-165-02 on the current organization of the secretariat.

13. The representative of the European Union (EU) brought the situation of translation of legal documents to the attention of the World Forum. Since 2012, the secretariat has prepared legal documents in English only due to the resource constraints of the secretariat.

14. The representative of the EU expressed the importance of reintroducing the practice of preparing legal documents in all official languages, i.e. English, French and Russian. He added that as secretariat resources have been fully restored, the preparation of legal documents in all three official languages should be resumed. He pointed out that the concern on the delay in availability of translations puts at risk the legal approach agreed on in the EU to replace EU directives by UN Regulations; from a legal point of view the EU can only apply a UN Regulation and make it mandatory once it is formally adopted and the translations are made publicly available in the original languages of the UNECE at the date of entry into force.

15. The secretariat proposed these documents would be examined under a new agenda item for WP.29, thus giving them higher priority for translation. The representative of the EU did not object to this solution offered by the secretariat, and noted that a pragmatic solution should be found.