4. The expert from Germany, on behalf of the Chair of the Informal Working Group (IWG) on the UN Global Technical Regulation (UN GTR) No. 7 – Phase 2, informed GRSP about the progress of the IWG. He clarified that the IWG had progressed with the procedures for dummy certification to improve control of the variability that was seen in a small number of data channels during earlier work. He explained that work was continuing with the improved dummies to establish correlation between post mortem human subjects (PMHS) and the biomechanical rear impact dummy (BioRID) responses in production seats. He added that the IWG expected an outcome of this work before the summer break. Moreover, he declared that the IWG was receiving the drawings of the dummy by the manufacturer to be incorporated in Addendum 1 to the Mutual Resolution No. 1 (M.R.1) and the IWG was expected to deliver a draft proposal in parallel with the draft amendment to UN GTR No. 7, hopefully at the December 2015 session of GRSP. GRSP agreed to seek the endorsement of WP.29 and its Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) at their June 2015 session, to extend the mandate of the IWG until December 2016.

5. Finally, GRSP agreed to resume discussion on this subject at its December 2015 session on the basis of the outcome of work of the IWG.