41. The representative of Japan congratulated those who had been working on the update of the UN Regulations.

42. In March 2013, Japan identified 12 UN Regulations that may need to be revised in order to be included in the group of regulations applicable to IWVTA, and proposed that WP.29 work on the revision. Regulations Nos. 51 and 46 may be put on vote at this session and the November session of WP.29 respectively. This would finalise the activity on the 12 UN Regulations and contribute to the further progress of IWVTA. In addition, Contracting Parties would be enabled to apply additional UN Regulations. For example, Japan has notified the United Nations Secretary-General on their application of eight more UN Regulations in 2015, and that Japan now has transposed 63 UN Regulations into national regulations.