World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations | Session 167 | 10-13 Nov 2015
Geneva
Agenda Item 3.5.1.
Working Party on Noise (GRB) (Sixty-second session, 1-3 September 2015)

23. The GRB Chair reported on the results achieved by GRB during its sixty-second session (for details, see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/60), in particular, the adoption of a draft Regulation on Quiet Road Transport Vehicles (QRTV) under the 1958 Agreement.

24. He further informed the World Forum that GRB agreed to continue its work on QRTV with a view to address concerns raised by the World Blind Union (WBU) and to finalize a UN GTR on QRTV. To this end, GRB requested the extension of the mandates of both IWG for a QRTV Regulation and IWG on QRTV for a UN GTR until December 2016. WP.29 gave its consent for both mandate extensions, subject to confirmation by AC.3 for the mandate extension of the IWG on QRTV for a UN GTR.

25. WP.29 noted that GRB had re-elected Mr. S. Ficheux (France) as Chair and Mr. A. Bocharov (Russian Federation) as Vice-Chair for the year 2016.

Documentation
GRB/60 Report of the GRB on its 62nd session