56. GRE took note that WP.29, at its March 2016 session, had referred ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/24 on Regulation No. 113 back to GRE. The expert from GTB clarified that this was due to unclear provisions for the cut-off line in Annexes 4 and 5. He further pointed out that similar provisions had already been introduced in Regulations Nos. 98, 112 and 123, and that GTB would prepare collective amendments to all these Regulations for consideration at the next session of GRE. At the same time, GRE noted that the remaining provisions of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2016/24 did not seem to create any problem and requested the secretariat to issue them as a separate document and to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote, possibly already at their June 2016 sessions. [Note: The remaining provisions were reintroduced in document WP.29/2016/74 for the June 2016 WP.29 session.]

57. Mr. Walter Nissler, Chief, Vehicle Regulations and Transport Innovations Section (VRTIS), informed GRE about the abolishment of several General Service (G) posts within the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as decided by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2015. He further explained that one of these G posts had been cut in VRTIS as of 1 January 2016, due to the imminent retirement of the current incumbent. He pointed out that UNECE was reallocating staff resources to accommodate this cut and that, during this period, a lower level of services provided by the Section might be expected. He also informed GRE about the new UNECE publications on child restraint systems and motorcycle helmets. Finally, Mr. Nissler reported on the efforts of UNECE to include the costs of hosting the DETA database in the UNECE regular budget, following a decision of the Inland Transport Committee at its February 2016 session.