Working Party on Passive Safety | Session 59 | 9-13 May 2016
Geneva
Agenda Item 22. (c)
Development of the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA) system

52. GRSP noted the progress of work on darft Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1120, paras. 45-55) and that the adoption was expected at the November 2016 sessions of WP.29. The expert from Japan, ambassador of IWVTA to GRSP, introduced the status report of the IWVTA IWG (WP.29-168-12). GRSP noted the still pending issue of UN Regulation No. 14 and encouraged a solution for its inclusion in list A of UN Regulation No. 0.

53. GRSP noted: (i) decision of the Inland Transport Committee to finance DETA from the regular budget; (ii) the decision of the WP.29 representative of Germany informed to resign from chairing the IWG on DETA and (iii) to withdraw the offer to host the DETA database until the financing and hosting at the UNECE was guaranteed.

Documentation
WP.29-168-12 Report to WP.29 on the 20th IWVTA Informal Group meeting