88. The World Forum was informed by the secretariat of the entry into force on 23 March 2016, of amendments related to Articles 8 and 39 of the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic. Parallel amendments to the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic are currently under the notification procedure. WP.29 noted the establishment of an Informal Group of Experts on Autonomous Driving under WP.1.

89. The representative from Finland, ambassador between IWG on ITS/AD (see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1118, para. 92) and the new Informal Group of Experts on Autonomous Driving under WP.1 reported on the recent meeting of this new Informal Group of Experts where good progress was made on the trial of autonomous vehicles on public roads within the framework of the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic. He further reported on additional amendments to the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic to allow for a higher level of automation based on a joint proposal by Belgium and Sweden.