50. The secretariat informed WP.29 about the budget request on the costs for hosting DETA that had been submitted to the Executive Office, about the procedure for adopting the budget and that the tender procedure, according to the UN Rules, would start once the budget would be allocated.

51. On behalf of the Secretary of the IWG on DETA, the secretariat reported on the meeting of the informal group held on 15 June 2016 in London. He noted the election of Mr. S. Paeslack from Germany as the Chair of the IWG and that Germany would continue to host DETA as an interim solution. He also reported on the discussion related to the financing of DETA and the need for the software house to update the software in order to accommodate the additional specifications related to the Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement. He added that the software house estimated that such software modification would cost around 200,000 Euros. He concluded that the group requested a mandate extension of three years.

52. WP.29 agreed to extend the mandate of the IWG on DETA until June 2019.