Structure of the output of the group
The structure of the output of this informal working group may contain consolidated resolutions to define all the concepts to develop according item 8 of the ToR.
Any additional item to those included in the mandate of the informal working group will be included in the “Other Tasks” item of the Terms of Reference.
FIN, UK, SER, RO, NL agreed that it will be more useful for the future to bring details to other documents than the 1997 Agreement itself, in order to facilitate future modifications. JAP would join the majority on this.
Schedule
Mr. Komarov presented the document PTI-04-05 with the schedule of the activities of the IWG.
It was agreed that:
Provisions for conformity of periodical technical inspection process
The document PTI-04-03 has been discussed by the group according to the following:
Discussion about the document PTI-04-04: Accession by the European Community to the UNECE 1997 Agreement (WP.29-145-11)
The group studied the document PTI-04-04 (Informal Document No. WP.29-145-11) containing the evaluation made by the European Commission regarding the accession of the 1997 Agreement.
It seems that the obstacles impeaching the EU to join the 1997 Agreement may be reduced with the current approach and taking into consideration that when that document was issued, the 1997 Agreement only had the Rule 1.
FIN highlighted that including M1 and N1 vehicle categories into the scope of the Rules may facilitate the accession of the EU. The NL considered that talking about other categories like motorcycles or light trailers may add further difficulties.
RS draw the attention to the fact that including new categories is out of the scope of the ToR.
RO expressed that, according to their view, the most important obstacle for the EU to join is the item 2.2 of the document, underlining that the 1997 Agreement is only applicable to international traffic.
Revised proposals for revision 2 to Rule 1
Since not all countries identify the emission requirements with “Euro” levels (Roman and Arabic numbering), the group decided to include the words “or equivalent” after the corresponding references. The group decided ask GRPE for support, in the case a more appropriate wording may be used.
The document PTI-04-08 contains the output of the meeting regarding the proposal for revision of Rule 1. It was agreed to send it to the WP.29 as an informal document for the meeting on June 2016.
Revised proposals for draft amendments to Rule 2
The document PTI-04-02 with the proposal of the organization Glass for Europe was discussed. The group preferred not to include the suggestions of this document to keep the Rule 2 as in line as possible with the Directive 2014/45.
The document PTI-04-09 contains the output of the meeting regarding the proposals for draft amendments to Rule 2. It was agreed to send it to the WP.29 as an informal document for the meeting on June 2016.