41. The Chair of GRPE (Netherlands), reported to WP.29 on the results achieved by GRPE during its seventy-fourth session (for more details see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/74).

42. WP.29 acknowledged the outstanding contributions of Mr. C. Albus and Ms. R. Urdhwareshe to the fruitful work of GRPE within the last years as former Chair and Vice-Chair. WP.29 welcomed the newly elected GRPE Chair Mr. A. Rijnders (Netherlands).

43. The representative of Germany and former Chair of GRPE, Mr. C. Albus, congratulated the new GRPE Chair and emphasized the excellent collaboration he had with all GRPE members during his chairmanship.