World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations | Session 171 | 14-17 Mar 2017
Geneva

Session scheduled to coincide with the Geneva Motor Show. Please note that informal documents WP.29-171-35 and WP.29-171-36 have not been made available.

Agenda Item 13.
Monitoring of the 1998 Agreement: Reports of the Contracting Parties on the transposition of gtrs and their amendments into their national/regional law

121. AC.3 noted the information, as of 8 March 2017, on the status of the Agreement, of the Global Registry and of the Compendium of Candidates (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1073/Rev.18), the status of the priorities (based on WP.29-170-09 as reproduced in Annex II to this report) of the 1998 Agreement and items on which the exchange of views should continue. AC.3 also noted that assistance could be obtained from the secretariat about the obligations of Contracting Parties in the transposition process. Representatives were also reminded of their obligation to send the mandatory reports on the transposition process through their Permanent Missions in Geneva via the “1998 AGREEMENT-MISSIONS List” electronic system to the secretariat to ensure updating of the status document, which is the monitoring tool of the Agreement.

Documentation
WP.29-171-08 Voting table for consideration of the extension of Listing 13 in the Compendium of Candidate GTRs
WP.29-171-09 Status of the 1998 Agreement of the global registry and of the compendium of candidates - Situation on priorities and proposals to develop UN GTRs as of 8 March 2017
WP.29-171-14 OICA input regarding the Programme of Work under the 1998 Agreement (OICA)
WP.29-171-29 Preliminary EU-Japan proposal for a new programme of work under the 1998 Agreement
WP.29-171-30 Decision on the use of the term "UN GTR"
WP.29/2017/57 Proposal for a five year extension in the Compendium of Candidates of listing No. 13 (USA)