17. The expert from OICA presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2017/6 on a proposal for a new Supplement to the 06 series of amendments to Regulation No. 49 in order to align it with the current state of the legislation of the European Union (EU). He recalled that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2017/6 had already been tabled at the last GRPE session. He also presented GRPE-75-26 and GRPE-75-27 introducing some changes to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2017/6. He explained that GRPE-75-26 aimed to fix the generally non-feasible urban window requirement to ensure the feasibility of the Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS) test and that GRPE-75-27 intended to introduce missing On-Board Diagnostic systems (OBD) requirements.

18. The expert from Japan made a general comment on differences between traffic situations and he underlined the necessity to further discuss this topic. The expert from EC expressed his readiness to open discussions in the case that Japan would decide to become a Contracting Party to Regulation No. 49 in the future.

19. The expert from IANGV/NGV Global expressed his support to the proposals presented by OICA as GRPE-75-27 was fixing some concerns about the testing methodology.

20. The expert from OICA recalled GRPE-74-08 presented last session and aimed at correcting editorial errors in the 05 and 06 series of amendments to Regulation No. 49. He requested GRPE to consider the possibility to include GRPE-74-08 as part of the package to be voted of amendments to Regulation No. 49 at this session.

21. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2017/6 amended by GRPE-74-08, GRPE-75-26 and GRPE-75-27 as reproduced in Addendum 1 to this report and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1) for consideration and vote at their November 2017 sessions as draft Supplement 5 to the 06 series of amendments to Regulation No. 49.

22. GRPE also adopted GRPE-74-08 as reproduced in Annex VI and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2017 sessions as draft Supplement 9 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 49.

23. The expert from Switzerland presented GRPE-75-06 on manipulations on EURO V and VI trucks by aftermarket suppression of AdBlue injection. He explained that the Swiss Authorities had decided to act after some previous cases in other countries and that suspect vehicles had been immobilized and inspected. He mentioned that 100 manipulated vehicles had been discovered nationwide since February 2017. He underlined that only manipulated EURO V vehicles had been identified and no manipulated EURO VI vehicles had been detected so far due to the lack of access to the emission control software. He invited Contracting Parties to address the five questions listed in GRPE-75-06 in order to exchange information on manipulation detection methods and enforcement strategies. Following a question raised by the expert from Italy, he clarified that the registration documents of the manipulated trucks had not yet been used to contact corresponding authorities.

24. The expert from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) expressed his readiness to share with GRPE a study prepared by his organization on this topic including information on used devices and geographical spread.

25. The experts from Austria, Canada, France, Sweden and UK reported similar concerns and investigations in their respective countries and showed their interest to exchange views on this subject.

26. The Chair of GRPE invited all stakeholders to keep on sharing information on this important issue. He also invited the expert from Switzerland to bring this topic to WP.29 and to present an updated report at the next GRPE session in January 2018.