Working Party on Pollution and Energy | Session 76 | 9-12 Jan 2018
Geneva

The deadline for the submission of official working documents for this session is 9 October 2017.

Agenda Item 1.

2. GRPE adopted the provisional agenda prepared for the seventy-sixth session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2018/1 and Add.1), as updated and consolidated in GRPE-76-11, including the informal documents tabled for the session that were submitted by 8 January 2018. GRPE took note of GRPE-76-01 on the organization of GRPE Informal Working Group (IWG) meetings held during the week.

3. The informal documents distributed before and during the GRPE session are listed in Annex I of the session report. Annex II lists the informal meetings held in conjunction with the GRPE session. Annex III lists the IWGs of GRPE, task forces and subgroups, giving details on their Chairs, Secretaries and the end of mandates.

4. The secretariat introduced GRPE-76-09, announcing that the next GRPE session would take place on 6-8 June 2018 and recalling the corresponding deadline (9 March 2018) for the submission of official documents. The Chairs and Secretaries of IWGs were invited to approach the secretariat to define the calendar of IWGs meetings for the June 2018 GRPE session.

5. The Officer-in-Charge of the Sustainable Transport Division informed GRPE of the selection of a new GRPE Secretary following the resignation of Mr. Gangonells. He thanked Mr. Guichard for having temporarily assumed the role of Secretary of GRPE until a new staff member would be recruited. He also informed GRPE of the nomination of Mr. Li Yuwei as newly appointed Director for the Division following the retirement of Ms. E. Molnar.

Documentation
GRPE-76-01 GRPE January 2018 session: Schedule and rooms for informal group meetings
GRPE-76-09 General information for the January 2018 GRPE session
GRPE-76-11 GRPE-76: Updated and consolidated provisional agenda
GRPE/2018/1 Provisional agenda for the 76th (January 2018) GRPE session
GRPE/2018/1/Add.1 Annotated provisional agenda for the 76th (January 2018) GRPE session