2. GRRF considered the agenda prepared for the eighty-sixth session and adopted it (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2018/1 and Add. 1). The adopted agenda is reproduced in GRRF-86-27, including all informal documents received until the session’s starting date. GRRF also adopted the running order for the session as proposed in GRRF-86-01. The informal documents distributed during the session are listed in Annex I of the session report. The list of the Informal Working Groups of GRRF is reproduced in Annex II of the session report

3. The Chair gave the floor to Mr. Li Yuwei, newly appointed Director of the Sustainable Transport Division. Mr Li introduced himself. He recalled his previous activities related to UN Transport legal instruments administered by UNECE. He mentioned the importance of vehicle regulations addressing vehicle safety and therefore road safety in order to meet the ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals to halve the number of fatalities due to road crashes by 2020.

4. The secretariat introduced GRRF-86-08, announcing that the next GRRF session would take place on 25-28 September 2018 and recalling that the deadline for the submission of official documents would be 29 June 2018.