29. The Working Party received a brief status report of the Chair of the ITS-AD informal group.

30. WP.29 noted that the expert from FIA expressed his support for the activities of the Task Force on Cyber Security and Over The Air (CS/OTA) issues, and highlighted the importance for the group to reach consensus on (a) the obligation for the manufacturer to possibly provide support for software updates during a defined time (e.g. 10 years), (b) regulatory provisions on both software and hardware updates and (c) the definition of a reference model for a secured vehicle.

31. WP.29 agreed with the proposals of the IWG and (a) requested that GRRF address the work item on Data Storage System for Automated Driving (DSSAD), (b) extend the mandate of the group until March 2020 and (c) adopt ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2018/2 with the following modifications:

1. Page 2, paragraph 1, sentence 2, amend to read: “These principles may be treated as guidelines for developing new regulations related to automated driving systems at WP.29”
2. Page 3, Table, Column 3, Line “Outline of Classification”, the footnote (shown by an asterisk * and associated with the words “Operational Design Domain (ODD)”) shall be deleted (along with its content below the main text);
3. Page 11, endnote, amend to read: “The positioning of these functional categories in this table are subject to further consideration by UNECE WP.29.”