42. On behalf of the Chair of GRSP, the representative of the United States of America, informed WP.29 about the results of his group during its sixty-second session (for details see the session report ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/62), and thanked the representative of the Republic of Korea, Vice-Chair of GRSP for leading the group session in the absence of the Chair.

43. In the work of the Informal Working Group (IWG) on UN GTR No. 9 (Pedestrian safety) Phase 2, the GRSP chair sought consent from WP.29 and AC.3 to extend the mandate of the IWG until December 2018. WP.29 agreed to extend the mandate of the IWG pending confirmation by AC.3.

44. Referring the activity of the Task Force to develop provisions for Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems (TF-DPPS) to be implemented in UN GTR No. 9, he sought consent from WP.29 and AC.3 to transform the Task Force into an IWG. WP.29 agreed to transform the Task Force into an IWG pending confirmation by AC.3.

45. Concerning to the work of the IWG on harmonization of side-impact dummies, the GRSP chair sought consent from WP.29 and AC.3 to extend the mandate of the IWG until December 2018. WP.29 endorsed the extension of the mandate of the IWG pending confirmation by AC.3.

46. Finally the GRSP chair sought consent from WP.29 to establish an IWG on protective helmets to update UN Regulation No. 22 according to the new research results in biomechanics on head protection. WP.29 endorsed the establishment of an IWG on protective helmets.

47. The World Forum noted that Mr. N. Nguyen (United States of America) had been re-elected as GRSP Chair and re-elected Mr. J. W. Lee (Republic of Korea) as Vice-Chair of GRSP for the year 2018 sessions.