142. The representative of the United States of America, on behalf of the Chair of GRSP, reported on the progress of parallel discussions in GRSP on three draft amendments. He added that GRSP recommended Amendment 2 to UN GTR No. 9, which incorporates the flexible pedestrian legform impactor (FlexPLI), for consideration and vote at the November 2018 session of AC.3. He reported that progress had not been made on establishing Amendment 3 to the current requirements for head form tests, as proposed by GRSP. Moreover, he informed AC.3 that the IWG on Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems (IWG-DPPS), chaired by the Republic of Korea, had handed over the activity of the previous task force to design provisions covering active deployable systems in the bonnet area (Amendment 4 to the UN GTR). He finally encouraged an increased participation to these IWG activities of representatives of contracting parties to advance the work.

143. The representative of the Republic of Korea informed AC.3 about the progress of work of the IWG-DPPS. He stated that the first meeting of IWG-DPPS had been held in Frankfurt, Germany, in April 2018, and that the IWG had concentrated on the ToR, that the schedule had been set with the goal of recommending a proposal through GRSP for consideration and vote by WP.29 and AC3 in June 2020. He mentioned that the informal document WP.29-175-06 reproduced the above-mentioned ToR. He underlined that following the ToR, the IWG formed a subgroup for discussion on specific topics to allow a faster pace of discussion. He finally informed AC.3 that the next meeting is expected to take place in Brussels, Belgium in September 2018, thanks to the support from the European Commission and would hopefully bring a wider participation from many European countries.

144. AC.3 endorsed in principle the ToR of the IWG and requested the secretariat to distribute the informal document WP.29-175-06 with an official symbol at the November session of AC.3 for final adoption.