169. The representative of the European Union, as technical sponsor, informed AC.3 that Amendment 5 to UN GTR No. 15 and Amendment 2 to UN GTR No. 19 had been endorsed by GRPE during their last session in January 2019. They would be submitted for approval at the June 2019 session of WP.29. He highlighted that the work on the transposition of UN GTR No. 15 into a UN Regulation focused on determining harmonized provisions that would be subject to mutual recognition, called Level 2.

170. He added that IWG on WLTP was not actively developing provisions for conformity of production, low temperature test and cycle/ gear shift/ Drive Trace Indices (DTI), that would also contribute to developing the UN Regulation on WLTP.

171. The representative of the Netherlands, Chair of GRPE, mentioned that the standalone UN GTR on the Determination of Electrified Vehicle Power (DEVP) had been moved to agenda item 18.12 as the new UN GTR was expected to be developed under the supervision of the IWG on Electric Vehicle and the Environment (EVE) with close collaboration of the IWG on WLTP.