175. The representative of the European Union, as technical sponsor, informed the Committee about the last meeting that in January 2019, that took place in conjunction with the seventy-eighth session of GRPE. He mentioned that the work continued on creating global provisions, so that UN GTR could be applied in and by any contracting party. He noted that data was collected so as to deliver a UN GTR by June 2020, according to the revised timeline endorsed during the last session of GRPE in January 2019.

176. The representative of the Netherlands, Chair of GRPE, added that the next meeting of the IWG on RDE would take place in April 2019 in Tokyo, and that the activities were developed according to schedule, and in line with the terms of reference of the IWG, as endorsed by GRPE at their January 2019 session. The Chair of GRPE requested the secretariat to prepare an update of the authorization to develop the UN GTR on RDE to reflect the new timeline for approval at the June 2019 session of WP.29. AC.3 endorsed the mandate for the IWG on RDE until November 2021, in accordance with the revised timeline.