2. Mr. Rijnders, Chair of GRPE, opened the meeting and welcomed the participants. GRPE adopted the provisional agenda of the seventy-ninth session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2019/9), as updated and consolidated in GRPE-79-09-Rev.3. GRPE took note of GRPE-79-01 on the organization of GRPE Informal Working Group (IWG) meetings held during the week.

3. The informal documents distributed before and during the GRPE session are listed in Annex I of the session report. Annex II lists the informal meetings held in conjunction with this GRPE session. Annex III lists IWGs of GRPE, task forces and subgroups, giving details on their Chairs, Secretaries and the end of their mandates.

4. The secretariat introduced GRPE-79-02-Rev.1, announcing that the next GRPE session would take place on from 14 to 17 January 2020 and recalling the corresponding deadline (21 October 2019) for the submission of official documents. The Chairs and Secretaries of IWGs were invited to approach the secretariat to define the calendar of IWGs meetings for the January 2020 GRPE session. The secretariat also announced the potential shortage of meeting space capacity from October 2019 in the Palais des Nations.