7. The 131st session of WP.29/AC.2 (12 November 2019) was chaired by Mr. B. Kisulenko (Russian Federation) and was attended, in accordance to Rule 29 of the terms of reference and rules of procedure of WP.29 (TRANS/WP.29/690/Rev.1) by the Chairs of GRBP (France), GRPE (Netherlands), GRVA (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), GRSG (Italy), the Vice-Chair of GRSP (Republic of Korea), the Vice-Chair of GRSG (Canada), the Vice-Chair of GRVA (China), the Chair of the Executive Committee (AC.3) of the 1998 Agreement (United States of America), the Vice-Chair of WP.29 (Italy), and by the representatives of Germany, Japan and the European Union.

8. AC.2 welcomed the work done by the Chairs of GRs on strategic planning and asked the Chairs to identify their top three priorities and to provide the associated timelines. AC.2 requested the secretariat to prepare a pre-filled template containing the priorities as well as items for maintaining existing regulations, that each Chair would use for this exercise. AC.2 agreed that this document would be the basis for establishing the programme of work for 2020. AC.2 invited contracting parties to provide comments on the programme of work in advance of the next meeting. AC.2 noted that the absence of comments would be considered as agreement.

9. AC.2 adopted the calendar of meetings for 2020 with the option to amend, during the March 2020 session of AC.2, the allocation of GRs to the meetings planned in the second half of 2020.

10. AC.2 revisited the format of WP.29 sessions based on experiences gained at its 179th session and agreed to continue with the three days format subject to a regular review. AC.2 would have a preparatory meeting on Mondays afternoon (2:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.) and thus providing more time for discussions. GRVA would benefit from half days gained by the restructuring of WP.29 sessions and would have two sessions of up to five days each per year. AC.2 would reconsider the possibility of an additional two days meeting for GRVA directly linked to the WP.29 June 2020 session at its 132nd session.

11. AC.2 noted the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) Informal Document No. 5 (2019) on implementing the ITC strategy that incorporating the ITC Recommendations for Enhancing National Road Safety Systems.

12. AC.2 approved the participation at the World Forum, under Rule 1(d) of the Rules of Procedure of WP.29, of the Non-Governmental Organization “Association of European Wheel Manufacturers (EUWA)” for the 2020–2021 biennium.

13. AC.2 reviewed and adopted the provisional agenda for the 179th session and reviewed the draft of the 180th session of the World Forum, scheduled to be held in Geneva from 10 to 12 March 2020.

14. AC.2 confirmed that AC.4 would not convene.