Working Party on Pollution and Energy | Session 80 | 14-17 Jan 2020
Geneva

Session proper starting on Wednesday, 15 January from 2.30 PM. The deadline for the submission of official working documents is 21 October 2019.

Agenda Item 1.
Adoption of the agenda

2. Mr. Rijnders, Chair of GRPE, opened the meeting and welcomed the participants. GRPE adopted the provisional agenda of the eightieth session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/1), as updated and consolidated in GRPE-80-06-Rev.4. GRPE took note of GRPE-80-01-Rev.1 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-80-02, announcing that the next GRPE session would take place on from 9 to 12 June 2020 and recalling the corresponding deadline (17 March 2020) 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 June 2020 GRPE session. The secretariat also reminded all participants, including those in possession of long duration badges, to please register in order to appear on the list of participants.