151. Referring to the deferral of vote on Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 9, the representative of the United States of America, Chair of GRSP, informed AC.3 about the actions undertaken in the progress towards a resolution of outstanding matters in this context. He informed delegates that a meeting of interested experts was held virtually on 23 April 2021, when the representatives from the United States of America and Germany presented findings and conclusions of their respective experts. It was agreed that more discussions were warranted, as well as the involvement of the industry. Following that meeting, United States of America and Germany continued the dialogue and exchange of views and technical information to find a solution. He also added that experts met on 17 May 2021, just prior to the GRSP May 2021 session, and agreed to establish as soon as possible a task force for the purpose of solving the issue before the December 2021 GRSP session. He also noted that the first meeting of the task Force was held on 14 and 15 June 2021 and that a proposal would most likely be ready by the GRSP meeting in December 2021. He underlined that the experts from Germany, Canada, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, and Republic of Korea, supported the approach of the United States of America and emphasised the relevance of timing.

152. The representative from OICA stressed the importance of not delaying the finalisation of the extension of the impact zone to the windscreen area, explaining that this is urgently needed due to the European Union requirements of the General Safety Regulation, which were already decided in general (including the application dates), but which were currently under technical development in the framework of UN Regulation No. 127. He warned that if such detailed topics were referred back to GTR No. 9 as additional items under the currently foreseen draft amendment 3 (designation of the test points), the deadlines would possibly not be respected, creating for industry and authorities a legal void. However, the Chair of AC.3 recommended that the work of the Task Force would focus on Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 9, since many Contracting Parties would not afford further delays on this subject and recommended the adoption of the revised authorization for developing the work (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/83). AC.3 endorsed the Chair’s approach and adopted the proposal. AC.3 requested the secretariat to distribute ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/83 with an AC.3 symbol at its November 2021 session, awaiting a status report of the Task Force at this session.

153. Due to lack of time, AC.3 deferred consideration on Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems (DPPS) to its next session scheduled for November 2021.