40. The expert from the Slovak Republic introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2015/38 as amended by GRRF-80-15. GRRF agreed that only proposed minor correction to footnote 2 in Annex 7, Appendix 1 would be relevant. At the request of the Chair of GRRF, the expert from ETRTO agreed to introduce it in its revised proposal for amendments to Regulation No. 54 to be reviewed by GRRF at its February 2016 session.

33. The expert from ETRTO introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRRF/2016/12, a revised proposal to amend the tyre marking requirements and also containing the amendments previously proposed by the expert from Slovakia. GRRF adopted the proposal and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their June 2016 sessions, as part of the draft Supplement 21 to Regulation No. 54 and as part of the draft Regulation No. 117.

9. GRB was informed that the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF), at its February 2016 session, had adopted amendment proposals to Regulation No. 117 with the aim to align some definitions and paragraphs with Regulations Nos. 30, 54 and 75. The adopted proposals also included a definition of “manufacturer” from the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) and amended the tyre marking requirements.