26. The expert from China introduced GRRF-84-11 and GRRF-84-12 highlighting the discrepancies between Tyre UN GTR No.16 and China’s tyre regulations. GRRF welcomed both the engagement of China in the work on UN GTR No. 16 and the remarkable amount of work done to identify divergences between the current version of UN GTR No. 16 and China’s tyre regulation.

29. The expert from China introduced its working paper of the informal working group (TYREGTR-15-06) with a list of harmonization challenges and also proposals to facilitate the adoption of the Phase 2 by China. The Chair invited the expert from China to present these challenges at the March 2017 session of AC.3.