Table to establish the quorum and vote on the US request to extend Listing Number 13 (United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Program for Revisions and Additions to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label: New Fuel Economy and Environment Labels for a New Generation of Vehicles) for another five years in the Compendium of Candidates.
119. The forty-ninth session of the Executive Committee (AC.3) was held on 15 March 2017 and chaired by the representative of Japan. The representatives of 14 of the 36 Contracting Parties to the Agreement attended: Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom), India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, San Marino, South Africa, Turkey and the United States of America.
120. The AC.3 elected the representative of Japan as the Chair, and representatives of the United Kingdom on behalf of the EU and the United States of America as Co-Chairs.
125. The representative of the EU noted that due to administrative issues it was not possible for them to vote on this action. The representative from the United States of America was supportive of this request and said he looked forward to a positive vote at the next session. AC.3 agreed to defer this subject at its June 2017 session. The secretariat also requested the United States of America to consider actions on two other Compendium items for the June session.