43. The expert from OICA presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2011/14 as his organization’s position on a guideline for market fuel quality. The expert from CLEPA suggested inserting additional provisions for certain biofuels (GRPE-62-05). The expert from IPIECA recalled his position of previous meetings and introduced GRPE-62-04 presenting a counterproposal by his association. He underlined that the oil industry could only agree on the emission-based specifications for lead and sulphur.

44. The experts from Canada and the United States of America were in favour of the proposal by IPIECA and suggested inserting a number of clarifications (GRPE-62-19). GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2011/14 as reproduced in GRPE-62-19 and agreed to submit it to WP.29 for consideration at its November 2011 session as a first set of recommendations on market fuel quality, to be annexed as a guideline to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3). The expert from the United States of America preferred to add it also to the Special Resolution No. 1 (S.R.1), subject to the decision of the Executive Committee (AC.3) to the 1998 Agreement.

45. GRPE agreed to consider, at its next session in January 2012, possible follow-up actions on market fuel quality.