2. Mr. Rijnders, Chair of GRPE, opened the meeting, held virtually because of the COVID19 pandemic, and welcomed the participants. GRPE adopted the provisional agenda of the eighty-first session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2020/9), as updated and consolidated in GRPE-81-02-Rev.3, and GRPE-81-03 as a tentative running order. GRPE took note of GRPE-81-01 on the organization of GRPE Informal Working Group (IWG) meetings held during the weeks prior to this meeting.