117. AC.3 noted the latest developments on this draft gtr. The representative of IMMA informed AC.3 that a formal proposal containing a list of symbols would be considered by GRSG at its April 2011 session. The representative of the EU suggested that a malfunction indicator lamp symbol should be included in the gtr. The representative of the United States of America stressed the need for a careful assessment of the symbols proposed.

90. Agenda item 16.8, Location and identification of motorcycle controls, tell-tales and indicators. AC.3 noted that the first meeting of the informal group had been held in conjunction with the May 2010 session of GRSG and that the terms of reference and rules of procedures of the informal group had been adopted by GRSG (see report ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/77, Annex II). The representative of IMMA announced that the informal group would submit to GRSG at its October 2010 session a preliminary list of symbols for consideration. He invited the AC.3 representatives to request their GRSG experts to comment on this first list of symbols in due time for consideration by GRSG at its October 2010 session.

115. Submitted for consideration and vote, the proposed draft UN Global Technical Regulation (UN GTR) (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/140, as amended by WP.29-155-09, as reproduced in Annex III to this report) was established in the UN Global Registry on 17 November 2011 by consensus vote of the following Contracting Parties present and voting: Australia, Canada, People’s Republic of China, European Union (voting for Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom), India, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa and United States of America.

116. The technical report (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/141, amended by WP.29-155-10 as reproduced in Annex III to this report) and the adopted proposal for the development of the UN GTR (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/AC.3/22) would be appended to the established amendment to the UN GTR. The representative of IMMA emphasized the importance of adopting the UN GTR for real global harmonization

27. GRSG noted that the draft Global Technical Regulation (GTR) on motorcycle controls, tell-tales and indicators and the report were on the agenda of the November 2011 session of WP.29 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/140 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/141). The expert from IMMA presented GRSG-101-15 and GRSG-101-16 proposing editorial corrections to the text of the draft GTR and the report. GRSG agreed on both proposals and requested the secretariat to submit them to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration at their November 2011 session, as Corrigenda to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/140 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/141.

[Note by the secretariat: see informal documents WP.29-155-09 and WP.29-155-10.]