92. The Chair of the IWG on IWVTA presented the proposal for amendments (WP.29-182-11) to the General Guidelines for United Nations regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN Regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044/Rev.2).

93. WP.29 endorsed WP.29-182-11 and requested the secretariat to issue a new Revision 3 of the General Guidelines for United Nations regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN Regulations, based on WP.29-182-11, for consideration and vote at its March 2021 session.

26. GRBP took note of the highlights of the November 2020 session of WP.29 on GRBP and common issues (GRBP-73-10). In particular, GRBP was informed that WP.29 had revised a transitional provision on the possibility of granting type approvals according to the preceding series of amendments to a UN Regulation (WP.29-182-11).

80. The representative of Japan, Chair of the IWG on IWVTA, reported (WP.29-192-16) on the outcome of the fourty-four session of the group held in Brussels on 28 February 2024.

81. He highlighted that the amendments to UN Regulations under the 1958 Agreement would not warrant an update Annex 4 to UN Regulation No. 0 this year.

82. He detailed that the group considered the method for a contracting party to notify the acceptance of Limited IWVTA (L-IWVTA) in case one UN Regulation is optional for L-IWVTA in their jurisdiction. The group discussed using, for this purpose, the relevant application provided by the secretariat to generate the revisions of ECE/TRANS/343 and specifically the relevant columns and footnotes.

83. He introduced an amendment proposal (WP.29-192-15) to the General Guidelines for United Nations regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN Regulations. WP.29 requested the secretariat to distribute the document with an official symbol for consideration at the June 2024 session.