64. The GRBP Chair reported on the results achieved by GRBP during its seventy-second session (for details, see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/70).

87. The representative from Finland, ambassador of both the IWG on ITS/AD (see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1118 para. 92) and the new Informal Group of Experts on Autonomous Driving under WP.1 reported on the important progress achieved during the first meetings of this new Informal Group of Experts of WP.1. The Group had met three times as of April 2016. He reported that (a) the group had assessed that no amendment to the Convention(s) was necessary to allow for the testing of driverless vehicles on public roads, (b) discussions are continuing on the need to further amend the Conventions to address high levels of automation, and (c) the group was dealing with interpretations of road traffic conventions for new technologies already on the market, including remote controlled parking and semi-autonomous motorway driving.

87. The representative from Finland, ambassador of both the IWG on ITS/AD (see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1118 para. 92) and the new Informal Group of Experts on Autonomous Driving under WP.1 reported on the important progress achieved during the first meetings of this new Informal Group of Experts of WP.1. The Group had met three times as of April 2016. He reported that (a) the group had assessed that no amendment to the Convention(s) was necessary to allow for the testing of driverless vehicles on public roads, (b) discussions are continuing on the need to further amend the Conventions to address high levels of automation, and (c) the group was dealing with interpretations of road traffic conventions for new technologies already on the market, including remote controlled parking and semi-autonomous motorway driving.

32. The World Forum approved the report of the Chair of GRBP at its seventy-second session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/70).