129. The representative of Germany informed AC.3 about the ongoing activities of the informal group on UN GTR No. 9 Phase II, to solve the pending issues for the incorporation of the flexible legform impactor (Flex-PLI) in the Phase II of the UN GTR No. 9 and in the draft UN Regulation on pedestrian safety (WP.29-155-35). He announced that the first meeting of the informal group was planned to be held on 1 and 2 December 2011 tostart (i) the technical discussion, (ii) to finalize the draft terms of references and (iii) the work plan for submission to the December 2011 session of GRSP.

130. AC.3 agreed to develop an amendment to the UN GTR No. 9 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/148) sponsored by the Netherlands. The secretariat was requested to prepare a corresponding AC.3 document and to transmit it to GRSP for consideration.

9. GRSP noted that the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3.) at its November 2011 session agreed to develop an amendment (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/148) to UN GTR No. 9 (see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1093, para. 128). GRSP noted that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/148 also included the concrete proposal of amendment to the UN GTR. The expert from the Netherlands introduced the final status report (GRSP-50-32) complementing the proposal. However, concerning the justification for changes of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2011/148, the expert from the EC expressed disagreement on paragraphs 5 to 7, agreed on paragraph 8 and raised a study reservation on paragraphs 10 and 12.

10. GRSP agreed to resume discussion on this agenda item at its May 2012 session and requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-50-32 with an official symbol.

11. As follow-up of the concerns raised during the December 2011 session of GRSP, the expert from EC introduced GRSP-51-10-Rev.1, jointly prepared by the experts from the Netherlands and OICA, amending the initial proposal. The proposal received further comments from the experts from South Korea, Japan and the United States of America. Accordingly, GRSP considered GRSP-51-33-Rev.2 (superseding GRSP-51-10 GRSP-51-10-Rev.1 and GRSP-51-33-Rev.1). However, some experts requested a study reservation of the proposal. GRSP requested the secretariat to distribute GRSP-51-33-Rev.2 with an official symbol at its December 2012 session. Finally, GRSP recommended experts to prepare an update of the final report of the amendment of the UN GTR (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2012/2), if needed and draft a similar proposal of amendments to the UN Regulation on pedestrian safety for the next session of GRSP.