76. GRSG considered document GRSG-121-37, proposing supplements to UN Regulation No. 161, for the purpose of aligning the text of UN Regulation No. 161 with the text of UN Regulation No. 116, and requested the secretariat to issue it as an official document for the October 2021 session of GRSG, pending further consultations on their content among experts.

73. The expert from OICA presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24, a proposal for supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No.161 on uniform provisions concerning the protection of motor vehicles against unauthorized use and the approval of the device against unauthorized use (by means of a locking system). She recalled this document as a proposal that was established for the new definition of digital key and said it is the amendment needed to align UN Regulation No. 161 to the changes made in UN Regulation No.116.

74. The expert from OICA also introduced document GRSG-122-13, which is a proposal to jointly amend ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24: Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 161 on uniform provisions concerning the protection of motor vehicles against unauthorized use and the approval of the device against unauthorized use (by mean of a locking system) and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25: Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 162 on uniform technical prescriptions concerning approval of immobilizers and approval of a vehicle with regard to its immobilizer.

75. The expert from Finland supported the proposals but expressed reservations on the need to add blank Annexes in document GRSG-122-13. The experts from Germany, Japan, Italy, and Switzerland supported the proposal. The expert from Switzerland supported the addition of a blank annex because other split proposals already have them.

76. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24 as amended by GRSG-122-13 and requested its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for their March 2022 sessions.