50. The representative of France as Chair of the informal group on IWVTA, informed the World Forum about the group’s progress during the recent sessions held in Tokyo and Paris. He underlined the need to amend the 1958 Agreement and that one of the aims of the group was to provide a basis for facilitating the accession of emerging economies to the Agreement. The representative of Japan outlined the inventory for the review of the 1958 Agreement and a possible road map (WP.29-155-32). Contracting Parties were invited to ensure broader participation in the work of the informal group. The representative of France proposed to the World Forum:

• • to endorse the road map and the inventory listed in WP.29-155-27.
• • to add to the agenda of the March 2012 session, an item specifying the way to involve GRs in developing the IWVTA concept.
• • to extend the informal group’s mandate in order to prepare a revision of the 1958 Agreement, including a report to WP.29 for its March 2013 session.

In addition, he raised two questions for answers from WP.29 at its March 2012 session:

• • how to keep previous series of amendments of the UN Regulations available for the CPs and emerging countries desiring to use them.
• • how to add in the Agreement, a new administrative disposition which should apply to all CPs but be decided and amended by the Administrative Committee AC.1 by unanimity of present and voting CPs.

The World Forum endorsed these proposals.