21. The expert from the Netherlands, Co-Chair of the IWG on VMAD, presented GRVA-15-38 with a brief review of the work and deliverables until June 2024, a reporting on VMAD activities since the September 2022 session of GRVA, considerations regarding the FRAV/VMAD collaboration and announcing the future VMAD meetings. He mentioned the excellent hosting by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and tourism (MLIT) and the Japan Automotive Standards Internationalization Center (JASIC) of the December 2022 meeting in Tokyo (Japan) which was complemented by an interesting symposium on the last day of the meeting week.

22. The expert from Canada, Co-Chair of the IWG on VMAD, noted that the representation from industry was not what it used to be at IWGs meetings. He stated his surprise and the fact that it was in contrast with the ambitious roadmap proposed by industry. He noted the commitment of the contracting parties to join meetings to advance the work and hoped that industry would also strongly commit to these activities to support the group with expertise to help meeting the 2025 milestone proposed by industry. He mentioned that the Tokyo meeting offered the possibility for a session with FRAV and VMAD experts as well as a small group meeting to reflect on the integration of the FRAV and VMAD outcomes, which led to the drafting of an integration matrix (see para. 18). GRVA endorsed the status report.

23. GRVA endorsed the work prepared by the group, reflected in GRVA-15-26 updating ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/58, the New Assessment/Test Method for Automated Driving (NATM) Guidelines for Validating Automated Driving System (ADS). GRVA requested the secretariat to submit GRVA-15-26 to WP.29 at its March 2023 session.