16. The Secretary of WP.29 introduced the list of Working Parties, Informal Working Groups and Chairs (WP.29-189-01/Rev.1), the calendar of meetings of the World Forum for 2023 (WP.29-189-02). He highlighted that due to the cancellation of a meeting of a Group of Experts serviced by the Sustainable Transport Division, a few days became available to WP.29, which have been allocated to GRPE. He further advised that all meetings scheduled for 2023 would be in person.

17. The representative of Australia asked that IWG chairs consider, where possible, to hold IWG meetings either side of the relevant.

18. The Secretary of WP.29 presented WP.29-189-15, the revised Programme of Work (PoW) that was based on agreed priorities following discussions at GRs, AC.2 and previous sessions of WP.29.

19. The Representative of the European Union urged the Contracting parties, the industry and NGOs to accelerate the work on vehicle automation and automated driving systems. There is an urgency to start translating the conceptual discussion in FRAV and VMAD into concrete regulatory requirements applicable to type approval by addressing the specificities of the different automation levels, such as the applicability of VMAD methodology to level 4. The representative from the UK recognised the challenge of regulating automated driving systems but emphasized the importance of this work for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the need to move to regulatory requirements.

20. WP.29 adopted the Programme of Work, which would be issued under symbol ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2023/1/Rev.1.