28. The representative of ITU presented WP.29-189-08 recalling the offer of ITU to host a database serving as electronic repository with traffic rules.

29. The representative of Canada recalled the organization in Canada regarding vehicle regulations and traffic rules with responsibilities at various levels. He understood the value of a central repository especially in the context of international traffic. He did not see it as the role of the governments to provide already publicly available information in an international database and to commit maintaining this database.

30. The representative of Germany confirmed that his country would hesitate to commit resources, since information was already publicly available.

31. The representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland explained that his country already published their highway code and is exploring the possibility of making it machine readable. He was cautious about countries being held liable, but he had no objection to the proposal and suggested that it should be presented to WP.1.

32. The representative of Australia supported the views expressed and recognised that such a repository could be useful to industry. He cautioned that regulation would refer to the content of a database and warned of the potential difficulties encountered in case the database content would not be accurate or up to date.

33. WP. 29 agreed that, while this a subject of common interest, WP.1 is the appropriate venue for a discussion on such database. WP29 invited ITU to make this presentation at WP.1.