171. Submitted for consideration and vote, the proposal for Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 13 (Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles) (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2023/81 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2023/82) was adopted on 21 June 2023 by consensus vote of the following contracting parties present and voting: Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

6. The expert from OICA, Secretary of IWG GTR13, Phase 2, introduced GRSP-73-50-Rev.1 to inform GRSP about editorial changes included in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2023/81, following decision of GRSP to recommend Amendment 1 to the UN GTR at its December 2022 session. GRSP reconfirmed its agreement to recommend ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2023/81 as Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 13 for consideration and vote to WP.29 and AC.3 at their June 2023 sessions.

7. GRSP also noted a proposal of corrigendum to Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 13 for discussion at its December 2023 session, tabled by the IWG Secretary (GRSP-73-26-Rev.1). GRSP agreed to seek endorsement of AC.3 to extend the IWG mandate until December 2023 to complete above proposal of corrigendum. GRSP also noted that if a new replacement proposal was not received by the secretariat, GRSP-73-26-Rev.1 should be confirmed for submission as an official document before the deadline.

7. The IWG Chair, on behalf of the co-sponsors (Japan, Republic of Korea, United States of America and European Commission) informed GRSP about an overview of the outcome of work of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles (HFCV) IWG on UN GTR No. 13, Phase 2 (IWG UN GTR13 PH2) by referring to GRSP-72-21. Finally, he introduced the proposal of amendments (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/16) and the final report of the IWG (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/17).

8. GRSP recommended the proposal of amendment to UN GTR No. 13 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/16) and the final report (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/17), of the IWG GTR13 PH2, as amended by annex II to the session report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal and the final report as draft Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 13 for consideration and vote to AC.3 at its June 2023 session.