59. The Representative of the United States of America on behalf of the Chair of GRSP informed WP.29 about the results achieved by his group during its seventy-third session (for details see the session report ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/73), which took place on May 15-19, 2023.

60. GRSP agreed to seek endorsement from the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) to extend the IWG on Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems mandate until May 2024 to finalize the proposal of Amendment 3 to UN GTR No. 9. WP.29 agreed to defer discussion to AC.3 (see para.175)

61. GRSP agreed to seek endorsement of AC.3 to extend the mandate of the IWG UN GTR No. 13 Phase 2 December 2023 to complete a proposal of corrigendum to the Amendment 1 to UN GTR No. 13 expected to be adopted at this AC.3 session. WP.29 agreed to defer discussion to AC.3 (see para.176).

62. GRSP agreed to recommend to WP.29 a proposal for a new UN Regulation Concerning the Approval of Child Restraint Systems for Safer Transport of Children in Buses.

63. Concerning the issue of children left in cars, GRSP agreed to continue gathering global information and statistics for its next sessions as a first step as requested by WP.29. However, GRSP is resolved to consider the issue of children forgotten in cars with a sense of urgency and obligation to devise practical and effective solutions to prevent these tragedies. The representative from the Republic of Korea expressed their intentions to participate actively in this activity since it became a priority in their countries. The representative from Australia echoed the representative from the Republic of Korea and suggested to develop solutions in framework of the 1998 Agreement. WP.29 endorsed the initiative of GRSP and agreed to resume discussion in AC.3. (see para. 195).

64. The representative from China stated that in the framework of activities of the IWG on Phase 2 of UN GTR No. 20 (Electric Vehicle Safety) under the umbrella of GRSP, which was mainly conducted from 2019 till now, the discussion and research for several important topics like battery thermal propagation, battery vibration test, toxic gas from battery fire and water immersion test were negatively influenced by the pandemic period. The timeline for GTR No. 20, phase 2 is going to finish the research work by end of 2023. Therefore, he suggested continuing the discussion in the future since UN GTR No. 20 is very important for development of electric vehicles. WP.29 endorsed the statement of the representative from China.

53. The World Forum approved the report of the Chair of GRSP on its seventy-third session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/73).