61. The representative of France presented (GRVA-17-13) an amendment proposal to the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 on behalf of France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in response to a GRVA request. He explained that the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 should be the same as the scope of UN Regulation No. 156. He clarified that this addition to the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 would not lead to automatically mandating the application of this regulation for the vehicles categories added. He added that not inserting these categories in the scope would prevent the manufacturers, who want it, to apply for an approval pursuant to this regulation for their products falling in these categories. He concluded his intervention by recalling that GRVA never heard any technical arguments against the inclusion of these categories in the scope.
62. The representative of IMMA supported (GRVA-17-06) the instruction of the Category L in the scope of UN Regulation No. 155. He recalled that his organization proposed to postpone this insertion back in 2020 until review by the industry would be completed. He explained that, in the European Union context, the Cyber Resilience Act was developed to cover all kind of products, from the smartphone to the washing machine, would not necessarily cover the specific needs of powered two wheelers. He called for avoiding fragmentation and double requirements and clarified that IMMA was seeking for a clear agreement in principle already at this session.
63. The representative of CEMA presented their views (GRVA-17-30), in response to GRVA-17-13. He proposed to restrict the inclusion in the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 of the vehicles of Categories S, R and T equipped with an ADS of level 3 or more.
64. GRVA agreed to include the Category L in the scope of UN Regulation No. 155 and requested the secretariat to prepare the corresponding formal proposal for review at GRVA in January 2024, on the basis of GRVA-17-43.
65. The representatives of Spain, Italy and CEMA were not in favour to include the categories S, R and T in the scope. The representative of France, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and CLEPA supported this inclusion. The representatives of Japan and Denmark were neutral (The representative of Denmark recalled that the Ministry of Transport in his country would not express an opinion on the categories R and S). GRVA agreed to resume consideration of this item for these three vehicle categories at its next session.
30. The representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Co-Chair of the IWG on Cyber Security and Software Updates, presented the status report (GRVA-23-30) of the group. He introduced the amendment to the Interpretation document for the implementation of UN Regulation No. 156, prepared by the group. He also reported on the activities carried out under the workshops on the implementation of UN Regulations Nos. 155 and 156 (deliberations on the application of the cybersecurity regulation within the framework of the multistage type-approval process for incomplete vehicles, and exchange of views on software updates of vehicles in use). Finally, he presented the question raised by experts on whether Management Systems certificates of compliance should be subject to mutual recognition.
31. Several delegations expressed views against the automatic mutual recognition of management system certificates of compliance, while industry representatives noted situations where such mutual recognition among Contracting Parties could be potentially needed. GRVA recommended that that group refer to the guidance in the interpretation document for UN Regulation No. 155.
32. GRVA requested the secretariat to distribute GRVA-23-26 and GRVA-23-27 with an official symbol at the January 2026 GRVA session. GRVA also requested the secretariat to submit GRVA-23-28 and GRVA-23-29 containing the amendments prepared by the group to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2025/142 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2025/147 for consideration at the November 2025 WP.29 session.
33. GRVA agreed to remove GRVA-17-30 from the agenda.
34. GRVA endorsed the status report of the IWG on CS/OTA and agreed that the next workshop would be held before the next GRVA session.