49. The secretariat informed GRE about the progress in developing the international whole vehicle type approval (IWVTA). He reported on the good work progress made by the informal group since the November 2011 session of WP.29. GRE also noted that two subgroups would start drafting the revision to the 1958 Agreement (chaired by the European Commission) and the text of UN Regulation No. 0 (chaired by Japan).

50. GRE noted that WP.29 expressed the need to nominate an IWVTA ambassador to explain the guideline at the forthcoming sessions of each GR, to assist the GRs and to monitor the work progress made (see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1095, paras. 57-59). GRE experts were invited to consider the possibility to take such a role for GRE.

51. The GRE Chair introduced GRE-67-05, including “Candidate Items for Technical Regulations Applicable to International Whole Vehicle Type Approval (IWVTA)” and “Guideline for GRs to Review Technical Regulations Applicable to IWVTA”. GRE agreed to consider GRE-67-05 in detail at the next session, in order to identify the lighting and light-signalling candidates for Regulation No. 0, and requested the secretariat to distribute GRE-67-05 with an official symbol for the October 2012 session.