53. WP.29 noted the replies received by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) (WP.29-156-09) and by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) (WP.29-156-19) regarding the availability of private standards referenced in the UN Regulations, UN Global Technical Regulations and UN Rules. The representative of IEC informed WP.29 that his organization authorized the reproduction of a maximum of 10 per cent of its standards. In the case of exceeding this percentage, a reference to the standard was made.

54. The representative of United States of America informed WP.29 about the ongoing process of making publicly available, parts of standards which had been incorporated into Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). He indicated that a possible solution could be to make available, free of charge, the concerned part of the standard (read only). He volunteered to keep the World Forum informed at its next session in June 2012.

55. The World Forum noted that this matter not only affected technical issues, but also had legal and economic implications. It was agreed to continue consideration of this subject at the next session of WP.29, awaiting ISO’s position.

37. The representative of the United States of America reported that several actions are taking place in the United States of America to work with standard setting bodies, which may enable the development of a process to make publicly available private standards. However, these actions have not been concluded and he offered to report at the next session of WP.29.