31. The representative of France presented the status report of the taskforces dealing with the fitness of the WP.29 vehicle regulations for ADS (WP.29-192-17), mentioning the activities performed since June 2023, providing an update of the screening results and the priorities as well as a proposed timeline for the developments of the necessary amendments to the vehicle regulations. He provided an update (WP.29-192-18) to the report ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2023/86. He announced that the next update would be provided at the November 2024 WP.29 session. The representative of the European Union encouraged all the GRs to accelerate the process of screening and revision of UN Regulations under their purview with a view to mirror the ADS GTR/UN Regulation timeline. The representative of Canada thanked the Co-Chairs of the group. He further noted that such evaluation was important, prior to the establishment of regulations or conventions.WP.29 thanked the representatives of China and France for their leadership and welcomed the report.

32. The Chair of GRVA stated that the coordination effort by France and China was a good example of coordination among GRs that could be a basis for the upcoming work on AI in the context of vehicles.