32. The representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GRVA-20-26) presented the main outcome of the second GRVA workshop on scenarios held in London on 1-3 July 2024. He introduced the detailed summary (GRVA-20-05) of the workshop.
33. The representative of France presented (GRVA-20-31) the potential benefits of sharing scenarios for authorities or independent assessors. He proposed thoughts for next steps.
34. GRVA asked the Secretary whether GRVA can adopt standards for interoperability. The Secretary mentioned that there were precedents for this, for example: GRVA had adopted by reference ISO 11992, used for communication between the tractor and one or more trailers, in UN Regulation No. 13.
35. The representatives of AAPC, ITU, and SAFE advised to wait for the outcome of the IWG on ADS before focusing on that topic.
36. The representative of China recalled to GRVA the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) activities under Working Group 9 of the Technical Committee 22 on scenarios and the four standards already published. He referred to a previous presentation (see GRVA-16-24). He inquired whether the workshop could reflect on further needs that ISO could potentially address.
37. The representative of the Netherlands found the activities helpful but did not see them as a prerequisite for implementing the new ADS regulation being developed by the IWG on ADS.
38. The representative of Sweden felt the topic relevant as GRVA was defining, based on scenarios, minimum performance requirements for ADS.
39. The representative of the Russian Federation did not anticipate that the IWG on ADS could answer all questions or guide on how to derive concrete scenarios from the high level and functional scenarios it was developing.
40. The representative of ITU anticipated that scenarios would not be part of the first ADS regulation. He mentioned that UN Regulation No.171 (DCAS) had provisions on in-service monitoring and reporting as well as on scenarios, so scenarios would be in DCAS long before ADS.
41. GRVA agreed to get prepared for when scenarios would be needed and agreed to convene a workshop as proposed by France on 2 December 2024.