7. The WP.29 Secretary introduced informal documents WP.29-194-01, list of Working Parties, Informal Working Groups, and Chairs, and WP.29-193-02/Rev.1, calendar of meetings for 2025.

8. He recalled the request by China and Japan to move the May 2025 session of GRSP (5-9 May 2025), its seventy-fifth session, to the following week; as well as for the October session of GRSG (6-10), its 130th session: China wished to move the session one week later.

9. The WP.29 Secretary noted that the 2025 Calendar of meetings reflected the wish of WP.29 to hold the May 2025 session of GRVA in Bangkok. The representatives from Germany and Japan expressed their strong support and called upon the secretariat to accelerate the planning.

10. Related to the draft for Programme of Work (PoW) for 2025 in WP.29-194-30, he called upon the GR Chairs to review their respective lists of priorities. The representative of the European Commission proposed to also include a table for the priorities of the Informal Working Groups (IWGs) directly reporting to WP.29. Representatives of Germany, the Netherlands and the United States of America announced that they would provide their comments in writing. The representative of OICA proposed that some objective criteria be set up to determine the priorities.