The chairman of REESS informal group, Mr. Gerd Kellermann, presented the status of REESS (ECE-R100 02 series amendment).

US DOE questioned whether the definition of REESS includes another type of battery other than Li-Ion battery / capacitors. Mr. Kellermann answered that the REESS group has carefully considered many types of battery and provided common test procedures that would be applicable for all types of battery.

Mr. Narusawa of Japan presented the report of the 1rst EVS meeting held April 23-25, 2012 in Washington DC, USA (see documents GRSP-51-20 and EVS-01-07).

There were approximately 50 people in attendance at the first meeting where over a dozen presentations from Contracting Parties and industry were made.

The group also discussed draft Terms of Reference.