27. During the consultations, the experts received a status report (GRVA-22-19) on the activities of the joint task force of GRVA and the Working Party on General Safety provisions (GRSG) working on Automated Vehicle Categorization. The expert from France supported the documents prepared by the task force and explained that they were also supported by the group screening the WP.29 regulations with regard to their fitness for ADS. The expert from Italy proposed to review the proposed paragraph 2.11., which allows the combination of some vehicles categories (e.g. the Category T is not aimed to be combined with the Category G) and did not support that the Categories S, R and T can be combined with the proposed Categories X and Y and the ADS provisions prepared only apply to performing the DDT on public roads, and not fields.

28. GRVA endorsed the status report (GRVA-22-19) of the task force on AVC.

29. GRVA reviewed the documents prepared by the Task Force: ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2025/26 (amended by GRVA-22-21), ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2025/27 (amended by GRVA-22-20).

30. GRVA noted the submission of these documents by GRSG to WP.29 for the November 2025 session. GRVA agreed to monitor the compatibility of updates to vehicle categories with the ADS regulations currently under development.

82. The World Forum considered two proposals for amendments to R.E.3 (Revision 8) (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2025/146 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2025/147) under agenda items 4.14.1 and 4.14.2 submitted respectively by GRSG and GRVA, to introduce new categories of vehicles X and Y equipped with Automated Driving Systems. WP.29 adopted unanimously ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2025/146 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2025/147, as amended by WP.29-197-06, and requested the Secretariat to combine them together as Revision 8 to R.E.3.