GRVA/2025/37
1958 Agreement: Proposal for amendments to Schedule 2
Source(s)
Date
11 Apr 2025
Status
Superseded
Subject
Meeting(s)

Proposal to require technical services performing audits and certification of management systems under UN Regulations to comply with ISO/IEC 17021:2015.

UNECE server
Excerpts from session reports
GRVA | Session 22 | 2-6 Jun 2025

81. During the consultations, the experts reviewed the proposal tabled by the experts from France and Ireland to insert a reference to ISO/IEC 17021:2015 in Schedule 2 to the 1958 Agreement, aiming to provide the prerequisite requirements for the designation of technical services for UN Regulations that contain auditing provisions. The experts supported the intention of the proposal, they proposed to refer to the relevant sections of that standards to avoid practical and administrative difficulties, they consulted the secretariat on ways to introduce lead-time for such requirements.

82. GRVA noted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2025/37 and agreed to resume consideration of this topic in September 2025 on the basis of an updated proposal.

GRVA | Session 23 | 22-25 Sep 2025

70. The representative of France presented a proposal for amendments to Schedule 2 to the 1958 Agreement, tabled by France and Ireland, to clarify the criteria for the nomination of technical services for UN Regulations with auditing provisions by referencing ISO/IEC 17021 requirements.
71. GRVA noted that GRPE had adopted provisions relating to management systems in UN Regulation No. 133 (Reusability, recyclability and recoverability). GRVA invited the Chair to inform WP.29 in November 2025. GRVA noted the reference of the Draft International Standard (DIS) in document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2025/47. GRVA requested the secretariat to submit the proposal (with reference to DIS) for consideration at the March 2026 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.