63. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.9.1 and 4.9.6 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting.

64. For agenda items 4.9.2, 4.9.3 and 4.9.4, the World Forum agreed with the AC.2 recommendation (see para. 6 (h) above) to refer documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/43, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/44 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/45 back to GRPE for further consideration.

65. The representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland introduced WP.29-198-06 amending ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/25, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/26 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/28 (agenda items 4.9.2, 4.9.3 and 4.9.5). He explained that, following the Chair’s direction at the November session of WP.29, the United Kingdom had worked with the European Commission, Japan and the Chair of GRPE to find a pragmatic way forward to enable the transposition of the Euro 7 package of emissions regulations and that the United Kingdom as grateful for this cooperation. However, he noted that in the United Kingdom’s view, this should be regarded as an interim solution and that it would still be important to agree a global definition of a small volume manufacturer.

66. Finally, WP.29 recommended to submit to AC.1 for voting the draft amendments under agenda items 4.9.2 – 4.9.5, subject to the decision in para. 64 above and the amendments listed in Annex V. WP.29 agreed to include the content of WP.29-198-06 in Annex V.