(c) Informal working group on Intelligent Transport Systems

17. The representative of Japan, Co Chair of the IWG on ITS, presented the group’s status report (WP.29-198-21). He explained that the most recent session of the Task Force of Vehicular Communication, held during the twenty-fourth GRVA week, focused on the safety benefits of vehicular communication for vulnerable road users. Responding to a question from the representative of the Netherlands (Kingdom of the), he clarified that the group did not aim to produce regulation at this stage, as the technology was still in the innovation phase. The representative of ITU estimated that regulatory activities could potentially begin in two or three years.