The Chair reviewed document EVE-02-04e covering agenda item 3 (updated TOR, doc EVE-02-23).

A number of comments were made concerning the wording of the three objectives listed in the Introduction, TOR item 1. The definition of “regulatory requirements” and whether this term is inclusive of standards was discussed and the addition of “identifying gaps” into the objectives was requested by a number of participants. The text was changed accordingly for regulatory requirements. For gaps, it was agreed that the last sentence of the first paragraph under Objectives sufficiently addressed this objective. “Fuel cells” was removed from the list of research areas because it was decided that the working group on fuel cells would cover this area.

In the TOR item 2, Objectives, the definition of “all types of road vehicles” was discussed as to what types of vehicles should be listed, if any at all. The text was changed by removing the types of vehicles in order to maintain flexibility. The inclusion of “cold start” in the potential considerations regarding the environmental aspects of EVs and whether it was a performance or environmental issue was discussed by the group, who decided to leave it as presented in the text.

In the TOR item 3.1, issue b, “Understand and document”, ‘document’ was interpreted by the group as a summary report to be presented to WP.29.

In the TOR item 4, Principle c, a change in procedure was noted where the EVE IWG is no longer required to submit documents to the UNECE for posting on the website as it is done directly by the Chair or Secretary. This text was revised accordingly.

TOR item 5, Timeline, was reviewed by the Chair with the group. The member reporting to the AC.3 was proposed to be the GRPE chair, but not decided. It was agreed that the mandate of the EVE IWG goes until the November session of the AC.3 in 2014.

A member requested the inclusion of a list of acronyms in the TOR and other documents (i.e. agenda), and it was agreed that the TOR would be adjusted by the Secretary to include expanded forms of acronyms.

Text was adjusted according to general agreement on the comments above and the adjusted TOR was presented and accepted on Sept.14 (updated doc EVE-02-23).