12. The representative of Japan presented (GRVA-20-40) the progress review of the IWG on Automated Driving System (ADS). He provided organizational details and announced the objectives for the group during the next meetings scheduled in 2024 and 2025.

13. The representative of OICA suggested focusing on the good synchronization of the Officers of Principle Interest (OPIs) activities, working in parallel.

14. The representative of the Netherlands, Co-Chair of the IWG on Validation Method for Automated Driving proposed (GRVA-20-36) amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/39 titled: Guidelines and recommendations for Automated Driving System safety requirements, assessments and test methods to inform regulatory development. He recalled that the amendments were presented during the nineteenth session of GRVA and that a Contracting Party had requested additional time to review the content.

15. GRVA adopted GRVA-20-36 and requested the secretariat to incorporate the amendments in GRVA-20-36 into ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/39 or issue a revision if the document was already issued. GRVA also agreed to transmit it to the IWG on ADS.

16. GRVA reviewed the draft report (GRVA-20-41) prepared for the sessions ofWP.29 and the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) in November 2024. GRVA agreed that GRVA-20-41 would be updated with the outcome of the London meeting of the IWG on ADS and the Beijing meeting of the GRVA Workshop on ADS and shall be transmitted to the parent body.

15. The Chair of GRVA presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/39 containing the Guidelines and recommendations for Automated Driving System safety requirements, assessments and test methods to inform regulatory development. WP.29 endorsed it and requested its publication as a brochure with the inclusion of an introduction providing the context.