GRPE-95-05
Highlights of recent WP29 and ITC sessions
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Note by the secretariat reporting on GRPE activities. WP.29/AC.1 adopted all proposals including a new UN Regulation on tyre abrasion. WP.29 agreed to host a demonstration of EV retrofitted vehicles at its 200th session in November 2026. The first meeting of the IWG on prioritization identified topics for discussion including common understanding of prioritization, high-level review of current activities, possible approaches to define prioritization, criteria for establishing new groups, and how to enhance efficiency of informal working groups and task forces. Mongolia acceded the 1958 Agreement. Light duty fuel efficiency improvement trajectory and HDV fuel efficiency measurement harmonization were tackled in GRPE. The UNECE secretary was invited to join a UNEP partnership on battery circularity to be launched in 2027.
Administrative committee of the 1958 Agreement: The collective body of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement
Working Party on Pollution and Energy (cf French: Groupe de Rapporteurs sur la Pollution et l’Energie)
Informal Working Group: A group of experts authorized to develop proposals for consideration by WP.29 without being bound by formal UN rules of procedure.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Environment Programme