76. The World Forum considered and adopted the final report (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/33) of ten years of activities in evaluating the concept of Environmentally Friendly Vehicles (EFV). WP.29 noted that the work completed during the decade was very positive, being the basis for the current development of UN Regulations and GTRs. It was agreed to freeze the activities of the EFV informal working group and the EFV Task Force, which could be re-activated in future, if needed.

51. The Chair of the EFV informal group recalled that a summary report of the WP.29 work on Environmentally Friendly Vehicles between 2003 and 2012 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/33) was introduced as an informal document (WP.29-158-17) at the last WP.29 session, in November 2013, and that it will be distributed at the March 2013 WP.29 session for consideration and possible adoption. Having clarified that this report was also accompanied by a document describing the process followed by the EFV task force group for its preparation (WP.29-158-16), he briefly reported on the success of the fifth EFV Conference, held in Baltimore (Maryland, USA) on 10-12 September 2012.

52. GRPE congratulated the EFV informal working group and task force group for their work and agreed that the adoption of the summary report by WP.29 shall conclude the EFV activities. EFV will not appear as an agenda item in the future.