7. The expert from Germany, co-Chair of the informal working group on pedestrian safety introduced the third progress report of the group (GRSP-52-31), the updated terms of references (ToR) and operating principles of the informal working group (GRSP-52-32) and a first draft UN GTR for information purposes only (GRSP-52-33). GRSP endorsed the third status report of the informal working group (GRSP-52-31), adopted its new terms of reference (GRSP-52-32) as reproduced in Annex II to this report and agreed to seek endorsement from WP.29 and from the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) at their March 2013 sessions.

5.1. Status report and extension of the mandate of the Informal Group

The chair reported from the discussion in GRSP in December 2013: The request to extend the mandate was presented to GRSP with document GRSP-52-32 (third progress report). Representatives accepted the request and it was also presented to WP.29 (WP.29-159-20) in March 2013 (the week before this meeting). Unfortunately, the 5th meeting was too close to GRSP so that it could not be presented in the third progress report. It is therefore planned to now prepare a further progress report, summarizing the discussion in the 5th and the 6th meeting, that will be presented to the May 2013 session of GRSP and then to the June 2013 session of WP.29.

(Note of the secretary: Action item A-5-10 was consequently closed.)