8. The EC expert informed GRB through a presentation (GRB-57-28) on the work progress of the European Union (EU) institutions on the EC proposal on vehicle noise. He showed that the European Parliament, at its plenary session, improved the EC proposal with the possibility of rounding the noise measurement values and using lower test acceleration (2 m/s2). He announced a further update for the September 2013 session of GRB and invited other Contracting Parties to provide information on the implementation of new noise limits at their national/regional level.