Mr. Kazuyuki Narusawa, Co-Chair of the informal working group, welcomed participants to the meeting on behalf of Japan. In his introduction, Mr. Kazuyuki Narusawa highlighted the importance of the working group given the increasing need in most countries to introduce cleaner vehicles such as EVs to achieve aggressive environmental objectives.

There were 27 participants in the room representing Contracting Parties, vehicle manufacturers and industry organizations from around the world. The Chair, Mr. Michael Olechiw, participated to parts of the meeting by conference call. Mr. Guido Gielen also provided a progress report on the activities of the Environmental and propulsion performance requirements (EPPR) for L-category vehicles informal working group by conference call.

The Agenda for the meeting (EVE-05-02-Rev1e) was reviewed. No changes were made, except that the times for the presentation of Mr. Michael Olechiw and Mr. Guido Gielen were adjusted for their respective time zones.