Revised comments by the GRB secretariat concerning the IMMA proposal (document GRB-58-01) to permit the granting of certificates to the previous series of amendments through December 2013 rather than up to the date of the entry into force of the 04 series of amendments of UN R41.
5. The expert from IMMA introduced GRB-58-01, proposing an amendment to the transitional provisions of the UN Regulation. In the meantime GRB also considered GRB-58-11-Rev.1, aligning GRB-58-01 to the General Guidelines for UN Regulatory Procedures and Transitional Provisions in UN Regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044/Rev.1). Finally, GRB adopted GRB-58-01, as reproduced in Annex II to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit GRB-58-01 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2014 sessions as part of (see paras. 3 and 4) draft Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 41. Moreover, GRB agreed to keep GRB-58-11-Rev.1 as a reference in its agenda of the January 2014 session, awaiting a possible proposal of full revision of the transitional provisions of the UN Regulation.
5. GRB resumed discussion on the issue of transitional provisions, as contained in GRB-58-11-Rev.1, aligning the earlier adopted draft Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 41 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRB/57, Annex II) to the General Guidelines for UN Regulatory Procedures and Transitional Provisions in UN Regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1044/Rev.1). GRB agreed to wait for the revision of the 1958 Agreement which would also introduce new rules for transitional provisions. Meanwhile, GRB agreed to keep this issue as a reference in its agenda for the future sessions.