Update on the status of work on UN Global Technical Regulations.
59. The World Forum noted the consolidated document containing the status of the Agreement (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1073/Rev.9). WP.29 further noted that some Contracting Parties had fulfilled their obligation to send their status and final reports, on the progress of transposition of the UN GTRs and their amendments into their domestic law. The representatives of the other Contracting Parties were reminded of their obligation to send the mandatory reports on the transposition process through their Permanent Missions in Geneva via the “1998 AGREEMENT-MISSIONS List” electronic system to the secretariat. The World Forum agreed that a more detailed consideration of the monitoring of the 1998 Agreement, including details of the notification obligation would be considered under agenda item 13 of the Executive Committee AC.3 session (see para. 78 below).
78. AC.3 noted the information, as of 25 February 2014, on the status of the 1998 Agreement (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1073/Rev.9). AC.3 also noted WP.29-162-13 and WP.29-162-14 submitted respectively by the representatives of EU and the Republic of Korea, containing the status of the transposition of UN GTRs in their national legislations. AC.3 reiterated the notification obligations of the Contracting Parties. Representatives were also reminded of their obligation to send the mandatory reports on the transposition process through their Permanent Missions in Geneva via the “1998 AGREEMENT-MISSIONS List” electronic system to the secretariat to ensure updating of the status document which is the monitoring tool of the Agreement. The secretariat announced that it would contact each Contracting Party with pending notifications in order to facilitate the notification process.