Outline the next steps of WLTP informal working group for the development of electrified vehicle regulations, as supported by the European Commission, and suggestion of possible areas for collaboration with the informal working group on Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE).
18. The expert from Japan, as one of the sponsors of the Phase 2 for the development of GTR No.15 presented the so called “starting note on WLTP Phase 2” (GRPE-70-26) as well as the corresponding questionnaire (GRPE-70-27), already presented at the eighth session of the IWG on WLTP. He indicated that, as an example, the tentative position of his country was provided in GRPE-70-30. GRPE invited all experts to send answers to this questionnaire. The Chair of GRPE recalled the purpose of GRPE-70-28, for information on the position of the European Union regarding future work on electrified vehicles under the umbrella of the IWG on WLTP.