19. The World Forum recalled that at its March 2010 session the co-Chairs of the informal group on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) had reported on the progress made by the informal group. Informal document No. WP.29-150-21 contained the major amendments introduced in the guidelines on establishing requirements for high-priority warning signals (WP.29-150-22). It was also recalled that the World Forum had agreed to refer WP.29-150-22 to its GRs and that comments should be transmitted to the secretariat for the submission of an updated proposal to WP.29 for final consideration and adoption at its March 2011 session. The World Forum noted that no meeting of the informal group on ITS was scheduled for this session.

20. The World Forum noted that this question had been considered under agenda item 2.1 (see para. 8 above).

39. The GRSG Vice-Chair informed the World Forum about the results made by GRSG during its ninety-ninth session (for more details see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/78).

40. He reported that GRSG had proposed to set up, subject to the consent of the World Forum, an informal group, chaired by Germany, to amend Regulation No. 43 with regard to plastic glazing. He added that the expert from OICA had volunteered to provide secretariat services for this group. The informal group should conclude its tasks by April 2013. The World Forum gave its consent, subject to the approval, at its March 2011 session, of the terms of reference and rules of procedure of the informal group, which would be annexed to the report of GRSG.

41. He reported that GRSG had been informed about the GRE request to take on the responsibility of Regulations Nos. 60 and 121. GRSG was of the opinion that they should remain under its responsibility because these Regulations were transversal and that GRSG was already dealing with tell-tales for motorcycles and the field of vision of the driver. He mentioned that GRSG had agreed that a procedure should be set up to ensure good cooperation between the different WP.29 Working Parties. The World Forum confirmed that a decision on this issue would be taken at its March 2011 session (see para. 35 above).

42. WP.29 noted that GRSG had agreed with the proposal for draft Rule No. 2 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/135) as well as with the proposal for guidelines on establishing requirements for high-priority warning signals by the co-Chairs of the ITS informal group (WP.29-150-22).

43. The Vice-Chair informed WP.29 about the opinion of GRSG that there was no urgency to adopt the proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2009/123 and its Corrigenda 1 to 4, superseded by ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2010/145) for the revision of the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3). The World Forum recalled its decision to continue consideration of this matter under agenda item 8.7 (see paras. 36 and 91 of this report).

44. The World Forum noted that Mr. Erario (Italy) had been re-elected as GRSG Chair and Mr. Matolcsy (Hungary) as GRSG Vice-Chair for the 2011 sessions.

47. GRSP supported WP.29-150-22 as amended by GRSP-48-07 and GRSP-48-07tc (agreed by the Working Party on Lighting and Light Signalling devices (GRE)) and by GRSP-48-13, tabled by the expert from OICA. The secretariat was requested to transmit this to WP.29 for consideration at its March 2011 session.

18. The World Forum noted the position of GRE (WP.29-153-01) and GRSP (WP.29-153-09) on guidelines for establishing requirements for high-priority warning signals of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) (WP.29-150-22). The representative of the United Kingdom recalled that the lack of an agreed upon definition of ITS implies different levels of intelligent technology. He added that the main attempt of WP.29-150-22 is to define these different levels (or priorities) as a reference for future amendments to Regulations. WP.29 requested the informal group on ITS to finalize a consolidated proposal to be submitted at its June 2011 session for final adoption.

19. The World Forum noted that an ITS background document for information had been developed in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Transport and the Society for national motorway Initiatives (SINA) and that a strategic note had been prepared by the WP.29 secretariat.

20. The secretariat reported that a public consultation on the strategy of UNECE for ITS deployment had been launched in February 2011. The consultation addressed to all Governments and interested stakeholders would be closed on 31 May 2011. All information was available on the UNECE Transport Division website (see: www.unece.org/trans/events/2011/ITS_Public_Consultation.html). Contributions should be submitted via e-mail: consultation@unece.org.

21. Once the consultation is closed, the secretariat would finalize the strategic note and would present the UNECE Road Map on ITS as a final outcome of the whole process. With the Road Map, UNECE aimed at defining concrete actions to foster the deployment of ITS globally. Such actions could be: annual Round Tables, capacity building workshops, incorporating ITS into the work of all UNECE Working Parties through its legal instruments, etc.

22. The representative of the Russian Federation was of the opinion that innovation challenges in transport, such as ITS, should be solved on a global scale and in a harmonized way. Accordingly, he expressed support to the initiative and offered active cooperation from his country.