Mr Hogan introduced the proposed Draft Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for the Informal Group circulated by Australia prior to the meeting (PSI-01-05).

Mr Hogan suggested rule 4 of the proposed Draft Rules of Procedure be amended to read:
“All documents and/or proposals must be submitted to the Secretary of the group in a suitable electronic format in advance of the meeting. Items or proposals requiring decision by the informal group should be circulated two weeks in advance of a meeting.”

There were no objections to this proposed amendment and the Draft Rules of Procedure circulated by Australia were amended accordingly.

Mr Van Der Straaten and Mr Slaba both suggested that the GTR should consider the issue of an appropriate lead time and implementation date, noting that decisions on implementation timing will ultimately rest with contracting parties.

Mr Wondimneh suggested a recommendation for an appropriate lead time and implementation date could be included in the preamble of the GTR.

Draft Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure of the group were then agreed by the Informal Group for the endorsement of GRSP and WP29. While commencement timing for the proposed GTR was not included in the Draft Terms of Reference it was agreed that this would be a standing item on the agenda at future meetings of the Informal Group.