The IWG on DETA discussed system operations showing 118,000 uploaded approvals with 41 contracting parties accessing the platform. Topics included widening scope to non-1958 Agreement parties, potential regulation updates for brake emission parts, renaming DETA to reflect broader applications, guidance on data exchange for ADS vehicles, adding attributes for series compliance, and granting read-only access to candidate countries. A June workshop will promote IWVTA and DETA adoption.

The 56th meeting of the Informal Working Group on DETA is scheduled for 18 June 2026, 9:30-12:30 (CET), as a hybrid meeting at KBA office in Flensburg, Germany. The agenda includes approval of provisional agenda and draft minutes from the 55th session, state of play, new DETA software version, widening DETA’s scope including results from a 17 June DETA/IWVTA Joint Workshop and considerations on renaming DETA, potential use of DETA for sharing technical information regarding proposed GRPE UN Regulation on brake emission of non-original parts, potential update of IWG’s Terms of Reference, guidance on data exchange via DETA in context of UNR157 on ALKS, and adding an attribute in DETA to indicate latest series of amendments of approvals.