Updated information on the status of Annex IV (list of UN Regulations incorporated into the IWVTA) given work to amend certain regulations (e.g. extraction of ISOFIX anchorages from UN R14, simplification of lighting regulations).

Proposal of amendments from the UNECE Secretariat.

Status of deliberations from the UNECE Secretariat. Article 15.3 stipulates that all UN Regulations established under Revision 2 of the 1958 Agreement shall be treated by Contracting Parties as if they had been adopted under the new Revision 3 of the Agreement: “Art.15.3. If all Contracting Parties to the Agreement agree, any UN Regulation adopted under the terms of the previous version of the Agreement may be treated as though it were a UN Regulation adopted under the terms of the above provisions.”

OICA proposal to amend Document WP.29/2017/67, Annex 1, paragraph V.5 concerning the application of a UN Regulation by individual Contracting Parties after the first date of entry into force of the Regulation.

Proposal to add a new question, “How to apply a UN type approval number as from the entry into force of Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement?”, to the question and answer document on the international whole vehicle type approval system.

The mandate of IWVTA Informal Group will terminate by the end of the year 2017. This document is the first tentative draft proposal of “Rules of Procedure and Terms of Reference for IWVTA Phase 2 Informal Group” to be further scrutinized and refined by IWVTA Informal Group, taking into account views expressed in the June session of WP. 29. IWVTA Informal Group plans to submit final proposal to WP.29 for consideration at its November session.