26. The expert from the Russian Federation, chairing the IWG on Tyre GTR, reported (GRRF-86-21) on the work done by the IWG on Tyres on the development of draft Amendment 2 of the GTR No. 16 (Tyres). He informed GRRF that a first informal document could be delivered for the September 2018 session of GRRF.

27. The Chair of the IWG introduced GRRF-86-22 with a memorandum on a “global marking for tyres”. He invited the Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement to review this memorandum and assess, whether the approach for tyre global marking in UN GTR No. 16 could be supported and whether it would be feasible to recognize a global tyre marking as an alternative to the existing national/regional tyre marking. The Chair invited GRRF delegates to respond to the memorandum.

28. The Secretary of the IWG on Tyres introduced GRRF-86-28 and GRRF-86-29, providing further details and explanations on what may be delivered by the IWG in September 2018.