61. In compliance with Rule 37 of the Rules of Procedures (TRANS/WP.29/690, as amended) GRPE unanimously elected Mr. A. Rijnders (Netherlands) as Chair of GRPE for the sessions in the year 2018. Due to the lack of time, a vice-chair was not elected. GRPE agreed with the secretariat request that this election would be one of the first agenda item of the next GRPE session.