23. The World Forum took note of the list of IWGs (WP.29-178-01).

24. The World Forum took note of the draft calendar of meetings for 2020.

136. AC.3 noted the information, as of 18 June 2019, on the status of the Agreement of the Global Registry and of the Compendium of Candidates (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1073/Rev.25), the status of the priorities of the 1998 Agreement (based on WP.29-178-08 as reproduced in Annex IV to the session report) and items on which the exchange of views should continue. AC.3 noted that notifications and the mandatory reports on the transposition process through their Permanent Missions in Geneva to the secretariat, are publicly accessible. AC.3 recalled its agreement to always send the above-mentioned reports and notifications through their Permanent Missions in Geneva and directly to the secretariat (email: edoardo.gianotti@un.org) to ensure updating of the status document, which is the monitoring tool of the agreement. AC.3 reiterated its request to its representatives to provide the secretariat with the coordinates of their corresponding focal points to the agreement, appointed in their capitals to draft the reports and notifications to keep them informed in the exchange of information through the above-mentioned website.

137. The representative of the Russian Federation informed AC.3 on their notification of the status of implementation of UN GTRs in their national legislation (WP.29-178-09).

138. The representative of OICA thanked the Russian Federation for this very important and detailed information.

7. AC.2 reviewed the revised Programme of Work for WP.29 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/1/Rev.1) and welcomed the work on strategic planning by the Chairs of GRBP and GRPE. Chairs of other Working Parties were requested to deliver their group’s priorities of work. This work of the GRs will be the basis for a more strategically oriented Programme of Work for WP.29.

151. The Chair of AC.3 introduced the documents that were considered under this agenda item. AC.3 considered ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/31/Rev.1, aimed at providing an updated overview of the priorities of the Programme of Work of the development of UN GTRs or amendments to the existing ones taking into account the decisions on document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2019/2 from the 177th WP.29 session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1145, para. 49). AC.3 referred to the discussions on WP.29-178-10/Rev.2, WP.29-178-19, WP.29-178-16/Rev.1, WP.29-178-17/Rev.2 and WP.29-178-18/Rev.1 under agenda item 2.3. Please note that document WP.29-178-17/Rev.2 does not exist. The amended document WP.29-178-17/Rev.1 was reproduced in Annex VI of the session report.