46. The AC.1 voting followed the special proceedings during COVID-19 period, which had been adopted by all Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement under a silence procedure on 12 June 2020. The written procedure, had been initiated on 16 June 2020 12:00 p.m. CET and had lasted for 72 hours, ending on 19 June 2020 12:00 p.m. CET. The seventy-fifth, online, session of AC.1 was held on 24 June 2020.

47. Of the 56 contracting parties to the agreement, 43 were represented by taking part in the written procedure and at the online AC.1 session, its seventy-fifth session, on 24 June 2020.

48. AC.1 invited the Vice-Chair of WP.29 to chair the online session.