2. The Chair opened the sixth session of GRVA mentioning the new Coronavirus 2019 context explaining the absence of the expert from China, Vice-Chair of GRVA and other usual participants.

3. The Secretary provided information for meeting participants related to the Covid-19 outbreak, prevention and general precautions as well as on measures taken for this meeting.

4. The Chair explained that this extraordinary session, authorised by the Inland Transport Committee at its eighty-second session, was dedicated to make progress on Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) and on Cyber Security and Cyber Security Management Systems.