69. The Chair of IWG on IWVTA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/2, which contained transitional provisions related to the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 0 on IWVTA. He highlighted that the content of this document had already been agreed in principle at the 185th session in format of informal document WP.29-185-10, however could not be submitted for vote to AC.1 at its seventy-ninth session, November 2021.

70. The World Forum considered the draft amendment under agenda items 4.3. and recommended its submission to AC.1 for voting.

63. The representative of Japan, Chair of the IWG on IWVTA, presented a proposal for the 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 0 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/84), the regular annual update of the UN Regulation and its Annex 4, Part A, Section I (List of requirements for U-IWVTA). He also introduced an amendment proposal to the document, including an addition of two new paragraphs 12.5. and 12.6. containing transitional provisions. He invited the World Forum to consider both documents for submission to AC.1 for voting.

64. The representative of the European Commission informed the World Forum that the European Union had already cast its vote for ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/84. He explained that he therefore did not have the mandate to vote on behalf of European Union on informal document WP.29-185-10.

65. The World Forum agreed to consider the proposed amendments to document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/84 as a supplement at its March 2022 session.

66. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.3 and recommended ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/84 submission to AC.1 for voting.

3. The expert from IMMA proposed to align the 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 9 with standard ISO10844:2014 as well as to streamline the transitional provisions (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/23). GRBP adopted this proposal, as amended by GRBP-74-43, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and the Administrative Committee (AC.1) as draft Supplement 2 to the 08 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 9.

35. The expert from the Czechia, supported by the Task Force on Electromagnetic Compatibility (TF EMC), proposed to clarify the reference point determination for category L6 and L7 vehicles in paragraph 3.3. and to correct Figure 1 in Annex 4, Appendix (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2021/10). GRE adopted the proposal, as amended by GRE-85-06, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 as draft Supplement 2 to the 06 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 10.

89. The expert from OICA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/25, an amendment proposal to the electric parking brake provisions in UN Regulation No. 13 already discussed at the previous session. He justified that a new series of amendments was necessary as the proposal would impact the design of vehicles and would therefore need to provide lead time.

90. The expert from Germany confirmed that his previous comments regarding buses were addressed by the proposal tabled at this session.

91. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/25 (without square brackets) and requested the secretariat to submit it as draft 12 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 13 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

55. The expert from France presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/20/Rev.1, a proposal for supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments of the UN Regulation No. 39 (Speedometer and Odometer) to clarify the specification and requiring the units for odometers. He thanked experts from the United Kingdom, IMMA and OICA for their contribution to this proposal.

56. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/20/Rev.1 and requested its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 at their March 2022 sessions.

36. The expert from OICA introduced document GRSG-122-08, a proposal to amend ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/18 on UN Regulation No.46. The document was proposing amendments to the text in paragraphs “22.22.”, to introduce new paragraphs “22.23.” and “22.26.” and to renumber existing paragraphs that have been affected by the new addition.

37. The expert from Germany presented a proposal to the 05 series of amendments of UN Regulation No. 46 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/18) aiming to update the existing proposal on general specification requirements by amending and introducing new paragraphs. Following his presentation, The Chair of GRSG inquired from the expert from Germany if he supported the proposal from OICA. The expert from Germany stated his support for the proposal with the exclusion of paragraph “22.26. “

38. The expert from Australia introduced himself as the current representative for GRSG but explained he is a participation in GRSG was new and transitory as plans are in place to have a permanent expert from Australia. He pointed out a typographical error in paragraph 6.2.2.1.2. of the document, GRSG-122-08. He recalled that transitional provision under Article 1 of 1958 Agreement state that Contracting Parties applying a UN Regulation are expected to accept the latest version of the Regulation and asked if these Regulations go contrary to the treaty?

39. The expert from OICA clarified this by informing the expert from Australia that transitional provision is aligned to the guidance of the provisions in document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2044/Rev.3 and the 1958 Agreement does not require Contracting Parties to apply the latest series of amendment.

40. The experts from OICA, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands engaged in a detailed discussion concerning paragraphs “22.23.” and “22.26.” of document GRSG-122-08 and agreed to exclude paragraph “22.26.” from the informal document GRSG-122-08.

41. GRSG adopted document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/18 as amended by GRSG-122-08 (without paragraph 22.26.) and agreed for its submission at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

37. GRE considered a proposal that had been prepared by the expert from IMMA with the aim to clarify the electrical connection requirements for the white front position lamp reciprocally incorporated with the front direction indicator, in line with the corresponding provisions in UN Regulation No. 48 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2021/23). GRE adopted the proposal, as amended by GRE-85-27, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 as draft Supplement 22 to the 01 series of amendments, draft Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments and draft Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 53.

37. GRE considered a proposal that had been prepared by the expert from IMMA with the aim to clarify the electrical connection requirements for the white front position lamp reciprocally incorporated with the front direction indicator, in line with the corresponding provisions in UN Regulation No. 48 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2021/23). GRE adopted the proposal, as amended by GRE-85-27, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 as draft Supplement 22 to the 01 series of amendments, draft Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments and draft Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 53.

37. GRE considered a proposal that had been prepared by the expert from IMMA with the aim to clarify the electrical connection requirements for the white front position lamp reciprocally incorporated with the front direction indicator, in line with the corresponding provisions in UN Regulation No. 48 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2021/23). GRE adopted the proposal, as amended by GRE-85-27, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 as draft Supplement 22 to the 01 series of amendments, draft Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments and draft Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 53.

10. The expert from IMMA proposed to align the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 63 with standard ISO10844:2014 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/24). GRBP adopted the proposal and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 5 to the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 63.

96. The expert from IMMA introduced GRVA-11-22, modifying ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/26, with amendments to the stop lamp activation criteria He proposed that GRVA would harmonise stop lamp activation thresholds for regenerative braking in UN Regulation No. 78 with new provisions in UN Regulation No. 13-H.

97. The expert from Japan stated that the proposal can be supported. He noted however that automatically commanded braking was not considered in the current text of UN Regulation No. 78. He added that, if automatically commanded braking would be introduced in UN Regulation No. 78, then consistency between UN Regulation No. 78 and UN Regulation No. 13-H would be needed.

98. The expert from IMMA also presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/27, proposing reference updates to standards that were recently revised.

99. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/26 as amended by GRVA-11-22 (as reproduced in Annex V of the session report) and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/27. GRVA requested the secretariat to submit them as draft supplement to UN Regulation No. 78 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

96. The expert from IMMA introduced GRVA-11-22, modifying ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/26, with amendments to the stop lamp activation criteria He proposed that GRVA would harmonise stop lamp activation thresholds for regenerative braking in UN Regulation No. 78 with new provisions in UN Regulation No. 13-H.

97. The expert from Japan stated that the proposal can be supported. He noted however that automatically commanded braking was not considered in the current text of UN Regulation No. 78. He added that, if automatically commanded braking would be introduced in UN Regulation No. 78, then consistency between UN Regulation No. 78 and UN Regulation No. 13-H would be needed.

98. The expert from IMMA also presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/27, proposing reference updates to standards that were recently revised.

99. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/26 as amended by GRVA-11-22 (as reproduced in Annex V of the session report) and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/27. GRVA requested the secretariat to submit them as draft supplement to UN Regulation No. 78 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

96. The expert from IMMA introduced GRVA-11-22, modifying ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/26, with amendments to the stop lamp activation criteria He proposed that GRVA would harmonise stop lamp activation thresholds for regenerative braking in UN Regulation No. 78 with new provisions in UN Regulation No. 13-H.

97. The expert from Japan stated that the proposal can be supported. He noted however that automatically commanded braking was not considered in the current text of UN Regulation No. 78. He added that, if automatically commanded braking would be introduced in UN Regulation No. 78, then consistency between UN Regulation No. 78 and UN Regulation No. 13-H would be needed.

98. The expert from IMMA also presented ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/27, proposing reference updates to standards that were recently revised.

99. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/26 as amended by GRVA-11-22 (as reproduced in Annex V of the session report) and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/27. GRVA requested the secretariat to submit them as draft supplement to UN Regulation No. 78 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

48. The expert from OICA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/8 as amended by GRVA-09-37 on continued support of ACSF of Category B1 when the boundary conditions are exceeded. The proposal received comments from the experts from France and UK. GRVA agreed to resume consideration of this proposal at its next session.

71. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/8, as amended by GRVA-11-17 (reproduced in Annex III), and requested the secretariat to submit it, as draft supplements for the 02, 03 and 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 79, to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

48. The expert from OICA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/8 as amended by GRVA-09-37 on continued support of ACSF of Category B1 when the boundary conditions are exceeded. The proposal received comments from the experts from France and UK. GRVA agreed to resume consideration of this proposal at its next session.

71. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/8, as amended by GRVA-11-17 (reproduced in Annex III), and requested the secretariat to submit it, as draft supplements for the 02, 03 and 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 79, to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

48. The expert from OICA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/8 as amended by GRVA-09-37 on continued support of ACSF of Category B1 when the boundary conditions are exceeded. The proposal received comments from the experts from France and UK. GRVA agreed to resume consideration of this proposal at its next session.

71. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/8, as amended by GRVA-11-17 (reproduced in Annex III), and requested the secretariat to submit it, as draft supplements for the 02, 03 and 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 79, to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

100. The expert from Italy presented GRVA-11-35, introducing ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/28 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/29. He explained that Annex 15 was leading to a high number of groups to be tested and therefore was inducing an overproportioned test workload due to the grouping criteria.

101. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/28 and requested the secretariat to submit it as draft supplement to UN Regulation No. 90 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

102. The expert from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland questioned the relevance of the amendments proposed in Table 1 in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/29. The expert from Italy volunteered to provide more details for review at the next session.

103. GRVA agreed to resume discussion on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/29 at its twelfth session.

5. The expert from France, Chair of the IWG on BMFE introduced document GRSG-122-05, a proposal for the 10 series of amendment to UN Regulation No. 107, aimed at increasing the safety of M2 and M3 vehicles in case of fire by improving their general construction with regard to evacuation time. This proposal amends the working document referenced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/17.

6. The expert from of Italy appreciated done by IWG on BMFE however, he expressed some reservations regarding the test specifications on the proposal and requested that the tests described in the proposal be more specific. The experts from Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, and the European Commission indicated their support. The expert from OICA commended the effort from the IWG stating proposal made a good compromise to all Contracting Parties and proposed the text be adopted be revisited in future to improve on the test specification when there are more reference materials to update this proposal.

7. GRSG adopted document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/17, as amended by GRSG-122-05, and requested its submission an official document to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

17. The experts from France, the Netherlands and BIPAVER proposed to align the provisions for retreaded tyres with the previously adopted proposals for UN Regulations Nos. 30 and 117 and to cover all tread materials (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/15). The expert from ETRTO commented on the proposal and suggested further modifications (GRBP-74-29-Rev.1 and GRBP-74-35-Rev.1). GRBP adopted the proposal, subject to the amendments in Annex III of the session report, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 6 to UN Regulation No. 108.

18. The experts from France, the Netherlands and BIPAVER proposed to align the provisions for retreaded tyres with the previously adopted proposals for UN Regulations Nos. 54 and 117 and to cover all tread materials (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/16). The expert from ETRTO commented on the proposal and suggested further modifications (GRBP-74-29-Rev.1 and GRBP-74-30-Rev.2). GRBP adopted the proposal with the amendments in Annex IV and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 11 to UN Regulation No. 109.

21. The expert of ETRTO tabled draft amendments that introduced an “ice grip tyre” definition and editorial corrections (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/17). GRBP adopted the proposal, as amended by GRBP-74-31-Rev.1, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 14 to the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 117.

23. The expert from France, in her capacity of Co-Chair IWG WGWT, presented draft amendments that introduced a procedure and thresholds on wet grip performance for C1 tyres in worn state (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/12, as updated by GRBP-74-33-Rev.1). GRBP adopted GRBP-74-33-Rev.1 and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as a new draft 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 117. GRBP noted that, with the aim to complete the proposal and remove few square brackets, an informal document would be prepared for the next session. If adopted, this document would also be submitted to the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1. GRBP noted that, to avoid possible uncertainty, the adopted draft Supplement 14 to the 02 series of amendments (see para. 21 above) would be explicitly included in the future WP.29 document with the new draft 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 117.

82. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.8.1 and 4.8.14, corrected in the title of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/22 the number of the supplement to “5” and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting.

89. The expert from the Netherlands on behalf of the GRBP Task Force on Tyre Pressure Monitoring System and Tyre Installation (TF TPMSTI) presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/30, a proposal for supplement 4 to the 01 series of amendment of UN Regulation No. 121. The experts from Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, France, the European Commission and OICA all supported this proposal.

90. The Chair of GRSG endorsed document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/30 and requested its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting at their March 2022 sessions.

42. The expert from the European Commission presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/11, the proposal for supplement 2 to the 01 series of amendments to Regulation No. 125, which aims to extend the scope of the Regulation to allow for the possibility to apply field of vision prescriptions to N1 category vehicles.

43. The expert of OICA introduced document GRSG-118-26, which contains proposed amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/11.

44. Following detailed technical discussions, further comments from experts from Germany, Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Commission and OICA concerning the amendments proposed in GRSG-118-26, GRSG decided to keep document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2020/11 on amendments to UN Regulation No. 125 on the agenda of the October meeting of the group and requested that document GRSG-118-26 is converted into an official document and submitted for consideration at the October 2020 session of GRSG.

98. The expert from the Netherlands on behalf of the GRSG Task Force on Field of Vision Assistant (FVA), presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/31, Proposal for supplement 1 to the 02 series of amendments of UN Regulation No. 125.

99. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/31 and requested its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting in their March 2022 sessions.

25. On behalf of the Task Force on Tyre Pressure Monitoring System and on Tyre Installation (TF TPMSTI), the expert from EC briefed GRBP on their progress (GRBP-74-25) and proposed amendments that aimed to align the transitional provisions in UN Regulation No. 141 with those in European Union Regulation 2019/2144 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/19). GRBP adopted the proposal and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 141.

26. The expert from TF TPMSTI presented further amendments to UN Regulation No. 141 that introduced an alternative procedure for type approval of trailers (vehicles of categories O3 and O4), regarding their Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), Tyre Pressure Refilling System (TPRS) and Central Tyre Inflation System (CTIS) (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/20). GRBP adopted these proposals, as amended by GRBP-74-37, and requested the secretariat to submit them for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as part of draft Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 141.

28. The expert of TF TPMSTI proposed amendments that aimed to align the transitional provisions in UN Regulation No. 142 with those in European Union Regulation 2019/2144 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/21). GRBP adopted the proposal and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 142.

8. The expert from IWG SLR introduced a number of clarifications and corrections (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2021/11). GRE adopted this proposal, as amended by GRE-85-11, and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 4 to the original series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 148.

11. GRE considered clarifications and corrections that were prepared by IWG SLR (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2021/12). GRE adopted the document and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as draft Supplement 5 to the original series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 149.

81. The World Forum considered draft amendments under agenda items 4.7.1 to 4.7.12 and recommended their submission to AC.1 for voting, including the latest modifications to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/18, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/19 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/20 (agenda items 4.7.7., 4.7.8 and 4.7.9.) adopted by GRVA at its January 2022 session, proposed in WP.29-186-05 and reproduced in Annex V of the session report.

75. The expert from Japan, Co-Chair of the IWG on Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) for M1 and N1, reported (GRVA-11-20) on the activities of the IWG since the May 2021 session of GRVA. He explained that the group wanted to gather experience during the next two years, including on simulation, before submitting amendment proposals addressing tests via simulation.

76. He mentioned that the group produced GRVA-11-07 proposing amendments to the OICA proposal ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/22.

77. The expert from Japan, Head of Delegation, proposed minor amendments to the proposal. The expert from Canada proposed clarifications with more accurate references to standards mentioned in the document.

78. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/22, as amended by GRVA-11-40 (reproduced in Annex IV of the session report), and requested the secretariat to submit it, as draft supplements for the 00, 01 and 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 152, to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

73. The expert from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland introduced GRVA-12-29, highlighting an amendment proposal adopted at the last session that inadvertently removed the 1 per cent slope criterion for the test track. GRVA supported the proposal and introduced further clarifications addressing omissions, as reproduced in GRVA-12-45.

74. GRVA adopted the document GRVA-12-45 and requested the secretariat to submit it, as amendment to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/18, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/19 and ECE/TRANS/WP29/2022/20, to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions.

10. The representative from OICA introduced GRPE-85-09 and GRPE-85-15 proposing to correct the recursive formula calculating pass/fail criteria of CoP in the 05, 06, 07 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 83 and the 02 and 03 Series of Amendments to UN Regulation No. 154. The representative from the EU informed GRPE that the proposal did not impact the EU as they use a different approach to pass/fail criteria of CoP tests. The representative from India supported the proposals and asked whether UN GTR No.15 should also be amended in a similar way. GRPE agreed to consider GRPE-85-09 as a working document in forthcoming sessions of GRPE.

11. The secretariat proposed to adopt GRPE-85-15 and to include it in revisions to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/41 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/42 to be considered by WP.29 and AC.1 in March 2022. He prepared GRPE-85-45 and GRPE-85-46 respectively. The representative from Japan supported the proposals and added that they were flexible on the timing of implementation of such proposals.

12. GRPE adopted GRPE-85-45 and GRPE-85-46 as ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/41/Rev.1 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2022/42/Rev.1 respectively and requested the secretariat to submit them to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions as draft 02 and 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 154 respectively.

15. The representatives of Japan, the EU and OICA introduced GRPE-84-08, summarizing the amendments proposed to UN Regulation No. 154. They informed about the proposed modifications leading to proposals to new 02 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2021/21 and GRPE-84-06 as amended by Addendum 2) and 03 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2021/22 and GRPE-84-07 as amended by Addendum 3) series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 154.

16. GRPE adopted the proposals and requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 2 and Addendum 3 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions as draft 02 and 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 154 respectively.

17. The representative from OICA added that OICA was expected to submit proposals to amend the original version and 01 series of amendment to UN Regulation No. 154 to reflect some of the improvement made in the 02 and 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 154 once those proposals adopted by GRPE.

24. The representative from Japan introduced GRPE-87-17, GRPE-87-18 and GRPE-87-19. He proposed to delay the adoption of those proposals to better scrutinize the content of the proposals. The representatives from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the European Commission supported the proposed approach from Japan and to discuss the proposals in an ad-hoc group. The representative from OICA also supported such delay as detailed in GRPE-87-15.

15. The representatives of Japan, the EU and OICA introduced GRPE-84-08, summarizing the amendments proposed to UN Regulation No. 154. They informed about the proposed modifications leading to proposals to new 02 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2021/21 and GRPE-84-06 as amended by Addendum 2) and 03 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2021/22 and GRPE-84-07 as amended by Addendum 3) series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 154.

16. GRPE adopted the proposals and requested the secretariat to submit Addendum 2 and Addendum 3 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their March 2022 sessions as draft 02 and 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 154 respectively.

17. The representative from OICA added that OICA was expected to submit proposals to amend the original version and 01 series of amendment to UN Regulation No. 154 to reflect some of the improvement made in the 02 and 03 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 154 once those proposals adopted by GRPE.

24. The representative from Japan introduced GRPE-87-17, GRPE-87-18 and GRPE-87-19. He proposed to delay the adoption of those proposals to better scrutinize the content of the proposals. The representatives from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the European Commission supported the proposed approach from Japan and to discuss the proposals in an ad-hoc group. The representative from OICA also supported such delay as detailed in GRPE-87-15.

45. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2021/21 and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 as supplement to UN Regulation No. 155 (for consideration and vote by AC.1 in March 2022) and as amendment to the Interpretation document for UN Regulation No. 155 (also for consideration and vote by WP.29 in March 2022).

48. The expert from Japan, Co-Chair of the IWG on CS/OTA, presented GRVA-15-42 (status report) introducing GRVA-15-05 (amendment proposal to UN Regulation No. 155) and GRVA-15-06 (amendments to the interpretation document to UN Regulation No. 155). The expert from France supported both proposals. The expert from OICA mentioned the questionnaire regarding the handling of software updates for vehicles already registered, distributed among the group’s participants. The expert from Germany informed GRVA that his country already had defined software updates categories for already registered vehicles (see more details in para. 73 below).

49. GRVA adopted GRVA-15-05, as reproduced in Annex V to the session report, and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1 as draft supplement to UN Regulation No. 155 for consideration and vote in June 2023.

61. The expert from France introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/5 aimed at clarifying the possibility to recognize the Cyber Security Management System Certificate of compliance delivered by other contracting parties. He mentioned the work done during the last workshop to update the initial wording of the explanation. He presented the outcome of the workshop reproduced in GRVA-15-21.

62. GRVA adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/5, as amended by GRVA-15-21 as well as GRVA-15-06. GRVA requested the secretariat to submit them as an amendment to the Interpretation Document for UN Regulation No. 155 to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their June 2023 sessions.

106. The expert from the Netherlands, a Co-Chair of the IWG on EDR/DSSAD, presented documents GRSG-122-36 which is a proposal to revise document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/33 (Proposal for supplement 1 to UN Regulation No. 160) and GRSG-122-37 which is a proposal to revise document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/34 (Proposal for supplement 1 to 01 Series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 160).

107. The expert from China applauded the work done by the expert from the Netherlands on behalf of the IWG on EDR/DSSAD and appreciated his dedication to the group. He expressed his concerns on the problem with different definitions of the same elements in different UN Regulations, he further expressed concerns that sometimes, different English terms could have the same meaning. He proposed that non-English speaking countries find a way to harmonize resolutions and advised the use of limited English terms to prevent confusion in the use of words.

108. The expert from Netherlands said that the document is a base document for the 1958 Agreement and Contracting Parties to the UN Regulation No. 160 and a few GTRs and they could make some additions to this document to clarify the meaning of the various definitions.

109. GRSG adopted document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/33 as amended by GRSG-122-36 to be submitted to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting at their March 2022 sessions. GRSG also adopted document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/34 as amended by GRSG-122-37 to be submitted to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting at their March 2022 sessions.

106. The expert from the Netherlands, a Co-Chair of the IWG on EDR/DSSAD, presented documents GRSG-122-36 which is a proposal to revise document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/33 (Proposal for supplement 1 to UN Regulation No. 160) and GRSG-122-37 which is a proposal to revise document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/34 (Proposal for supplement 1 to 01 Series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 160).

107. The expert from China applauded the work done by the expert from the Netherlands on behalf of the IWG on EDR/DSSAD and appreciated his dedication to the group. He expressed his concerns on the problem with different definitions of the same elements in different UN Regulations, he further expressed concerns that sometimes, different English terms could have the same meaning. He proposed that non-English speaking countries find a way to harmonize resolutions and advised the use of limited English terms to prevent confusion in the use of words.

108. The expert from Netherlands said that the document is a base document for the 1958 Agreement and Contracting Parties to the UN Regulation No. 160 and a few GTRs and they could make some additions to this document to clarify the meaning of the various definitions.

109. GRSG adopted document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/33 as amended by GRSG-122-36 to be submitted to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting at their March 2022 sessions. GRSG also adopted document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/34 as amended by GRSG-122-37 to be submitted to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting at their March 2022 sessions.

73. The expert from OICA presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24, a proposal for supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No.161 on uniform provisions concerning the protection of motor vehicles against unauthorized use and the approval of the device against unauthorized use (by means of a locking system). She recalled this document as a proposal that was established for the new definition of digital key and said it is the amendment needed to align UN Regulation No. 161 to the changes made in UN Regulation No.116.

74. The expert from OICA also introduced document GRSG-122-13, which is a proposal to jointly amend ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24: Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 161 on uniform provisions concerning the protection of motor vehicles against unauthorized use and the approval of the device against unauthorized use (by mean of a locking system) and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25: Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 162 on uniform technical prescriptions concerning approval of immobilizers and approval of a vehicle with regard to its immobilizer.

75. The expert from Finland supported the proposals but expressed reservations on the need to add blank Annexes in document GRSG-122-13. The experts from Germany, Japan, Italy, and Switzerland supported the proposal. The expert from Switzerland supported the addition of a blank annex because other split proposals already have them.

76. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24 as amended by GRSG-122-13 and requested its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for their March 2022 sessions.

81. The expert from OICA introduced informal document GRSG-122-13 amending ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25, Proposal for supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 162 on uniform technical prescription concerning approval of immobilizers and approval of a vehicle with regard to its immobilizer. She also presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/29, a proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No. 162.

82. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25 as amended by GRSG-122-13 with an in-session removal of the square brackets and document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/29 requested their submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting at their March 2022 sessions.

77. The expert from OICA presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/28, a proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No.161 (Devices against unauthorized use by mean of a locking system). She explained that proposal was a direct reflection of the same amendments done to paragraph 5.2.1.1. of UN Regulation No.116.

78. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/28 and requested its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for their March 2022 sessions.

73. The expert from OICA presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24, a proposal for supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No.161 on uniform provisions concerning the protection of motor vehicles against unauthorized use and the approval of the device against unauthorized use (by means of a locking system). She recalled this document as a proposal that was established for the new definition of digital key and said it is the amendment needed to align UN Regulation No. 161 to the changes made in UN Regulation No.116.

74. The expert from OICA also introduced document GRSG-122-13, which is a proposal to jointly amend ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24: Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 161 on uniform provisions concerning the protection of motor vehicles against unauthorized use and the approval of the device against unauthorized use (by mean of a locking system) and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25: Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 162 on uniform technical prescriptions concerning approval of immobilizers and approval of a vehicle with regard to its immobilizer.

75. The expert from Finland supported the proposals but expressed reservations on the need to add blank Annexes in document GRSG-122-13. The experts from Germany, Japan, Italy, and Switzerland supported the proposal. The expert from Switzerland supported the addition of a blank annex because other split proposals already have them.

76. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/24 as amended by GRSG-122-13 and requested its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for their March 2022 sessions.

81. The expert from OICA introduced informal document GRSG-122-13 amending ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25, Proposal for supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 162 on uniform technical prescription concerning approval of immobilizers and approval of a vehicle with regard to its immobilizer. She also presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/29, a proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No. 162.

82. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25 as amended by GRSG-122-13 with an in-session removal of the square brackets and document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/29 requested their submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting at their March 2022 sessions.

81. The expert from OICA introduced informal document GRSG-122-13 amending ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25, Proposal for supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 162 on uniform technical prescription concerning approval of immobilizers and approval of a vehicle with regard to its immobilizer. She also presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/29, a proposal for amendments to UN Regulation No. 162.

82. GRSG adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/25 as amended by GRSG-122-13 with an in-session removal of the square brackets and document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/29 requested their submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for voting at their March 2022 sessions.

85. The expert from OICA presented document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/26, Proposal for Supplement 1 to the original version of UN Regulation No. 163 on uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicle alarm system and approval of a vehicle with regard to its vehicle alarm system.

86. GRSG considered and adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/26 and requested its submission to WP.29 and AC.1 for vote at their March 2022 sessions.

57. The secretariat introduced official documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/22 a Proposal for Supplement 10 to 01 series of amendments and a Proposal for Supplement 2 to 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 55 which has been submitted for consideration in 185th November 2021 session of WP.29. The secretariat also introduced official documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/22 a proposal for Supplement 10 to 01 series of amendments and Supplement 2 to 02 series to UN Regulation No. 55 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/21 a proposal for Corrigendum 2 for the 01 series of amendments and Corrigendum 1 for the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 55. The secretariat recalled that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/21 was based on informal document GRSG-121-06 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/22 was based on informal document GRSG-121-42 and these documents have not been further processed by the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs in New York.

58. GRSG considered and endorsed official documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/105 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/153 for voting at the November 2021 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1. GRSG also considered and adopted official documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/21 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/22 for submission and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

57. The secretariat introduced official documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/22 a Proposal for Supplement 10 to 01 series of amendments and a Proposal for Supplement 2 to 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 55 which has been submitted for consideration in 185th November 2021 session of WP.29. The secretariat also introduced official documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/22 a proposal for Supplement 10 to 01 series of amendments and Supplement 2 to 02 series to UN Regulation No. 55 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/21 a proposal for Corrigendum 2 for the 01 series of amendments and Corrigendum 1 for the 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 55. The secretariat recalled that ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/21 was based on informal document GRSG-121-06 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/22 was based on informal document GRSG-121-42 and these documents have not been further processed by the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs in New York.

58. GRSG considered and endorsed official documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/105 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/153 for voting at the November 2021 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1. GRSG also considered and adopted official documents ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/21 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/22 for submission and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

86. The Chair of GRBP presented a draft new UN Regulation on studded tyres. The World Forum considered the draft and recommended its submission to AC.1 for voting. The representative of Japan pointed out that their delegation would abstain and has intention not to apply the draft new UN Regulation, as studded tyres are prohibited in Japan.

30. The expert from Finland presented a revised proposal for a new UN Regulation on studded tyres that had been prepared by TF ST (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/5/Rev.1). The expert from ETRTO suggested several modifications to the proposal (GRBP-74-32). GRBP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2021/5/Rev.1 as amended by GRBP-74-32 and requested the secretariat to submit it for consideration and vote at the March 2022 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1 as a new draft UN Regulation.