In accordance with Chapter III, Rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) (TRANS/WP.29/690, Amend.1 and Amend.2), the first item on the provisional agenda is the adoption of the agenda.

The Chair of the Administrative Committee (WP.29/AC.2) will report on the discussions held during its 140th session and submit the recommendations of the Administrative Committee to the World Forum for consideration and adoption.

The World Forum may wish to consider the programme of work and the list of Informal Working Groups (IWGs).

The World Forum agreed to continue consideration of the work related to automated vehicles. WP.29 is expected to coordinate the activities within its GRs towards possible regulatory development for automated vehicles in the legal framework of both the 1958 and 1998 Agreements (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1139, para. 35).

The World Forum is expected to consider and approve the reports of the Working Parties on General Safety Provisions (GRSG), on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE), on Passive Safety (GRSP) , on Automated/autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA) and on Pollution and Energy (GRPE).

The Chair of GRBP will report orally on the highlights of the session.

The Chair of GRVA will report orally on the highlights of the session.

The Chair of GRSG will report orally on the highlights of the session.

The Chair of GRE will report orally on the highlights of the session.

The secretariat will present the status of the Agreement and of the annexed UN Regulations on the basis of a new version of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/343/Rev.30, containing all information received by secretariat up to 1 November 2022. Subsequent modifications to the original status document will be available in the document “informal updated version of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/343/Rev.30”.

Information on notified Type Approval Authorities and designated Technical Services is made available via the online tool.

The World Forum may wish to consider and to provide guidance on any matter related to the 1958 Agreement at the request of the Chairs of the Working Parties subsidiary to WP.29.

The World Forum agreed to resume consideration of this issue.

The World Forum agreed to continue consideration of this issue which affects both the current version of the 1958 Agreement (Revision 3) as well as its previous version. WP.29 may wish to continue considerations on the update of the guidelines on amendments to UN Regulations at the November 2022 session, if any.

The World Forum may wish to consider proposals for Interpretation Documents for UN Regulations, if any.

The Chair of the Informal Working Group on IWVTA will report on the work progress made during the meetings of the group and of the two subgroups in charge of drafting the amendments to the Agreement and to UN Regulation No. 0.

The World Forum will consider the following proposals and may decide to submit them to AC.1 with recommendations on their adoption by vote.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1166 para. 107 based on WP.29-187-20.

The World Forum may wish to be informed on the implementation status of the Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement.

The expert from Germany will report on the current hosting activities of DETA.

The secretariat will report on the situation for hosting of DETA by UNECE.

The World Forum will consider the following proposals and may decide to submit them to the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1) with recommendations on its adoption by vote.

Proposals not subject to presentation by the GRE Chair (A-Points):
4.6.1. Supplement 17 to the 06 series of amendments to UN R48
4.6.2. Supplement 4 to the 07 series of amendments to UN R48
4.6.3 Supplement 2 to the 08 series of amendments to UN R48
4.6.4. Supplement 6 to the 00 series of amendments to UN R149

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/86, para. 18, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2022/5 as amended by GRE-86-05-Rev.2.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/86, para. 18, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2022/5 as amended by GRE-86-05-Rev.2.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/86, para. 18, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2022/5 as amended by GRE-86-05-Rev.2.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/86, para. 12, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2022/8.

4.7.1. 04 series of amendments to UN R34

Proposals not subject to presentation by the GRSG Chair (A-Points):
4.7.2. Supplement 3 to the 03 series of amendments to UN R34
4.7.3. Supplement 10 to the 01 series of amendments to UN R43
4.7.4. Supplement 2 to the 03 of amendments to UN R67
4.7.5. Supplement 1 to the 04 of amendments to UN R67
4.7.6. Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to UN R118
4.7.7. Supplement 2 to the 02 series of amendments to UN R125
4.7.8. Supplement 2 to the original version of UN R158
4.7.9. Part I of supplement 2 to the original version of UN R159
4.7.10. Part II of supplement 2 to the original version of UN R159
4.7.11. Supplement 4 to the original version of UN R162
4.7.12. Supplement 2 to the original version of UN R163

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 33, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2021/19/Rev.1 as amended by para. 33 of the report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 32, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/19 not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 12, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/3 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/4, not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 35, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/11 not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 35, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/11 not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 8, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/2, not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 49, based on GRSG-123-05.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 20, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/10 as amended by annex IV to the report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 23, based on GRSG-123-11-Rev.1 as reproduced in annex V to the report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 23, based on GRSG-123-32 as reproduced in annex V to the report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 46, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/15, not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 48, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/16, not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 43, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/14 as amended by para. 43.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 18, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/9 as amended by Annex IV to the report.

4.8.1. Supplement 8 to the 03 series of amendments to UN R129
4.8.2. 04 series of amendment to UN R127

Proposals not subject to presentation by the GRSP Chair (A-Points):
4.8.3. Supplement 1 to the 03 series of amendment to UN R127
4.8.4. Supplement 9 to the 01 series of amendments to UN R129
4.8.5. Supplement 8 to the 02 series of amendments to UN R129

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/71, para. 25, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/7 as amended by Annex III to the report, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/8 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/9 both not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/71, para. 22, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/4 as amended by annex II to the report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/71, para. 21, based on GRSP-71-04 as reproduced in in annex II to the report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/71, para. 25, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/5 not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/71, para. 25, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/6 not amended.

Proposals not subject to presentation by the GRPE Chair (A-Points):

4.9.1. Supplement 9 to the 03 series of amendments to UN R24
4.9.2. Supplement 16 to the 05 series of amendments to UN R83
4.9.3. Supplement 18 to the 06 series of amendments to UN R83
4.9.4. Supplement 15 to the 07 series of amendments to UN R83

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/86/Rev.1, para. 41., based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2022/22, as amended during the session by Annex VII.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/86/Rev.1, para. 21., based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2022/10 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2022/13 and GRPE-86-12 as amended by Annex IV.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/86/Rev.1, para. 22., based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2022/10 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2022/13, GRPE-86-12 and GRPE-86-24-Rev.1 as amended by Annex V.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/86/Rev.1, para. 23., based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2022/10 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2022/13, GRPE-86-12 and GRPE-86-24-Rev.1 as amended by Annex VI.

Proposals not subject to presentation by the GRVA Chair (A-Points):

4.10.1. Supplement 20 to the 11 series of amendments to UN R13
4.10.2. Supplement 2 to the 12 series of amendments to UN R13

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/13, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2022/11, amended by GRVA-13-22/Rev.1.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/13, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2022/11, amended by GRVA-13-22/Rev.1.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/14, Annex III based on GRVA-14-17.

No proposals for corrigenda have been submitted.

No proposals for corrigenda have been submitted.

The World Forum will consider the following proposal and may decide to submit them to AC.1 with recommendations on its adoption by vote.
4.13.1. UN Regulation on Vulnerable Road Users in Front and Side Close Proximity
4.13.2. UN Regulation on Vulnerable Road Users Direct Vision

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 25, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/6 as amended by annex VI to the report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/102, para. 28, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2022/7 as amended by annex VII to the report.

No proposals for amendments have been submitted.

No proposals for amendments have been submitted.

No proposals for amendments have been pending.

No proposals for amendments have been pending.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/71, para. 33, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/10 not amended.

The secretariat will present an updated list of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement, the adopted global technical regulations, the technical regulations listed in the Compendium of Candidates and the status of the 1998 Agreement incorporating the comments received. A list with the priorities and items, which the World Forum and its subsidiary bodies are considering as exchange of views, will also be presented, including the most recent information.

16.1. Listing Number 11: United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation programmes for Light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

16.2. Listing Number 12: United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation Programmes for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles

16.3. Listing Number 13: United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Program for Revisions and Additions to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label: New Fuel Economy and Environment Labels for a New Generation of Vehicles

The World Forum agreed to keep this item on its agenda awaiting additional presentations.

The secretariat will present an updated document with the status of the Agreement including the status of the UN Rules annexed to the Agreement, the list of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement and of their Administrative Departments responsible for periodic technical inspection (PTI).

The World Forum agreed to resume consideration of the proposals for amendment of UN Rules annexed to the 1997 Agreement for their possible adoption by AC.4. if any.

The World Forum may wish to be informed on the implementation of the amendments to the 1997 Agreement on Periodic Technical Inspection of wheeled vehicles. Documentation

The World Forum may wish to consider proposals for establishment of new Rules annexed to the 1997 Agreement, if any.

The World Forum may wish to consider proposals for amendments to requirements for testing equipment, for skills and training of inspectors and for supervision of test centres, if any.

The World Forum may wish to continue considerations on the framework document on vehicle whole-life compliance incorporating comments received from GRs, if any (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1159, para 112).

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1166, para. 165-166, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2021/148 as amended by WP.29-187-22.

The World Forum may wish to be informed by the secretariat of the Working Party on Road Safety (WP.1) and by the secretariat of the Group of Experts on Drafting a new Legal Instrument on Automated Driving about any activities taken by WP.1 or its subgroups related to areas of common interest since its September 2022 session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1110, para. 73).

The secretariat will report on the actions taken in the framework of the responsibilities of the World Forum regarding the global plan for the decade of action for road safety 2021-2030 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1095, para. 97).

The World Forum my wish to be informed on the progress achieved by the Informal Working Group on Safer and Cleaner Used and New Vehicles (IWG on SCUNV).

The World Forum may wish to take note of the progress made on the translation of the authentic texts of Regulations adopted by WP.29 in June 2022 and entry into force in January 2023.

In compliance with Rule 37 of the WP.29 Rules of Procedure (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/690/Rev.2), WP.29 will elect a Chair and a Vice-Chair for the sessions scheduled for the year 2023. According to the Rules of Procedure of the Inland Transport Committee, countries are invited to submit their nominations to the secretariat not later than on 31 October 2022.

In accordance with established practice, the World Forum will adopt the report on its 188th session on the basis of a draft prepared by the secretariat.

The report shall also include sections on the:

1. Eighty-second session of the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement;
2. Sixty-fifth session of the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement; and
3. Fourteenth session of the Administrative Committee of the 1997 Agreement.

The Administrative Committee shall be composed of all the Contracting Parties in accordance with the rules of procedure set out in the Appendix of the 1958 Agreement (E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.3, Article 1, para. 2).

The Administrative Committee, according to the procedure indicated in Appendix 1 of the 1958 Agreement, shall establish new Regulations and amendments to Regulations. Proposed Regulations and amendments to Regulations shall be voted on: (i) In case of new Regulations, each country, Contracting Party to the Agreement, shall have one vote. A quorum of not less than one-half of the Contracting Parties is required for the purpose of taking decisions. For determining the quorum, regional economic integration organizations being Contracting Parties to the Agreement, vote with the number of votes of their member States. The representative of a regional economic integration organization may deliver the votes of its constituent sovereign countries. Draft new Regulations shall be established by a four-fifths majority of those present and voting (Article 1 and Appendix); (ii) In case of amendments to existing Regulations, each country, Contracting Party to the Agreement applying the Regulation, shall have one vote. A quorum of not less than one-half of the Contracting Parties applying the Regulation is required for the purpose of taking decisions. For determining the quorum, regional economic integration organizations being Contracting Parties to the Agreement, vote with the number of votes of their member States. The representative of a regional economic integration organization may deliver the votes of its constituent sovereign countries, which apply the Regulation. Draft amendments to Regulations shall be established by a four-fifths majority of those present and voting (Article 12 and Appendix).

Contracting Parties experiencing difficulties in attending the sessions of the Administrative Committee (AC.1) may, exceptionally, be allowed to express their views on items considered in writing, or by delegation of their voting power to other Contracting Parties attending the session (TRANS/WP.29/482, para. 11).

If all Contracting Parties to the Agreement agree, any Regulation adopted under the terms of the previous versions of the Agreement may be treated as though it were a Regulation adopted under the terms of the current version of the Agreement (Article 15, para. 3).

AC.1 will vote on the proposed amendments and corrigenda to existing Regulations of agenda items 4.3, 4.6 to 4.14 and 4.17, taking into account the recommendations of the World Forum.

The Executive Committee shall be composed of all the Contracting Parties in accordance with the rules of procedure set out in Annex B of the 1998 Agreement (ECE/TRANS/132 and Corr.1).

AC.3 agreed to continue consideration of this matter. Contracting Parties to the Agreement were invited to use the notification system developed by the secretariat for the annual reports on the transposition of UN GTRs and their amendments. Contracting Parties can use, as a model, the examples provided by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the United States of America (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1102, paras. 96 and 97). The secretariat will contact the heads of the delegations of the Contracting Parties with pending notifications to facilitate the notification process (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1108, para. 78).

The Contracting Parties shall establish, through an Executive Committee consisting of all the Contracting Parties in conformity with the rules of procedure set out in Annex B and on the basis of the following articles and paragraphs, global technical regulations on safety, environmental protection, energy efficiency, and anti-theft performance of wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles (Article 1, para. 1.1.1).

Proposed new UN GTRs, as well as proposed amendments to established UN GTRs, shall be put to vote. Each country, Contracting Party to the Agreement, shall have one vote. A quorum consisting of not less than one-half of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement is required for the purpose of taking decisions. For determining the quorum, regional economic integration organizations and its member States being Contracting Parties to the Agreement shall be counted as one Contracting Party. The representative of a regional economic integration organization may deliver the votes of its constituent sovereign countries that are Contracting Parties to the Agreement (Annex B, Articles 3 and 5). New draft UN GTRs, as well as draft amendments to established UN GTRs, shall be established by a consensus vote of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement present and voting (Annex B, Article 7.2.).

The Executive Committee should, at the request of any Contracting Party, vote on the listing in the Compendium of Candidates of any national or regional technical regulation, in accordance with the procedure set up in paragraph 7 of Annex B to the Agreement (ECE/TRANS/132 and Corr.1). A quorum consisting of not less than one-half of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement is required for the purpose of taking a vote (Annex B, Article 5).

16.1. Listing Number 11: United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation programmes for Light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards;

16.2. Listing Number 12: United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation Programmes for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles;

16.3. Listing Number 13: United States of America Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, Program for Revisions and Additions to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Label: New Fuel Economy and Environment Labels for a New Generation of Vehicles.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/71, para. 33, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2022/10, not amended.

WP.29 and AC.3 agreed to give guidance by consensus on pending issues of the draft UN GTRs and to its amendments to which the corresponding Working Party has been unable to find a solution (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1085, para. 78).

The Executive Committee may wish to review the work progress of the Working Parties subsidiary to the World Forum on proposals for new UN GTRs and on the development of established UN GTRs listed in the programme of work (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1106, paras. 95-106 and Annex IV). Only the documents of the provisional agenda that are not in brackets require consideration and possible adoption by AC.3. The documents of the provisional agenda in brackets are mentioned as reference documents and, therefore, do not require consideration by the Executive Committee (AC.3).

AC.3 will be informed about the development of the other priorities included in the programme of work (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1106, paras. 107-115 and Annex IV).

The Administrative Committee (AC.4) should be convened if the Contracting Parties to the Agreement so require for adopting decisions regarding the Agreement and or the UN Rules annexed to it. AC.4 shall be composed of all the Contracting Parties in accordance with the rules of procedure set out in Appendix 1 of the 1997 Agreement (ECE/RCTE/CONF/4). A quorum consisting of not less than one-half of the Contracting Parties is required for the purposes of taking decisions (Article 5 of Appendix 1 to the Agreement). At its first session, AC.4 should elect the officials for the year.

WP.29 agreed to transmit proposals for amendments to UN Rules annexed to the 1997 Agreement, if any, to the Administrative Committee AC.4 for consideration and adoption by vote. Proposed amendments to Rules shall be put to the vote. Each country, Contracting Party to the Agreement applying the Rule shall have one vote. A quorum of not less than one-half of the Contracting Parties applying the Rule is required for the purposes of taking decisions. For the determination of the quorum, regional economic integration organizations, being Contracting Parties to the Agreement, vote with the number of votes of their Member States. The representative of a regional economic integration organization may deliver the votes of those of its constituent sovereign countries which apply the UN Rule. Draft amendments to UN Rules shall be established by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting (Appendix 1, Article 6 of the 1997 Agreement). Contracting Parties to the Agreement are invited to be represented either by their representatives from the capitals or from their Missions in Geneva). The vote is expected to take place on Tuesday, 15 November 2022 at the end of the morning session.

WP.29 agreed to transmit the proposals for new UN Rules to the Administrative Committee AC.4 for consideration and adoption by vote, if any. Proposed new Rules shall be put to the vote. Each country, Contracting Party to the Agreement shall have one vote. A quorum of not less than one-half of the Contracting Parties is required for the purposes of taking decisions. For the determination of the quorum, regional economic integration organizations, being Contracting Parties to the Agreement, vote with the number of votes of their Member States. The representative of a regional economic integration organization may deliver the votes of those of its constituent sovereign countries. New UN Rules shall be established by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting (Appendix 1, Article 6 of the 1997 Agreement). Contracting Parties to the Agreement are invited to be represented either by their representatives from the capitals or from their Missions in Geneva). The vote is expected to take place on Tuesday, 15 November 2022 at the end of the morning session.