27. The GRBP Chair reported on the results achieved by GRBP at its seventy-sixth session (for details, see the report of the session ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/74).

28. He mentioned that GRBP had adopted a new 04 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 117 (Tyre rolling resistance, rolling noise and wet grip) introducing new requirements for wet grip and rolling resistance.

29. He pointed out that GRBP had discussed the possible use of the “Unique Identifier” (UI) in UN Regulations in the GRBP purview and agreed that it would not bring additional benefits at this stage.

30. WP.29 noted that GRBP had elected by acclamation Mr. S. Ficheux (France) as Chair for the year 2023 and had elected by secret ballot Mr. B. Schüttler (Germany) as Vice-Chair for the year 2023.