34. The representative of OICA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2024/12 as amended by GRPE-90-12. The Chair welcomed the effort from OICA and acknowledged UN GTR No. 15 was getting outdated and needed an upgrade. He recalled at least one contracting party would be needed to submit the updated proposal to AC.3. The representative of OICA emphasized the activity on Annex 13 on the low temperature test were of particular importance given potential regional adoption of this annex.

35. The representative of the EC highlighted the importance of this activity, and informed GRPE that the lack of involvement of the EC was due to a lack of resources, but would try to have a closer attempt of getting support from the EC to submit an updated amendment to UN GTR No. 15 in the near future at forthcoming sessions of AC.3. He further added that the Euro 7 proposal was indeed considering to adopt Annex 13 in its regulatory package and requested any further substantive insights on the areas of the text that would need to be improved.

36. The representative of AAPC introduced GRPE-90-34. The representative of the Netherlands supported the proposal, indicating that when looking at the reference document (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/202/128), the reference to ISO 14229:2013 seemed to be missing, and he sought further clarifications. The representative of APPC informed that the 2013 version of this ISO standard had been overtaken by the 2020 version, and that this standard was not present in UN Regulation No. 154. He invited GRPE to have an overall revisit of ISO references in both UN Regulation No. 154 and UN GTR No. 15 when possible.