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 144th 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, calendar of meetings 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).

WP.29 will receive deliverables from the Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA) including these prepared by the Informal Working Groups on Functional Requirements for Automated Vehicles (FRAV), on Validation Method for Automated Driving (VMAD) and on Event Data Recorder/Data Storage System for Automated Driving (DSSAD).

The World Forum agreed to review an amendment proposal to the Framework Document annex that reflects inter alia the decision made at the November 2023 session regarding the establishment of the informal working group on Automated Driving System as well as a document on artificial intelligence in the context of vehicles and their technical regulations prepared by GRVA.

The secretariat will inform the World Forum about the relevant decisions taken by the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) at its eighty-sixth session (20 to 23 February 2024), including ITC decisions regarding the ITC strategy to reduce GHG emissions from inland transport.

The World Forum is expected to consider and approve the reports of the Working Parties on Noise and Tyres (GRBP), Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA), General Safety Provisions (GRSG) and Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE).

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

The Chair of GRPE 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 GRBP 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.32, containing all information received by secretariat up to 20 February 2024. Subsequent modifications to the original status document will be available in the document “informal updated version of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/343/Rev.32”. The document will be available at (https://unece.org/status-1958-agreement-and-annexed-regulations).

Information on notified Type Approval Authorities and designated Technical Services is made available via the online tool: https://apps.unece.org/WP29_application/.

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 proposal for Revision 3 of the draft guidelines on amendments to UN Regulations at the March 2022 session.

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 UN Regulation No. 0.

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 at 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.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/76, para. 18, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2023/18.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/76, para. 19, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRBP/2023/9.

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/GRVA/17, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/24.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/17, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/24.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/17, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/24.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/17, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/27 and informal document GRVA-18-15.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/17, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/26 and informal document GRVA-18-15.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/17, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/23.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/17, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2023/25, as amended during the session (as reflected in the session report).

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/GRSG/105, para. 9, based on GRSG-126-25-Rev.1, as reproduced by annex III to the report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/105, para. 10, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2023/20, not amended.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/105, para. 13, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2023/21, as amended by annex IV to the session report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/105, para. 9, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2023/23, as amended by annex III to the session report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/105, para. 17, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2023/18, as amended by annex VI to the session report.

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/GRE/89, para. 37, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/26.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, para. 14, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/24 and informal document GRE-89-20.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, para. 38, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/22.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, paras. 8 and 15, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/13 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/19.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, paras. 8 and 15, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/13 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/19.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, paras. 8, 15 and 16, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/13, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/19, and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/20.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, para. 14, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/25.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, paras. 9 and 16, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/14 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/20.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, para. 10, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/15.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, paras. 10, 29, 30 and 31, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/15, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/18, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/23, and GRE-89-28.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, para. 9, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/16.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, paras. 9 and 32, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/16 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/21.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, para. 21, based on GRE-89-02-Rev.3, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2020/08/Rev.3, Annex II to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/88, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/13, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/19, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/20, GRE-88-16-Rev.3, GRE-88-18, GRE-88-24, GRE-88-27, GRE-89-04 and GRE-89-18.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, para. 29, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/17 and GRE-89-28.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/89, para. 29, based on ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/2023/17 and GRE-89-28.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/105, para. 6, based on GRSG-126-36, as reproduced by annex II to the session report.

ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/18, based on informal document GRVA-18-07/Rev.2.

No proposal for amendments to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) has been submitted.

No proposal for amendments to the Consolidated Resolution on the common specification of light source categories (R.E.5) has been submitted.

No proposal for amendments to the Mutual Resolutions of the 1958 and the 1998 Agreements has been submitted.

No proposal for a new Mutual Resolutions of the 1958 and the 1998 Agreements has been submitted.

The secretariat will present an updated list of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement, the adopted UN GTRs, 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.

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

The World Forum may wish to consider proposals for establishment of new UN Rules to be annexed to the 1997 Agreement for their possible adoption by AC.4, if any.

The World Forum may wish to consider proposals for amendments of UN Rules annexed to the 1997 Agreement for their possible adoption by AC.4., 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 implementation of the framework document on vehicle whole-life compliance.

The World Forum may wish to be informed about any development of the work of the IWG (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1108, para. 66).

The secretariat is investigating the possibilities for organizing a joint meeting of the World Forum with the Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) about common interest in automated driving.

The World Forum may wish to be informed about recent development of the implementation of the global plan for the decade of action for road safety 2021-2030, related to safer vehicles.

The World Forum may wish to be informed about recent development of the work on a set of minimum safety and environmental regulations the IWG on Safer and cleaner used and new vehicles for low- and middle-income countries (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1161, para 159).

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

The World Forum may wish to receive a presentation from the secretariat of the Breakthrough Agenda on the activity of the initiative on road transport. WP.29 may wish to discuss any follow-up actions to contribute to these activities.

In accordance with established practice, the World Forum will adopt the report on its 192nd session on the basis of a draft prepared by the secretariat.
The report shall also include sections on the:

1. Eighty sixth session of the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement;
2. Sixty-nineth session of the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement; and
3. Fifteenth 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 Appendix 1 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).

Amendments to the Schedules of Administrative and Procedural Provisions shall be established by the Administrative Committee. Proposed amendments to the Schedules of Administrative and Procedural Provisions shall be voted on. Each Contracting Party to the Agreement applying one or more UN Regulations shall have one vote. A quorum of not less than half of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement applying one or more UN Regulations 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 one or more UN Regulations. Draft amendments to the Schedules of Administrative and Procedural Provisions shall be established by unanimous vote of those present and voting (Article 13bis and Appendix 1).

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

AC.1 will vote on the proposed amendments and corrigenda to existing UN Regulations of agenda items 4.6 to 4.13, 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 (Articles 5 to 5.2.) of the 1998 Agreement (ECE/TRANS/132 and Corr.1). At its first session, AC.3 is expected to elect the officers for the year.

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, UN GTRs 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 Article 7.1 of Annex B to the Agreement (ECE/TRANS/132 and Corr.1). A national or regional regulation shall be listed in the Compendium of Candidates by an affirmative vote of either at least one-third of the Contracting Parties present and voting (as defined in Article 5.2. of this Annex), or one-third of the total number of votes cast, whichever is more favourable to achieving an affirmative vote. A listed technical regulation shall be removed from the Compendium of Candidates at the end of the 5-year period following the regulation’s listing under Article 5, and at the end of each subsequent 5-year period, unless the Executive Committee reaffirms (Article 5.3.2.), by an affirmative vote in accordance with paragraph 7.1. of Article 7 of Annex B, the listing of the technical regulation in the Compendium of Candidates.

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 GTR 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).

AC.3 is invited to consider a proposal of amendments to Guidance on Event Data Recorder Performance Elements Appropriate for Adoption in the 1958 and 1998 Agreement Resolutions or Regulations.

AC.3 is invited to continue consideration on global information and statistics related to children left in vehicles.

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 Wednesday, 8 March 2024 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 Wednesday, 8 March 2024 at the end of the morning session.