17. The expert from the Russian Federation introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/39 as a revision of an earlier proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2023/2). He added that the proposal included the definitions “escape hatch” and “emergency exit”, in line with UN Regulation No. 107, and the revised testing provisions in annex 5 of the UN Regulation. The expert from OICA introduced GRSG-128-18 arguing that some of the provisions on seat strength were already covered by UN Regulation No. 80 (Strength of seats and their anchorages (buses)). Moreover, he added that the proposal led to an increase stringency that needed a new series of amendments. The expert from Germany expressed reservation on the proposed post-collision test and that a separate test should be added. The expert from Sweden supported the expert from Germany. The experts from France and Italy supported the position of the expert from OICA. The expert from the Russian Federation introduced a revised proposal (GRSG-128-43) superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSG/2024/39. The expert from Italy expressed a study reservation and stated his intention to send comments to the expert of the Russian Federation. The expert from Germany suggested that a meeting with interested parties should check the list of objects proposed by GRSG-128-43 that should stay in place in the bus after a crash. The expert from France made a proviso, a caveat, that this list that could be covered by national legislation. Finally, the expert from the Russian Federation agreed to organise a meeting with interested experts and announced a revised proposal for the April 2025 session of GRSG.