2. The Director of the Transport Division welcomed the participants. She reported on the results of the seventy-fourth session (28 February – 1 March 2012) of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC). She mentioned that the strategic note and the road map on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) were adopted. Speaking about the review of the ECE reform by the ECE Executive Committee (EXCOM) and her expectations to obtain additional resources for the Transport Division, she offered the opportunity to the government representatives of the World Forum to make comments on the documents to be presented at EXCOM. She mentioned that a strategic paper on the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety was adopted by ITC. Finally, she congratulated the representative of Italy for his election into the ITC Bureau.

3. She pointed out the contributions of the UNECE to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and requested the support of WP.29 representatives for establishing a Sustainable Development Goal on Transport. She also informed WP.29 about a round table scheduled for the 19 March 2012, addressing inconsistency issues between the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and the vehicle regulations adopted in the framework of the 1958 and 1998 Agreements. Finally, she invited interested representatives to attend the meeting of experts, scheduled for the 24 of April 2012, on the development of the UN Development Account (UNDA) project on transport and climate change for future inland transport systems (ForFITS), which addresses CO2 reduction in inland transport.

4. The representative of the United States of America stated that his country values the work of WP.29 and the 1998 Agreement. He expressed his support for the work of the World Forum and emphasized the need for the UNECE Transport Division to allocate sufficient resources to the work of WP.29 during this difficult time of budget evaluations.

To that end, he asked that the documentation being prepared by the secretariat be shared with WP.29 governmental delegates prior to the meeting of the UNECE Executive Committee. The Director of the Transport Division responded positively to the request. The Director of the Automotive Industry Department of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Mr. A. Rakhmanov, underlined the high importance of WP.29 activities for Russian Federation and Custom Union in general. He expressed concerns regarding the reduction of staff at the WP.29 secretariat.

1. The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) held its 156th session from 13 to 16 March 2012, chaired by Mr. B. Kisulenko (Russian Federation). The following countries were represented, following Rule 1(a) of the Rules of Procedure of WP.29 (TRANS/WP.29/690 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/690/Amend.1): Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, People’s Republic of China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Republic of South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. Representatives of the European Union (EU) participated.

The following non-governmental organizations were also represented:

• International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA)
• International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)
• European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA/MEMA/JAPIA)
• Working Party “Brussels 1952” (GTB)
• Association for Emission Control by Catalyst (AECC)
• International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee (CITA)
• FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society and FIA Mobility (FIA)
• Consumers International (CI)

At the invitation of the secretariat, the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organization (ETRTO) and the University of Sao Paolo also participated.

5. The provisional annotated agenda for the session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1094) was adopted with the amendments noted below:

• (a) Addition of agenda items:
  • Regarding informal document WP.29-153-34
  • 4.2.4. Request for guidance regarding the non-conformity of after-market light-sources
  • 4.13.1. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/29 ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/29/Corr.1, Corrigendum 1 to Revision 6 to Regulation No. 37 (Filament lamps)
  • 4.13.2. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/38 Proposal for Corrigendum 1 to Revision 2 to Regulation No. 51 (Noise emissions)
  • 4.13.3. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/39 Proposal for Corrigendum 1 to Revision 5 to Regulation No. 49 (Emissions of C.I. and P.I. (LPG and CNG) engines)
  • 4.13.4. ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/40 Proposal for Corrigendum 2 to Revision 2 of Regulation No. 13-H (Brakes of M1 and N1 vehicles)
  • 8.11 ISO Brochure
  • 8.12 Establishment of an informal working group under GRPE to develop a frame system of terms, definitions and classifications regarding vehicle propulsion systems

• (b) Addition and correction of document references for items:
  • 2.2. Add ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1093/Corr.2
  • 3.3. Add ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRE/66/Corr.1
  • 4.10.3. Replace “Annex x” by “Annex III”
  • 4.11. Add ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/27/Corr.1
  • 5.1. Delete ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1073/Rev.5 – Status of 1998 Agreement
  • 8.8. Add ECE/TRANS/2012/4
  • 18.1. Add ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2012/36/Corr.1
  • 19. Regarding informal document WP.29-152-18 For “CLEPA” Read “CLEPA/MEMA/JAPIA”
  • 19. Regarding informal document WP.29-153-34 For “CLEPA” Read “CLEPA/MEMA/JAPIA”

• (c) Items or documents postponed for a further session:
  • 4.14.3. to 4.16.3.

6. The informal documents distributed during the session are listed in Annex I to this report.

WP.29/1094 | Annotated provisional agenda for the 156th session of the World Forum

101. WP. 29 endorsed the proposal of the Chair of GRPE for establishing an informal working group on Vehicle Propulsion System Definitions (VPSD), under the chairmanship of Germany (WP.29-156-26). The World Forum approved the terms of reference of the informal working group as reproduced below:
(a) VPSD under GRPE will be chaired by Germany, participation is open for everybody.
(b) VPSD will work in close cooperation with the informal working group on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures, subgroup on the Development of the Test Procedure (WLTP-DTP) and the WLTP drafting manager.
(c) VPSD shall:

• (i) Review existing UN Regulations and UN GTRs concerning terms, definitions and classifications regarding vehicle propulsion systems.
• (ii) Review the related definitions in the current draft of the WLTP GTR.
• (iii) Develop a proposal for a frame system of terms, definitions and classifications regarding vehicle propulsion systems for the introduction into the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) and on the Special Resolution No. 1 (S.R.1).

WP.29-156-26 | Draft terms of reference for Vehicle Propulsion Systems Definitions task force Draft Terms of Reference for a Task Force Group under GRPE to develop a framework for terms, definitions and classifications regarding vehicle propulsion systems.