Calendar, pending confirmation, of the World Forum and of its six Working Parties for 2013.

List of the chairpersons of the WP.29 working parties and expert groups working on regulatory initiatives.

The APEC Automotive Dialogue is a forum to map-out strategies for increasing the integration and development of the automotive sector within the Asia/Pacific region. This presentation was delivered by the WP.29 chairman at the 16th Automotive Dialogue meeting of 28-29 May 2012 in Kazan, Russia.

Times and places for meetings of the DETA informal working group, EU Member States coordinating session, tyre industry, and informal working group on a GTR for tyres.

OICA proposal to transpose EU Directive 2005/64/EC on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability, recyclability and recoverability and its amendment, Commission Directive 2009/1/EC, into international legislation.

Updated text pursuant to the 16 March 2012 meeting of the informal working group on Intelligent Transport Systems.

Document prepared by the secretariat to provide participants with a template for the preparation of official documents for the sessions of the WP.29 working parties. It also contains a model for the proposal of a new UN Regulation or a consolidated text of an existing one.

Templates for documents to be submitted to the Working Parties (GRs) and to the World Forum WP.29

WP.29 agreed to extend the scope of UN Rule Nos. 1 and 2 to cover light vehicles to render the Agreement more useful for emerging economies and for those countries not having a periodical technical inspection (PTI) system. CITA proposes an ‘upgrade’ based on corresponding EU directives.

Side-by-side comparison of the provisions of the EU directive on vehicle roadworthiness inspections and those of UN Rule No. 2 under the 1997 Agreement on periodical technical inspections.

Proposal to develop amendments to UN GTR No. 12 on motorcycle controls, tell-tales and indicators in order to make editorial changes and introduce a gear shift pattern that had been discussed but had been overlooked in the introduction of GTR 12.

GTB perspectives on the GRE proposal for Supplement 1 to the 05 series of amendments to Regulation No. 48.

GTB perspectives on ways to simplify and streamline the complex body of lighting regulations in response to EU concerns expressed at the 156th WP.29 session.

Form for noting the results of voting on the amendment to the GTR on door locks.

Update from India on the status of work with the United States on the preliminary report on aspects of environmentally friendly vehicles, such as automotive technologies, alternate fuels, electric, hybrid, fuel cell, solar, and air vehicles, aerodynamics, consumer labeling, tires, etc.

Guidance for the chairs and/or secretaries of the WP.29 informal working groups on how to use the UN World Forum website to upload documents of their groups.

UK and USA proposal for a new WP.29 document that would maintain specifications for test tools and devices used in UN Regulations and GTR. The resolution would permit a streamlining of references to test devices prescribed in the regulations.

WP.29 secretariat summary of the status of the various GTR and activities towards their development and the development of new GTR.

Agenda for the first working session (second meeting following the organizational session) of the informal group formed to exchange information on enforcement and compliance issues.

Report on the first session of the informal working group established to develop a global technical regulation for electric vehicle safety.

Proposed guidelines for the scope, objectives, and procedures of the informal group established to develop a global technical regulation on electric vehicle safety.

Status report on the effort to introduce the FlexPLI lower legform impactor test tool into the global technical regulation on pedestrian safety.

Progress report from the group working to establish an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

Presentation on the significance of WP.29 within the EU’s Competitive Automotive Regulatory System for the 21st Century program and strategic vision for 2020.

Presentation on changes to the WP.29 website to permit informal group leaders to upload documents directly onto the site.

Review of Global NCAP activities and priorities.