81. During the consultations, the experts reviewed the proposal tabled by the experts from France and Ireland to insert a reference to ISO/IEC 17021:2015 in Schedule 2 to the 1958 Agreement, aiming to provide the prerequisite requirements for the designation of technical services for UN Regulations that contain auditing provisions. The experts supported the intention of the proposal, they proposed to refer to the relevant sections of that standards to avoid practical and administrative difficulties, they consulted the secretariat on ways to introduce lead-time for such requirements.

82. GRVA noted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2025/37 and agreed to resume consideration of this topic in September 2025 on the basis of an updated proposal.