93. The representative of Japan introduced GRPE-94-39. He requested any inputs to this potential activity to be sent to the GRPE leadership. The representative of the US requested to remove the sentence in para 2. of the draft ToRs that said “Also, vehicles have longer life span than that of battery. Service exchange of battery is expected within the middle of vehicle life, especially for commercial vehicles”. He added that the work could still proceed without this sentence. The Chair invited the representative of Japan to remove this sentence from the draft ToRs.

94. The representative of Recharge expressed interest to be part of any potential task force on this topic.

95. The secretariat introduced GRPE-94-68, as amended during the session, summarizing the outcomes of the proposals considered by GRPE during its session