1. The Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) held its sixty-seventh session on 14 November 2013, with Mr. Christoph Albus (Germany) as Chair and Mr. Shrikant Marathe (India) as vice-Chair. Experts from the following countries participated in the work following Rule 1(a) of the Rules of Procedure of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) (TRANS/WP.29/690, as amended): Belgium; China; France; Germany; Hungary; India; Italy; Japan; Netherlands; Norway; Republic of Korea (Korea); Romania; Russian Federation; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK); United States of America (USA). Experts from the European Commission (EC) also participated. Experts from the following non-governmental organizations took part in the session: Association for Emissions Control by Catalyst (AECC); Consumers International (CI); European Association of Automobile Suppliers (CLEPA/MEMA/JAPIA); European Tyre and Rim Technical Organization (ETRTO); International Automobile Federation (FIA); and International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA).

2. GRPE adopted the agenda (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2013/12), as amended by GRPE-67-08.

3. The informal documents distributed during the GRPE session are listed in Annex I of the session report.

GRPE-67-08 | Annotated provisional agenda for the 67th GRPE session: Revised Agenda revised with updated annotations.

GRPE/2013/12 | Annotated provisional agenda for the 67th GRPE session Agenda for the special GRPE session intended to finalize the draft GTR Worldwide Light vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) to establish uniform light vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency test procedures.

GRPE/67 | Report of the GRPE on its 67th session Report of the special session of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy to consider the initial version of the light vehicle emissions GTR for submission to WP.29 for adoption.

4. Following a brief introduction from the GRPE Chair and the Technical Secretary of the WLTP informal working group, the draft manager of the WLTP UN GTR presented GRPE-67-07, outlining the development of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2013/13 and describing the amendments proposed in GRPE-67-04-Rev.1.

GRPE-67-04/Rev.1 | Proposal for a new UN Global Technical Regulation on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP): Revision 1 Revised text of the proposed new GTR on light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption as submitted by the WLTP UN GTR draft manager with last-minute corrections.

GRPE-67-07 | A new UN GTR on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP) Brief presentation from the WLTP GTR draft manager reviewing the text preparation history and latest amendments to the draft proposal.

GRPE/2013/13 | Proposal for a new UN Global Technical Regulation on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures Final draft version of the WLTP global technical regulation for review and eventual approval at the Working Party on Pollution and Energy special session set for 14 November 2013.

5. The Chair of GRPE introduced the draft report on the development of the WLTP UN GTR (GRPE-67-05-Rev.3) and explained that it was prepared by the secretariat on the basis of the technical reports of the WLTP subgroups (GRPE-67-01 and GRPE-67-03), in agreement with the Technical Secretary of the WLTP informal working group and the Chairs of the WLTP subgroups. The expert from OICA provided details on the content of the technical reports of the WLTP subgroups, also explaining that they are still in a draft form. In agreement with the Chairs of the subgroups on the Development of the Test Procedure (DTP) and the Development of the Harmonized driving Cycle (DHC), he announced that a final version of these texts will be submitted to GRPE in the January 2014 session. The secretariat stated that the symbols GRPE-68-03 and GRPE-68-04 will be reserved for these documents. The Chair of GRPE suggested making explicit references to these documents in the technical report of the WLTP UN GTR.

GRPE-67-01 | Development of a World-wide Worldwide harmonized Light duty driving Test Procedure (WLTP): Draft Technical Report (version 3) Draft report on the development of the WLTP test procedure for consideration at the special GRPE session scheduled to finalize the WLTP regulation.

GRPE-67-05/Rev.3 | Report on the development of a new UN Global Technical Regulation on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP): Revision 3 Update of the draft report, presenting the work of the WLTP subgroups, on the development of the GTR on light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption as submitted by the GRPE secretariat.

6. GRPE adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2013/13, as amended by GRPE-67-04- Rev.1, and requested the secretariat to submit the adopted proposal to WP.29 and AC.3 for consideration at their March 2014 session. GRPE also adopted GRPE-67-05-Rev.3, as reproduced in Annex II of the session report, including explicit references to GRPE-68-03 and GRPE-68-04 in paragraphs 51 and 73, respectively. The Chair of GRPE expressed his appreciation for the contribution of all experts that took part in the WLTP UN GTR development.

GRPE-67-04/Rev.1 | Proposal for a new UN Global Technical Regulation on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP): Revision 1 Revised text of the proposed new GTR on light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption as submitted by the WLTP UN GTR draft manager with last-minute corrections.

GRPE/2013/13 | Proposal for a new UN Global Technical Regulation on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures Final draft version of the WLTP global technical regulation for review and eventual approval at the Working Party on Pollution and Energy special session set for 14 November 2013.

GRPE/67 | Report of the GRPE on its 67th session Report of the special session of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy to consider the initial version of the light vehicle emissions GTR for submission to WP.29 for adoption.

7. Having echoed the acknowledgements of the Chair of GRPE for the work on the WLTP, the expert from OICA introduced GRPE-67-02, recalling the need to continue to work on the development of the WLTP UN GTR.

GRPE-67-02 | OICA statement on the development of the draft UN GTR on Worldwide harmonized Light vehicle Test Procedures (WLTP) OICA statement praising the successful work towards producing the first-phase regulation on light vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency, including for electric vehicles. However, OICA also notes the large number of open issues remaining to be resolved, including those intended for future phases of development.

8. The Chair of GRPE reported that WP.29 considered, in its November 2013 session, a proposal to prolong the mandate of the WLTP informal working group until the end of 2015 (WP.29-161-14, corresponding to GRPE-67-06). This will be submitted to WP.29 as an official document for formal adoption in the March 2014 session. The expert from the EC, co-sponsoring this proposal with Japan, explained that it contains provisions defining the activities of phase 1b. He explained that the work of phase 1b relates to technical elements that were originally included in phase 1 but not addressed in the WLTP UN GTR proposal that was just adopted by GRPE, as well as other issues that may emerge from the continued activities related with the development of the test procedure. This will lead to the delivery of a first amendment of the WLTP UN GTR by the end of the mandate extension. The further development of the WLTP UN GTR concerning other issues that were originally foreseen beyond phase 1, such as On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) and low-temperature testing, will be the subject of phase 2, following the completion of phase 1b.

GRPE-67-06 | Request to extend the mandate of the WLTP informal group through 2015 Request to continue development, through a second phase following adoption of the current draft GTR, of the light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption test cycle in order to improve certain technical aspects in the current cycle.

WP.29-161-14 | Request to extend the mandate of the WLTP informal group through 2015 Request to continue development, through a second phase following adoption of the current draft GTR, of the light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption test cycle in order to improve certain technical aspects in the current cycle.

9. The Chair of GRPE pointed out that, since power and maximum speed are used for the definition of vehicle classes, the determination of these values for hybrid electric vehicle and pure electric vehicles will need to be clearly defined, according to the work plan of phase 1b, in the amended WLTP UN GTR. He underlined that this should not result in the development of specific harmonized test procedures for the measurement of power and maximum speed of electrified vehicles within the same UN GTR. The latter should eventually be developed in other UN GTRs.

10. The expert from OICA mentioned that round-robin testing is an independent activity undertaken by industry during phase 1b. The Chair of GRPE expressed his expectation that information will be shared with the WLTP experts, contributing to the outcome of the work outlined in phase 1b. The expert from OICA confirmed this and expressed the wish to include the participation of public research laboratories in this activity. He also proposed to consider the round Robin activities as an official part of phase 1b. GRPE invited the co-sponsors to clarify whether this is the case by the next session of GRPE, in January 2014.

11. The WLTP Technical Secretary illustrated a proposal, also outlined in GRPE-67-06 and WP.29-161-14, on how to structure the subgroups under the WLTP informal working group. The experts from EC and Japan stated that a proposal indicating the names of the Chairs and Secretaries of the WLTP informal working group will be finalized for the January 2014 session of GRPE. The expert from OICA invited contracting parties to consider the possibility to identify a role for a representative of OICA in the structure of the group. The Chair of GRPE invited the two co-sponsors (Japan and the EC) to consider this request.

GRPE-67-06 | Request to extend the mandate of the WLTP informal group through 2015 Request to continue development, through a second phase following adoption of the current draft GTR, of the light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption test cycle in order to improve certain technical aspects in the current cycle.

WP.29-161-14 | Request to extend the mandate of the WLTP informal group through 2015 Request to continue development, through a second phase following adoption of the current draft GTR, of the light vehicle emissions and fuel consumption test cycle in order to improve certain technical aspects in the current cycle.

12. GRPE agreed with the suggestion of the GRPE Chair that the WLTP informal working group should, during the mandate to work on phase 1b, also start planning the activities of phase 2.

13. The GRPE Chair informed GRPE about the decision, endorsed by WP.29 in its November 2013 session, to organize a meeting between the technical sponsors, Chairs and secretaries of the WLTP and EVE informal working groups during the January 2014 session of GRPE. This is especially relevant to align the activities of these groups, clearly identifying which subjects will be addressed by each group in respect of the development of future UN GTR.

14. There were no proposals to discuss other business.