76. The fortieth session of the Executive Committee (AC.3) was held on 12-13 March 2014. The representatives of 13 of the 19 Contracting Parties to the Agreement attended: Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom), India, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, South Africa, Turkey and the United States of America.

77. At the proposal of the representative from Germany, Mr. K. Simon (United States of America) was unanimously elected Chair and Mr. I. Yarnold (EU) was unanimously elected Vice-Chair for 2014.