27. The Chair of GRPE, Mr. Albus (Germany), reported on the results of GRPE during its seventieth session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/70).

28. [The GRPE Chair] announced that the IWG on Vehicle Propulsion System Definitions (VPSD) would submit a formal proposal for a new Mutual Resolution on Vehicle Powertrain Definitions for the June 2015 session of GRPE.

29. He introduced the informal documents, which list the acronyms and abbreviations used in UN Regulations (WP.29-165-17) and highlighted the problem of using the acronym ‘RESS’ to describe both the ‘Non-original Replacement Exhaust Silencer System’ and the ‘Non-original Replacement Exhaust System and Rechargeable Energy Storage System’ (WP.29-165-16). The World Forum endorsed the content of document WP.29-165-16 and referred the choice to its subsidiary bodies. The secretariat added that the document WP.29-165-17 would be made available on the UNECE website and it would continue to be updated on a regular basis.

30. The Chair of GRPE informed WP.29 that GRPE had agreed to establish a new IWG on Vehicles Interior Air Quality (VIAQ) following the guidance of WP.29 and AC.3 at their November 2014 sessions, and adopted the Terms of Reference of the IWG on VIAQ. The representative of the Republic of Korea stated the satisfaction of his country for the adoption of the Terms of Reference of the IWG by GRPE. He announced that the next meeting of the Group was scheduled to be held in Paris on 17 March 2015.