Mr. Vitaly Komarov, Co-Chair, Ministry of Transport / NIIAT, Russia
Mr. Neboja Arsov, Serbia
Mr. Erik Asplund, Transport Safety Agency, Finland
Mr. Mirko Gordic, Motor Vehicle Center Ltd., Serbia
Ms. Olivera Medar, AMSS-CMV, Serbia
Mr. Sasa Mitic, Serbia
Mr. Dusan Mladenovic, The Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Serbia
Mr. Stefan Mladenovic, Srbija Transport, Serbia
Mr. Takashi Naono, JASIC, Japan
Mr. Vladimir Papic, Center of Automobile, Serbia
Mr. Vladan Popovic, AMSS-CMV, Serbia
Mr. Vladimir Popovic, Serbia
Mr. Morimichi Shimizu, JASIC, Japan
Mr. John Stepenson, DVSA, Great Britain
Mr. Cristian Uta, Romania
Mr. Heens Peeters Weem, RDW, The Netherlands
Mr. Eduard Fernández, CITA, NGO, secretary

Mr. Komarov welcomed all attendees to the meeting.

The agenda was unanimously adopted.

PTI-04-01 | Draft agenda for the 4th PTI informal group session

Mr Raph Schröder sent a mail after the draft minutes were distributed to state that he was not participating on behalf of Germany, but as an expert.

Since any decision is to be taken by the AC.4 by official representatives of the Contracting Parties, the group considered that the mention of the countries of the attendees is purely given as information.

The minutes of the previous meeting has been unanimously approved.

PTI-03-11 | Minutes of the 3rd PTI informal group session

Structure of the output of the group

The structure of the output of this informal working group may contain consolidated resolutions to define all the concepts to develop according item 8 of the ToR.

Any additional item to those included in the mandate of the informal working group will be included in the “Other Tasks” item of the Terms of Reference.

FIN, UK, SER, RO, NL agreed that it will be more useful for the future to bring details to other documents than the 1997 Agreement itself, in order to facilitate future modifications. JAP would join the majority on this.

Schedule

Mr. Komarov presented the document PTI-04-05 with the schedule of the activities of the IWG.
It was agreed that:

<liRevised proposals for revision 2 to Rule 1 and draft amendments to Rule 2 will be sent to the WP.29 in June;
• Provisions for conformity of periodical technical inspection process shall be completed till November 2016.
• The provisions for conformity of periodical technical inspection process will incorporate amendments to the 1997 Vienna Agreement text and draft Mutual Resolution to cover the subjects listed in the item 8 of the ToR.
• CITA will upload its proposals for Electric/hybrid-electric vehicles and LPG/CNG vehicles inspection to be included in the discussion in next meetings. JAP would like that the Rule on Electric/hybrid vehicles is included in current Rule 2, whereas RUS prefers an independent one. GB suggest to decide on whether it has to be an independent Rule after discussing about the draft.

PTI-04-05 | Schedule for development of the 1997 Vienna Agreement on Periodical Technical Inspections

Provisions for conformity of periodical technical inspection process

The document PTI-04-03 has been discussed by the group according to the following:

• Appendix 2: inclusion of a new item 6 with the text “[Odometer reading in the moment of the inspection]” was discussed. Subsequent numbering and references should be adapted in accordance. This subject will be decided during next meeting.
• Appendix 2: the IWG studied the proposal including a reference on the deficiencies found in the vehicle within the inspection certificate. Although the general feeling was not positive, it was agreed that this subject will be discussed in the next meeting. UK mentioned that it may be useful to have the list of minor deficiencies.
• Appendix 2: NL proposed to have the same numbering in the inspection certificate that the Directive 2014/45/EU. This is as well to be dealt with in the next meeting. RO reminded that countries may issue their national certificate.
• Contracting parties have right to decide which Rules they apply. RO stated that all Rules are to be fulfilled and the NL highlighted the importance of having a clear view on what is actually within the scope of every inspection certificate. JAP understand that both Rules are to be adopted at the same time. RS stated that this is out of the ToR and proposed to ask WP. 29 about guidance. The group showed its support to apply all Rules at the same time.
• JAP stated that their inspection report contains more information than the template of the Appendix 2. They can accept this situation since this is only for circulation, and not for registration in that country.
• Appendix 3: RO proposes to delete “quality assurance” from the 2nd paragraph
• Appendix 3, item 1.2. It was agreed to include the last part of the paragraph in square brackets, to be discussed during next meeting.
• Appendix 3: the word “accredited” is changed by “authorized” in all the text.

PTI-04-03 | Draft proposal to amend the 1997 Agreement on Periodical Technical Inspections

Discussion about the document PTI-04-04: Accession by the European Community to the UNECE 1997 Agreement (WP.29-145-11)

The group studied the document PTI-04-04 (Informal Document No. WP.29-145-11) containing the evaluation made by the European Commission regarding the accession of the 1997 Agreement.
It seems that the obstacles impeaching the EU to join the 1997 Agreement may be reduced with the current approach and taking into consideration that when that document was issued, the 1997 Agreement only had the Rule 1.

FIN highlighted that including M1 and N1 vehicle categories into the scope of the Rules may facilitate the accession of the EU. The NL considered that talking about other categories like motorcycles or light trailers may add further difficulties.

RS draw the attention to the fact that including new categories is out of the scope of the ToR.
RO expressed that, according to their view, the most important obstacle for the EU to join is the item 2.2 of the document, underlining that the 1997 Agreement is only applicable to international traffic.

PTI-04-04 | Accession by the European Community to the UNECE 1997 Agreement Overview of European Commission deliberations on accession to the 1997 Agreement. The Commission has determined that the European Community cannot join the agreement in its present form due to incompatibility with the "acquis communautaire". Important divergences exist regarding both its technical aspects and its scope of application, rendering the efforts required to align EU and 1997 Agreement provisions prohibitive in light of anticipated benefits.

Revised proposals for revision 2 to Rule 1

Since not all countries identify the emission requirements with “Euro” levels (Roman and Arabic numbering), the group decided to include the words “or equivalent” after the corresponding references. The group decided ask GRPE for support, in the case a more appropriate wording may be used.

The document PTI-04-08 contains the output of the meeting regarding the proposal for revision of Rule 1. It was agreed to send it to the WP.29 as an informal document for the meeting on June 2016.

PTI-04-08 | Working draft of the revised 1997 Agreement pursuant to the 4th PTI informal group session Draft text to amend the agreement on vehicle technical inspections based on discussions during the May 2016 informal group session.

Revised proposals for draft amendments to Rule 2

The document PTI-04-02 with the proposal of the organization Glass for Europe was discussed. The group preferred not to include the suggestions of this document to keep the Rule 2 as in line as possible with the Directive 2014/45.

The document PTI-04-09 contains the output of the meeting regarding the proposals for draft amendments to Rule 2. It was agreed to send it to the WP.29 as an informal document for the meeting on June 2016.

PTI-04-02 | Proposal to amend UN Rule No. 2

PTI-04-09 | Proposal for amendments to UN Rule No. 1 PTI informal working group proposal to harmonize the provisions of Rule No. 1 with those of the latest Regulations annexed to the 1958 Agreement and the European Union (EU) Directives.

Mr. Uta offered to host the next meeting of the IWG in Bucharest. Tentative dates are 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 14th or 15th September.

The Secretariat of the IWG will ask the members for the most suitable dates.

The document PTI-04-06 (WP.29-168-15) “The performance of vehicle systems in conditions other than those tested in the framework of type-approval or self-certification” was discussed.

The group agreed to consider this mater once the activities specified in the ToR are fulfilled.

Before closing the meeting, Mr. Komarov thanked all the attendees for such fruitful meeting, and all attendees acknowledged AMSS-CSV for hosting the meeting and for their hospitality.

PTI-04-06 | Product performance under conditions outside of type approval or self-certification test methods The performance of automotive systems in conditions other than those tested in the framework of type-approval or self-certification (document WP29-168-15).