Proposal to amend the 1968 Vienna Convention to allow for the use of assistance and/or autonomous systems that control vehicle behavior(s) in place of the driver (which could be viewed to conflict with the Convention requirement that drivers always be able to control their vehicles).

Paper describing safety considerations for remote management of automated vehicles that do not require a human driver inside the vehicle.

German proposals for revision of the Vienna Convention to address the rise of automated driver assistance systems which currently would conflict with ‘driver always in control of the vehicle’ provisions.

WP.1 document, prepared by Belgium, France, Italy, Sweden, and the United States transmitted to WP.29 by Germany, proposing revisions to the Vienna Convention in order to address the rise in automated driver assistance systems.

As the UNECE at the moment is still not in the position for financing DETA, Germany offers to host DETA and bear the one-time license, ramp-up, and annual running costs beginning second quarter 2018 until 2021 subject to certain conditions.

Proposal to specify that Supplement 7 does not apply to type approvals issued prior to its entry-into-force.

Proposal to create a new Informal Working Group on harmonized technical regulatory frameworks for Electric Vehicles (EV) / Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (HFCV) retrofit systems.

Proposal to establish an informal working group to perform a literature review of existing available standards, research, best practice and horizontal regulations relating to the use of artificial intelligence, develop a best practice guidance document for the use and operationalization of artificial intelligence such as machine learning in automotive safety systems, report back to WP.29 with a recommendation for publication of the guidance, and consider the need for further work. Manufacturers present vehicles developed with artificial intelligence features performing safety critical functions. Approval authorities and their technical services lack a frame of reference for auditing such development processes. Horizontal artificial intelligence regulations being developed regionally may not suit automotive sector needs.

Proposal agreed by interested Contracting Parties to resolve concerns regarding “peer review” of cybersecurity type approvals.

Assessment of ISO 4287-1997 and ISO 25178-2016 (Part 1:2016 or 25178 series) regarding the reference standard for the roughness measurement.