112. WP.29 noted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1074/Rev.18 and Amend.1 on the status of the agreement, including the status of the UN Rules annexed to the agreement, the list of the contracting parties to the agreement and of their administrative departments and encouraged the contracting parties to the 1997 Agreement to provide relevant updated information to the secretariat, as needed. This included a related update notified by the Republic of Belarus on 4 March 2024.

113. The representative of Belarus provided an update regarding the implementation of the 1997 Agreement in their Country. In addition he presented another notification by the Republic of Belarus regarding Technical Inspection Certificates which are in use in the Contracting Parties as an alternative to the model of Appendix 2 of the Agreement (para. 4 Appendix 2). He provided details on the conditions of obtention, and on the format of the certificates delivered by the proper authorities of the Country following a periodic technical inspection and displayed a specimen of the national inspection certificate used as alternative to the international technical inspection certificate.