6. Introducing GRPE-68-06, the secretariat informed GRPE about items discussed in the 160th and 161st sessions of the World Forum (held in June 2013 and November 2013) (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1104 and Add.1, ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1106).

7. The reports of the sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth GRPE sessions were approved by WP.29. All documents transmitted by GRPE, including in particular the two new UN Regulations on Retrofit Emission Control (REC) and on the recyclability of motor vehicles, were adopted by the World Forum.

8. AC.3 agreed with the proposal by the EC and Japan to start working on the development of the first amendment to the WLTP UN GTR (as defined in ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/27, filed for consideration and possible adoption by WP.29 in March 2014, jointly with ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/28, the final report on this activity). The formal endorsement of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/30, containing detailed information on the organization of the WLTP informal working group and a proposal for the extension of its mandate until the November 2016 is scheduled for the March 2014 session of WP.29.

9. AC.3 endorsed ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2013/127, a proposal by the EC to develop amendments to UN GTR No. 2, eventually contemplating the possibility to develop new UN GTRs and UN Regulations. The results and the final report on this activity are expected in 2016.

10. Following the information on the development of the activities of the EVE informal working group, WP.29 agreed with the proposed schedule of the circulation of the EVE regulatory reference guide (draft in the current GRPE session, official document for the June 2014 session of GRPE, and consideration by WP.29 in November 2014). In order to define how to address future regulatory aspects that have implications for both the WLTP and EVE informal working groups, the World Forum also recommended setting up a coordination meeting between the Chairs and secretaries of the two informal working groups.

11. WP.29 agreed to extend the VPSD informal working group mandate to June 2014.

12. The World Forum endorsed WP.29-160-19-Rev.1 as contribution of the Transport Division to the UNECE position on the issue of diesel exhaust emissions. Following the submission of informal documents by the Russian Federation, WP.29 also agreed with the GRPE decision to assign the follow-up of the issues concerning the emissions of particles from tyre and brake wear to the PMP informal working group.

13. Following the presentation by the Republic of Korea of a proposal to consider regulatory actions on VIAQ and the subsequent discussion, WP.29 agreed that it is necessary to collect more information on the subject and analyse it further before deciding upon the eventual development a UN GTR.