4. The 103rd session of Administrative Committee (WP.29/AC.2), considering the coordination and organization of work of the World Forum, was held on 21 June 2010 under the chairmanship of Mr. B. Gauvin (France) and was attended by Canada, the European Union (EU), France, Germany, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

5. The Administrative Committee considered the provisional agenda for the current session (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1084 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1084/Add.1) and recommended the modifications mentioned in paragraph 2 above.

6. The Administrative Committee WP.29/AC.2 considered the legal questions related to the 1958 Agreement raised at the November 2009 session of the World Forum as well at the March 2010 session of WP.29/AC.2, regarding the scope and the administrative provisions of the Regulations, the mutual recognition of UNECE type approvals, the development of new Regulations as well as the need to amend the guidelines for Transitional Provisions in the Regulations (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1079, paras. 44, 60 and 65 as well as ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1083, para. 16). WP.29/AC.2 will continue consideration of these matters and the future development of the 1958 Agreement at its November 2010 session on the basis of new proposals by the secretariat.

7. WP.29/AC.2 noted the latest information on the Round Table on Climate Change and Transport available at the website of the World Forum (http://www.unece.org/trans/events/ClimateChange_Transport.html).

8. The secretariat informed the Administrative Committee about the process to select a suitable candidate for the new P3 position. It was noted that the interviews with the candidates would be initiated during the current month of June.

9. The secretariat informed the Administrative Committee that a new format for documents would be mandatory as of 1 July 2010. WP.29/AC.2 recommended that some exceptions (i.e. tables, headers, cover pages, etc.) to this new format should be allowed to the regulations linked to the legal Agreements, to some documents linked to them (i.e. the status of the Agreements) as well as to the agenda of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29). The Administrative Committee also recommended that the proposals submitted by WP.29 representatives and by experts participating in the Working Parties follow the new format.

10. WP.29/AC.2 reviewed the draft agenda of the 151st session of the World Forum and recommended the amendments mentioned in paragraph 2 above. It was also recommended that agenda item 5.1. be considered by the World Forum and the rest of the agenda items regarding the 1998 Agreement be considered by the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement AC.3. WP.29/AC.2 also recommended that the Administrative Committee of the 1997 Agreement (AC.4) should not meet during this session.

11. WP.29/AC.2 reviewed the draft agenda of the 152nd session of the World Forum, scheduled to be held in Geneva from 9 to 12 November 2010.

12. The Administrative Committee was informed by the secretariat about the initiative of UNECE to launch, in cooperation with the other United Nations Regional Commission, a new project funded by the United Nations Development Account (UNDA) aimed at: (a) raising awareness of the levels of CO2 emissions in the inland transport sector, (b) developing a web-based uniform tool for the monitoring and assessment of inland transport CO2 emissions including a transport policy converter and © organizing capacity building workshops in every United Nations region to improve the skills of users of the CO2 assessment tool. The secretariat volunteered to provide detailed information on this project at the November 2010 session of the World Forum.

13. WP.29/AC.2 recommended to revise the publication “WP.29, how it works, how to join it”. All representatives were invited to provide the secretariat with a list of changes to be introduced in the revised publication for consideration at the next session.

14. WP.29/AC.2 noted that, following the decision of the Bureau of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) at its June 2010 session, a meeting of the Chairs of its Subsidiary Bodies would be organized during the March 2011 session of ITC.

15. The World Forum adopted the report of the Administrative Committee on its 103rd session and its recommendations.