135. AC.3 noted the information, as of 3 November 2020, on the status of the Agreement of the Global Registry and of the Compendium of Candidates (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1073/Rev.28), the status of the priorities of the 1998 Agreement (based on WP.29-182-10 as reproduced in Annex IV to this report) and items on which the exchange of views should continue. AC.3 noted that notifications and the mandatory reports on the transposition process through their Permanent Missions in Geneva to the secretariat, are publicly accessible. AC.3 recalled its agreement to always send the above-mentioned reports and notifications through their Permanent Missions in Geneva and directly to the secretariat (email: edoardo.gianotti@un.org) to ensure updating of the status document, which is the monitoring tool of the agreement. AC.3 noted that since March 2020, no status reports or final notifications were submitted. Therefore, AC.3 warmly reiterated its request to its Contracting Parties to send the above-mentioned status report and notifications as one of the main obligations of the 1998 Agreement. Moreover, it was noted that this action would imply that representatives would provide the secretariat with the coordinates of their corresponding focal points to the agreement, appointed in their capitals to draft the reports and notifications to keep them informed in the exchange of information through the above-mentioned website.

124. The secretariat presented WP.29-182-09, the Inland Transport Committee and Road Safety Progress Report of the ECE Road Safety Action Plan 2011-2020. WP.29 took note of the document and extended its support to activities and achievements described. WP.29 noted the great extent of WP.29 work contribution in enhancing road-safety and that the document would be presented at the 2021 session of the Inland Transport Committee. Finally, the World Forum requested that a similar document would be performed by the secretariat for the next decade of action proclaimed by the General Assembly Resolution (A/74/L.86) for the period 2021-2030.

22. AC.2 took note of the communication from the UNECE Executive Secretary sent to Permanent Representatives of UNECE member States containing an update on the operational arrangements in place at the UNECE in response to combined impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial constrains triggered by the liquidity crisis facing the UN Organization, and the ongoing renovation work at the Palais des Nations (Strategic Heritage Plan (SHP)) on the conduct of business and mandate delivery. AC.2 considered the revised calendar of sessions for 2020 (WP.29-179-02/Rev.3), and the proposed calendar of sessions for 2021 (WP.29-182-02), taking note that the 2020 calendar had been impacted and that the 2021 calendar may need to be revised in light of circumstances described in the communication from the UNECE Executive Secretary. Following discussions, AC.2 decided to recommend to WP.29 that GRVA would hold one additional session on 14-16 December 2020 and one additional session in 2021, to take place in late May or early June. AC.2 recommended that WP.29 endorse a communication addressed to the UNECE Executive Secretary, requesting priority access to resources necessary for the conduct of business and mandate delivery of WP.29 during the ongoing crises.

21. AC.2 recommended WP.29 to consider updating the expiry date of mandates of WP.29 subsidiary Informal Working Groups (IWG) listed in Informal Document WP.29-182-01.

Compendium of Candidates Listing Number 9 – Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; FMVSS No. 213 Child Restraint Systems and FMVSS No. 225 Child Restraint Anchorage Systems.

150. Listing Number 9 was submitted for consideration and vote, and re-affirmed in the Compendium on 11 November 2020 by Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, and the United States of America. The European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Tunisia abstained from voting. The request (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2020/136) submitted would be appended to the listed technical regulation.