1. Informal document GRE-77-18
(77th GRE, 4-7 April 2017,
agenda item 1)
Note by the secretariat
Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling General information and WP.29 highlights
Participants/Address list
A provisional address list has been prepared: please check your contact data (especially the -address) and correct them, if necessary, then sign to confirm your presence.
If your name not listed, fill out one of the registration forms annexed to the file.
At the end of the session, we will circulate the updated address list by to all participants.
Tax free petrol coupons
For delegates of Contracting Parties: as usual, tax free petrol coupons are available
Please fill in the details requested and return them to the secretariat
Copies of passport and car registration papers are needed for this purpose
Next session
The next session will be held on October 2017
The deadline for the submission of official working documents is 28 July 2017
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2. Highlights of the last session of WP.29
November 2017 (170th)
First time participation of Israel in WP.29 as observer
Briefing by the Director of the UNECE Sustainable Transport Division about the anniversary session of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC)
EU officially notified OLA about Rev. 3 of the 1958 Agreement. It is expected to come into force in mid-September 2017
Consolidated Resolution on the common specification of light source categories adopted as R.E.5.
For more details see: ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1126
March 2017 (171st)
Briefing by the secretariat on the outcome of the anniversary session of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) in February 2017
Statements by Malaysia and the Eurasian Economic Commission
Online tool presented to update information on technical services in the status document
Draft General Guidelines for UN regulatory procedures and transitional provisions in UN Regulations presented. The discussion to continue in June
EU expressed concerns (WP ) about the legal form of proposed amendments to Regulation No (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2017/39). The document was referred back to GRE for further consideration.
WP.29 also requested GRE to consider the EU proposals to clarify requirements for light sources in lighting and light-signalling Regulations listed in Annex 4 to UN Regulation No. 0 (IWVTA) (WP )
For more details see: ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1129