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ITS-DOC-6

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION / Collaboration on Intelligent Transport Systems Communication Standards
TELECOMMUNICATION
STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
STUDY PERIOD 2013-2016 / ITS-DOC-6
English only
Original: English
WG(s): / Geneva, 7 March 2014
DOCUMENT
Source: / ITU/TSB
Title: / Permanent invitation to participate in the work of UNECE WP.29, its subsidiary bodies and the informal working group on ITS

Please find below a formal invitation extended to ITU to participate in the work of UNECE WP.29, its subsidiary bodies and the informal working group on ITS.

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From: RAMOS GARCIA Juan
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 9:21
To: Scholl, Reinhard; T.Russell Shields; Acharya, Sanjay; Adolph, Martin; Scott Pennock
Subject: Permanent invitation to ITU

Dear Mr. Scholl,

The WP.29 secretariat is pleased to inform you that WP.29 at its last session, in November 2013, welcomed the Action plan UNECE/ITU highlighting the role of globally harmonised standards and the importance of this work to improve road safety. To ensure the continued engagement between WP.29 (and its subsidiary bodies) with the ITU, we extended an open and permanent invitation to the ITU to attend future sessions of WP.29, its Group of experts and its Informal Working Group on ITS as a means of collaborating in the pursuit of closer alignment of future regulations. Therefore, you are kindly invited at your convenience not only to participate to the sessions of WP.29 but also to the meetings of its six subsidiary bodies and the informal working group on ITS. Participants on the discussions are free to provide any concrete proposals addressing a specific vehicle regulatory matters that falls under ITS:
For your information, please find below the list of the 6 subsidiary bodies of WP.29:

Working Party on Noise (GRB)

Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE)

Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE)

Working Party on Braking and Running Gear (GRRF)

Working Party on General Safety (GRSG)

Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP)

Practical information regarding the sessions of WP.29 and the GRs are available at:

The agenda for the next session of WP.29 (11-14 March 2014 is available at:

I am also providing you the direct link to the ITS Informal Working Group:
My best regards,
Juan A. RAMOS-GARCIA
Mechanical Engineer

UNECE TRANSPORT DIVISION
Chief of the Vehicle Regulations
and Transport Innovations Section &
Secretary of the World Forum for
Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
8-14, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 GENEVA 10
Tel. + 4122 917 1998
Fax. + 4122 917 0039

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Upcoming WP.29 meetings are listed below:

  • (WP.29/AC.2) Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work (114th session) (10 March 2014)
  • (WP.29) World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (162nd session) (11 - 14 March 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRE) Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (71st session) (31 March - 03 April 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRSG) Working Party on General Safety Provisions (106th session) (05 - 09 May 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRSP) Working Party on Passive Safety (55th session) (10 - 23 May 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRPE) Working Party on Pollution and Energy (69th session) (03 - 06 June 2014)
  • (WP.29/AC.2) Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work (115th session) (23 June 2014)
  • (WP.29) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (163rd session) (24 - 27 June 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRB) Working Party on Noise (60th session) (01 - 03 September 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRRF) Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (77th session) (16 - 19 September 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRSG) Working Party on General Safety Provisions (107th session) (30 September - 03 October 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRE) Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (72nd session) (20 - 22 October 2014)
  • (WP.29/AC.2) Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work (116th session) (10 November 2014)
  • (WP.29) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (164th session) (11 - 14 November 2014)
  • (WP.29/GRSP) Working Party on Passive Safety (56th session) (09 - 12 December 2014)

Meetings of UNECE Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1)

  • (WP.1) Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (68th session) (24 - 26 March 2014)
  • (WP.1) Group of Experts on Road Signs and Signals (1st session) (27 March 2014)
  • (WP.1) Group of Experts on Safety at Level Crossing (2nd session) (12 May 2014)
  • (WP.1) Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (69th session, Geneva) (22 - 24 September 2014)
  • (WP.1) Group of Experts on Road Signs and Signals (2nd session) (25 September 2014)
  • (WP.1) Group of Experts on Safety at Level Crossing (3rd session) (26 September 2014)