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 email-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 email 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 24-27 October 2017 The deadline for the submission of official working documents is 28 July 2017 For new graphics with notes, all text should be editable. No text as an embedded image!

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.29-171-04) about the legal form of proposed amendments to Regulation No. 113 (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.29-171-03) For more details see: ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1129