Announcement
on the Schedule of the 9th JASIC Asia Government-Industry Meeting
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[Purpose and History of the Government-Industry
Meetings]
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Series of JASIC Asia Government-Industry Meetings has been staged
for the purpose of achieving international harmonization through
the support of Asian countries in their efforts to establish effective
regulations and improve their certification systems. As the principal
method of accomplishing this purpose, the Asian countries attending
the G-I Meetings have agreed to strive for participation in the
WP29 which is the world's only international forum specialized
in the harmonization of automotive technical regulations.
Starting with the first JASIC Asia G-I Meeting held in Tokyo
October 1998, a total of eight G-I Meetings have been staged in
various Asian countries, with JASIC and the transport-related
government offices of the host nations serving as co-organizers.
A cumulative total of over 900 people from government offices
in the transport, environment and automotive regulation fields
and from the vehicle and parts manufacturing industries in 13
Asian economies took part in the past eight G-I Meetings.
At the first three JASIC Asia G-I Meetings, which comprised the
First Series, discussions were focused on the delineation of suitable
automotive regulations and certification system for each participating
country to achieve the harmonization of regulations and the mutual
recognition of certification with other nations. As sum-up of
the First Series, a joint statement entitled "Enhancement
of Regulations and Certification Systems, Participation in the
WP29, and Accession to the 1958 and 1998 Agreements" was
issued.
For the Second Series covering the 4th to 6th JASIC Asia G-I Meetings,
it was decided that discussions would be directed to the subject
of realization and expansion of observer participation in WP29
in order to accomplish the goal stipulated in the previously-issued
joint statement. Therefore, the members focused their dialogs
on the identification of obstacles to WP29 participation and debated
various methods of overcoming the obstacles. As a result, at the
6th JASIC Asia G-I Meeting, the members issued the joint statement
of the Second Series pertaining to the achievements of the past
G-I Meetings, participation in the WP29/GRs and accession to the
1958 Agreement as future targets, determination of the course
of future G-I Meetings, and cooperation with the automobile industry.
At the same time, they decided on the theme of the Third Series,
which is "Realization of ECE Regulations Adoption and WP29
Participation."
As the 2nd meeting of the Third Series, the latest (8th) JASIC
Asia G-I Meeting was convened in October 2003. The participants
discussed issues along the theme of the Third Series and obtained
good results. More specifically, (1) the discussion allowed the
participants to develop their understanding of the 1958 Agreement
and several countries stated their commitments to accession to
the Agreement; (2) the importance of WP29 participation was confirmed
and it was decided to invite parties involved in organization
of WP29 to the next G-I Meeting to promote awareness; and (3)
it was agreed to continue holding "expert meetings"
to support the activities of G-I Meetings in the future.
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[Schedule of the 9th JASIC Asia Government-Industry
Meeting]
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Date: |
December 1 to 3, 2004 (3 days) |
Venue: |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Participants: |
Representatives of government offices in the transport,
environment and vehicle regulation fields and members of the vehicle
and parts manufacturing industries from 13 Asian economies (Brunei,
China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan) |
Program: |
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December 1 to 2: Presentations and discussions
Opinions are to be exchanged on the subjects continuing from the
preceding G-I Meeting (i.e., the importance of WP29 participation,
the course of harmonization activity for realizing the mutual recognition
of certification, and the establishment of a certification system
assuming accession to the 1958 Agreement).
In addition, as the last meeting of the Third Series, further discussions
are to be held with the Vice-Chairman of WP29 on accession to the
1958 Agreement and a joint statement is to be issued about the achievements
of the meetings of the Third Series and the future course of G-I
Meetings. |
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December 3: Technical Tour |
Co-organizers: |
Thailand's Department of Land Transport and JASIC
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Supporter: |
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
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