"Common
Tasks" 4th Meeting Summary Report
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Common Tasks
In response to the increase in international distribution of
automobiles and devices and to the globalization of the automobile
industry, the Global Agreement, an international agreement for
promoting global uniformity of safety and environmental regulations
(which have been different in each country) for automobiles
and devices, was concluded by eight countries, including Japan,
and enforced on August 25, 2000. (Japan signed the Agreement
in August 1999. As of April 2000, eleven countries are signatories.)
It was resolved that full-fledged deliberations on uniform global
regulations, based on the Agreement, will be held among concerned
nations, including Japan, the United States and the EU, at the
UN World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP29).
Heretofore, the Japanese government has argued that in formulating
uniform global regulations, it is necessary to establish common
global definitions covering vehicle categories, which are currently
stipulated by each nation alone, and methods for measuring weights
and dimensions. As a result, this necessity was recognized internationally,
and a W/G was established, with chairperson from Japan's Ministry
of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, under the Working Party
on General Safety Provisions (GRSG) of the World Forum for Harmonization
of Vehicle Regulations (WP29), UN Economic Commission for Europe.
Deliberations will be held among concerned nations over the
next two years, and common global definitions of vehicle categories,
weights and dimensions will be compiled.
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