Mr. Kenji Wani has been elected to
a one-year term as Chairman for the Executive Committee (UN/ECE/WP.29/AC.3)
of the 1998 Agreement. Mr. Wani is the Director of International
Affairs Office for Engineering Planning Division of Engineering
and Safety Department, Road Transport Bureau in the Ministry of
Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan, and his expected
role as WP.29/AC.3 Chairman is to arrange and coordinate activities
towards early adoption of global technical regulations. In the
past, representatives of Japan have served as Chairmen for the
Informal Meeting on ITS, the Informal Group on gtr Common Tasks,
the Informal Group on gtr Pedestrian Safety, and the Informal
Group on gtr OBD, making this Japan's fifth chairmanship within
WP.29.
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As of March 2005, one global technical regulation
has been adopted, i.e., Global Technical Regulation Concerning
Door Locks and Door Retention Components (adopted November
2004).
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