In line with the series theme agreed upon at the 9th G/I Meeting, "Accession to the 1958/1998 Agreements and improved Asian presence in WP.29," the 10th Government-Industry Meeting witnessed a wide variety of profound presentations and opinions exchanged among the participants regarding the following objectives:
(1)Making ratification of the 1958/1998 Agreements by the countries/economies of Asia a reality and increasing the number of ratifying parties;
(2)Increasing the number of countries/ economies participating in WP.29 and communicating the current status of Asia; and
(3)Strengthening ties among Asian countries/ economies with the aim of achieving a smooth transition to a new formation of the Government/Industry Meetings.

With regard to the objective (1), which is about joining the U.N. Agreements, it was announced that Malaysia is moving ahead with the process of accession to the 1958/1998 Agreements and Thailand to the 1958 Agreement, and the good news is that both countries are on the verge of accession.
India announced at 137th WP29 to accede to the 1998 Agreement shortly, and to consider subsequently joining the 1958 Agreement.
Some countries/economies expressed their intentions to follow suit and join the 1958 Agreement in 2007, and the participating countries/economies shared the awareness that the time was ripe to carry out talks between countries/ economies on the specifics of mutual recognition of approval (MRA) in Asia under the 1958 Agreement scheme.
The participants discussed agreed to start activities aimed at establishing a vehicle type approval system and its mutual recognition under the concept of "Basic Regulations".

With regard to the objective (2), namely, participating in WP.29, Japan, China, Republic of Korea, and India continue to be WP.29 participants, while in June of this year Thailand announced at the WP.29 that it would join the 1958 Agreement, and Indonesia participated for the first time as an observer in November of this year.
In addition, responding the opinions of China and India expressed regarding exhaust emission test cycle for motorcycle, WP29 started to take necessary actions.
As mentioned above, Asia's presence is becoming stronger and taking root. Everyone shared the hope that Asia's presence would continue to strengthen in the future and that ECE revisions would reflect conditions in Asia.

As for the objective (3), namely, strengthening ties among Asian countries/ economies, the experts meetings have become firmly established with concrete actions like the reports from Indonesia about the 2nd Experts Meeting held under the theme of 1958 Agreement membership and from Thailand about the 3rd Experts Meeting, where ECE brake regulations were discussed.
What is more, it was decided that the following meetings of experts would be held;

In 2006
	concerning the participation in WP29, Manila, the Philippines, concerning the exhaust emissions (R83) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, concerning the safety issues (R14, 16, 17, 25, 44) in Bangkok, Thailand, concerning the type approval systems under 1958 Agreement in Hong Kong (TBC),
In 2007
	concerning the safety glazing (R43) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, concerning the accession to the 1958 Agreement in Hanoi, Vietnam, concerning the noise (R41 and R51) in Jakarta, Indonesia.

At the 10th meeting, it was confirmed that these ongoing experts meetings were strengthening the ties among Asian countries/ economies, and everyone became aware of the importance of these meetings in building a framework for the new formation of the Government/Industry Meeting.

A decision was taken to hold the next JASIC Asia Government/Industry Meeting as follows.

Schedule:	November 29 to December 1, 2006, tentatively
Location:	Indonesia
Organizer:	Indonesia Directorate General of Land Communication and JASIC.

The Philippines showed the interest to co-organize the 12th JASIC Asia Government/Industry Meeting in 2007.