[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50370-50371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24514]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


International Harmonization of Safety Standards; Calendar of 
Meetings

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The NHTSA will continue its participation during this year in 
the international meetings to harmonize the United States and foreign 
motor vehicle safety standards. These meetings will be conducted by the 
Working Party on the Construction of Vehicles (WP29) under the Inland 
Transport Committee of the United Nations' Economic Commission for 
Europe (ECE), and by the six Meetings of Experts (formerly called 
Groups of Rapporteurs) of WP29. The NHTSA currently represents the 
United States in all of the Meetings of Experts except those on 
Pollution and Noise.

DATES: For a list of scheduled meetings, see the Supplementary 
Information section of this Notice. Inquiries or comments related to 
specific meetings are welcome but should be made at least two weeks 
preceding that meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Francis J. Turpin, Office of 
International Harmonization (NOA-05), National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC. 20590 (202-
366-2114).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This calendar consists of those ECE meetings 
currently scheduled. It is published for information and planning 
purposes and the meeting dates and places are subject to change. In 
fact, they are subject to confirmation by the Inland Transport 
Committee at its January 1997 meeting. NHTSA attendance at these 
meetings will be affected by agenda content, priorities and 
availability of travel funds.

January 13-15, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Pollution and Energy (GRPE), Thirty-Third--
Geneva, Switzerland.

February 3-7, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF), Forty-First--
Geneva, Switzerland.

February 24-27, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Noise (GRB), Twenty-Sixth Session--Geneva, 
Switzerland.

March 10, 1997

    Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work of WP29 
(AC.2), Sixty-Third Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

March 11-14, 1997

    Working Party on the Construction of Vehicles (WP-29), Hundred and 
Eleventh Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

March 24-28, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE), Thirty-
Eighth Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

April 7-11, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on General Safety Provisions (GRSG), Seventy-
Second Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

May 12-16, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Passive Safety (GRSP), Twenty-First Session--
Geneva, Switzerland.

June 9-12, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Pollution and Energy (GRPE), Thirty-Fourth 
Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

June 23, 1997

    Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work of WP29 
(AC.2), Sixty-Fourth Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

June 24-27, 1997

    Working Party on the Construction of Vehicles (WP-29), Hundred and 
Twelfth Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

September 1-3, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF), Forty-Second 
Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

September 4-5, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Noise (GRB), Twenty-Seventh Session--Geneva, 
Switzerland.

October 6-10, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE), Thirty-
Ninth Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

October 27-30, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on General Safety Provisions (GRSG), Seventy-
Third Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

November 3, 1997

    Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work of WP29 
(AC.2),

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Sixty-Fifth Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

November 4-7, 1997

    Working Party on the Construction of Vehicles (WP-29), Hundred and 
Thirteenth Session--Geneva, Switzerland.

December 1-4, 1997

    Meeting of Experts on Passive Safety (GRSP), Twenty-Second 
Session--Geneva, Switzerland.
    Issued on September 19, 1996.
Francis J. Turpin,
Director, International Harmonization.
[FR Doc. 96-24514 Filed 9-24-96; 8:45 am]
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