[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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), [[Page 50371]] 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] BILLING CODE 4910-59-P