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UNITED
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GENERAL
ECE/TRANS/206/Add.1
25 September 2009
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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

REPORT OF THE INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE on its Seventy-first SESSION (Geneva, 24-26 February 2009)

List of meetings of the Inland Transport Committee and its subsidiary bodies in 2009 and from January - March 2010

2 0 0 9

JANUARY

13 (p.m.) - 16 (a.m.) Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) (fifty-seventh session)

15 - 16 Multidisciplinary Group of Experts on Inland Transport Security
(fifth session)

22 - 23 High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment
(to be held in Amsterdam)

23 Group of Experts on Hinterland Connections of Seaports (third session)

26 - 29 (a.m.) and Joint Meeting of Experts on the Regulations annexed to the

30 (p.m.) European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN) (WP.15/AC.2) (fourteenth session)

29 (p.m.) - 30 (a.m.) Administrative Committee of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN) (second session)


FEBRUARY

2 - 6 Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (WP.30) (one-hundred-and-twenty-first session) and TIR Administrative Committee (WP.30/AC.2) (forty-seventh session)

2 (p.m.) - 6 (a.m.) Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) (sixty-fifth session)

11 - 13 Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (WP.3) (thirty-fourth session)

16 (p.m.) - 18 Working Party on Noise (GRB) (forty-ninth session)

23 (p.m.) Bureau of the Inland Transport Committee

24 - 26 (a.m.) Inland Transport Committee (seventy-first session)

26 (p.m.) Bureau of the Inland Transport Committee

27 Ad hoc Expert Group on the AETR

MARCH

9 Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work (WP.29/AC.2) (ninety-ninth session)

10 - 13 World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
(one-hundred-and-forty-seventh session) and Administrative Executive Committees of the Agreements (AC.1, AC.3, AC.4)

19 - 20 Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)
(fifty-first session)

23 - 25 Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) (fifty-seventh session)

23 - 27 Joint Meeting of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and the RID Safety Committee (WP.15/AC.1)

30(p.m.) - 3 April (a.m.) Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE)
(sixty-first session)

APRIL

28 - 29 Informal Ad hoc Expert Group on Conceptual and Technical aspects of Computerization of the TIR Procedure (WP.30/GE.1) (sixteenth session)


MAY

4 (p.m.) - 8 (a.m.) Working Party on General Safety Provisions (GRSG)
(ninety-sixth session)

4 - 8 Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15)
(eighty-sixth session)

14 Informal Task Force on Rail Security (first session)

18 - 20 Ad hoc Working Group on the Harmonization of RID/ADR/ADN
with the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (without interpretation)

25 (p.m.) - 29 (a.m.) Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) (forty-fifth session)

26 Ad hoc Expert Group on the AETR

JUNE

2 Bureau of the Inland Transport Committee

3 - 5 Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (WP.3) (thirty-fifth session)

9 (p.m.) - 12 (a.m.) Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) (fifty-eighth session)

15 - 17 Working Party on Transport Statistics (sixtieth session)

15 - 19 Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (WP.30)
(one-hundred-and-twenty-second session)

22 Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work (WP.29/AC.2) (one-hundredth session)

22 - 26 ECOSOC Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (ST/SG/AC.10/C.3) (thirty-fifth session) [1]/

23 Group of Experts on Hinterland Connections of Seaports (fourth session)

23 - 26 World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
(one-hundred-and-forty-eighth session) and Administrative Executive Committees of the Agreements (AC.1, AC.3, AC.4)

29 - 1 July ECOSOC Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (ST/SG/AC.10/C.4) (seventeenth session) 1/


AUGUST

24 - 27 (a.m.) and Joint Meeting of Experts on the Regulations annexed to the European

28 (p.m.) Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN) (WP.15/AC.2) (fifteenth session)

27 (p.m.) - 28 (a.m.) Administrative Committee of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN) (third session)

SEPTEMBER

1 (p.m.) - 3 Working Party on Noise (GRB) (fiftieth session)

7 Group of Experts on Euro-Asian Transport Links (second session)

8 - 18 Joint Meeting of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and the RID Safety Committee (WP.15/AC.1) (to be held in Bern from 8-11 September and in Geneva from 14-18 September)

8 - 9 Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics (WP.5)
(twenty-second session)

14 (p.m.) - 17 (a.m.) Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF) (sixty-sixth session)

22 - 25 Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) (fifty-eighth session)

28 - 2 Oct. Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (WP.30)
(one-hundred-and-twenty-third session) and TIR Administrative Committee (WP.30/AC.2) (forty-eighth session)

29 (p.m.) - 2 (a.m.) Oct. Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE)
(sixty-second session)

OCTOBER

12 - 13 Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)
(fifty-second session)

14 - 16 Working Party on Inland Water Transport (SC.3) (fifty-third session)

19 - 21 Working Party on Road Transport (SC.1) (one-hundred-and-fourth session)

20 (p.m.) - 23 (a.m.) Working Party on General Safety Provisions (GRSG) (ninety-seventh session)

22 - 23 Steering Committee of the Transport, Health and Environment
Pan-European Programme (THE PEP) (seventh session)

27 - 30 Working Party on the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs (WP.11)
(sixty-fifth session)


NOVEMBER

2 - 6 Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15)
(eighty-seventh session)

9 Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work (WP.29/AC.2) (one-hundred-and-first session)

10 - 13 World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
(one-hundred-and-forty-ninth session) and Administrative Executive Committees of the Agreements (AC.1, AC.3, AC.4)

18 - 20 Working Party on Rail Transport (SC.2) (sixty-third session)

30 - 1 Dec. Bureau of the Inland Transport Committee

30 - 9 (a.m.) Dec. ECOSOC Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (ST/SG/AC.10/C.3) (thirty-sixth session) [2]/

DECEMBER

8 - 11 Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) (forty-sixth session)

9 (p.m.) - 11 ECOSOC Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
(ST/SG/ AC.10/C.4) (eighteenth session) 1/

January – March 2 0 1 0

JANUARY

12 (p.m.) - 15 (a.m.) Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE) (fifty-ninth session)

25 - 28 (a.m.) and Joint Meeting of Experts on the Regulations annexed to the

29 (p.m.) European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN) (WP.15/AC.2) (sixteenth session)

28 (p.m.) - 29 (a.m.) Administrative Committee of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN) (fourth session)


FEBRUARY

1 - 5 Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (WP.30)
(one-hundred-and-twenty-fourth session) and TIR Administrative Committee (WP.30/AC.2) (forty-ninth session)

1 (p.m.) - 5 (a.m.) Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear (GRRF)
(sixty-seventh session)

10 - 12 Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation) (thirty-sixth session)

15 (p.m.) - 17 Working Party on Noise (GRB) (fifty-first session)

22 (p.m.) Bureau of the Inland Transport Committee

23 - 25 Inland Transport Committee (seventy-second session)

26 Bureau of the Inland Transport Committee

MARCH

8 Administrative Committee for the Coordination of Work (WP.29/AC.2) (one-hundred-second session)

9 - 12 World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
(one-hundred-and-fiftieth session) and Administrative Executive Committees of the Agreements (AC.1, AC.3, AC.4)

16 - 17 Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)
(fifty-third session)

22 - 24 Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) (fifty-ninth session)

22- 26 Joint Meeting of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and the RID Safety Committee (WP.15/AC.1) (to be held in Bern)

29 - 1 April Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (GRE)
(sixty-third session)

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[1]/ Subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council serviced by the UNECE secretariat.

[2]/ Subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council serviced by the UNECE secretariat.