Silence Procedure

On 5 October 2020, the Executive Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe  adopted Special procedures to take decisions in formal meetings with remote participation (ECE/EX/2020/L.12).

 In line with this procedure, the secretariat is pleased to advise that related silence procedures have been initiated as per the below:

Silence Procedure Initiated

Body	Meeting date	Decisions submitted to silence procedure	Silence procedure initiated	Silence procedure deadline	Point of contact	List of participants
27th session of UN/CEFACT Plenary	19-20/04/ 2021	Decisions	26/04/2021 12:00	10/05/2021 18:00	L. Thompson	LOP

Outcome of the procedure ( Oct 2020 - March 2021)

Body	Meeting date	Silence procedure completed	Decisions	Status	Point of contact	Comments received
Working Party on Road Transport (SC.1)	14/10/2020	22/10/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Rebecca Huang	N/A
Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (WP.30)	15/10/2020	22/10/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Artur Bouten	N/A
15th meeting of the UNECE Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development	19-20/ 10/2020	29/10/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Zaal Lomtadze	N/A
57th session of the Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (SC.3/WP.3)	9/10/2020	05/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Victoria Ivanova	N/A
64th session of the Working Party on Inland Water Transport (SC.3)	7-9/10/2020	05/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Victoria Ivanova	N/A
22nd session of the Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (WGEMA)	27/10/2020	05/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Christine Kitzler	N/A
78th session of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry	4-6/11/2020	12/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Gianluca Sambucini	N/A
81st session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management	6-8/10/2020 and 06/11/2020	12/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Gulnara Roll	N/A
63rd session of the Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)	28-30/ 10/2020	12/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Lukasz Wyrowski	N/A
26th session of the Committee on Environmental Policy	9-10/ 11/2020	19/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Zaal Lomtadze Yaroslav Bulych	N/A
76th session of the Working Party on the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs (WP.11)	13-16/ 10/2020	26/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Alibech Mireles Diaz	N/A
108th session of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP.15)	10-13/ 11/2020	26/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Sabrina Mansion	N/A
74th session of the Working Party on the Rail Transport (SC.2)	18-20/ 11/2020	26/11/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Francesco Dionori	N/A
182nd session of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicles Regulations (WP.29)	10-12/ 11/2020	3/12/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Walter Nissler	N/A
26th session of the UN/CEFACT Plenary	26/11/2020	3/12/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Maria Rosaria Ceccarelli	N/A
29th session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy	25-27/ 11/2020	10/12/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Charlotte Griffiths	N/A
Fourth Session of the Working Party on Public-Private Partnerships	1-2/ 12/2020	14/12/2020 18h00	Decisions Corrigendum	Adopted	Toni Bonnici	N/A
13th meeting of the Standing Working Group on Ageing	19-20/ 11/2020	17/12/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Vitalija Gaucaite Wittich	N/A
68th session of the Working Party on Passive Safety	10/12/2020	17/12/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Edoardo Gianotti	N/A
2nd session of the Groups of Experts on the Permanent Identification of Railways Rolling Stock (GoE PIRRS)	14-15/ 12/2020	24/12/2020 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Francesco Dionori	N/A
120nd session of the Working Party on General Safety Provisions (GRSG)	11/01/2021	21/01/2021 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Walter Nissler	N/A
82nd session of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE)	12-15/ 01/2021	28/01/2021	Decisions	Adopted	François Cuenot	N/A
73rd session of the Working Party on Noise and Tyres (GRBP)	26-29/ 01/2021	11/02/2021	Decisions	Adopted	Konstantin Glukhenkiy	N/A
37th session of the Joint Meeting of Experts on the Regulations annexed to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (WP.15/AC.2)	25-29/ 01/2021	18/02/2021 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Romain Hubert	N/A
156th session of the Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (WP.30)	9-11/ 02/2021	18/02/2021 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	Artur Bouten	N/A
Ninth session of the Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (WP.29/GRVA)	1-5/02/ 2021	25/02/2021 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	François Guichard	N/A
83rd session of the Inland Transport Committee	23-26/ 02/2021	4/03/2021 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	G.Georgiadis	N/A
58th session of the Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation on its session (SC.3/WP.3)	17-19/02/2021	4/03/2021 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	V. Ivanova	N/A
183rd session of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, WP.29	9-11/ 03/2021	18/03/2021 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	W. Nissler	N/A
82nd session of Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP.1)	8-12/03/2021	25/03/ 2021 18h00	Decisions	Adopted	R. Nowak	N/A
42nd session of Joint UNECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management	22-24/03/2021	1/04/2021 18:00	Decisions	Adopted	F. Steierer	N/A
Joint Meeting of the RID Committee of Experts and the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods	15-19/03/ 2021	15/04/2021 18:00	Decisions	Adopted	R. Hubert	N/A

Outcome of the procedure (from April 2021 onwards)

Body	Meeting date	Silence procedure completed	Decisions	Status	Point of contact	Comments received
121st session of the Working Party for General Safety Provisions (GRSG)	12-16/04 2021	22/04/2021 18:00	Decisions	Adopted	W. Nissler	N/A