Joint UNECE/OICA Press Conference at Geneva Motor Show
Geneva, 6 March 2009 --
Juan Ramos Garcia, Secretary of the World Form, UNECE, and Yves van der Straaten, Secretary General of the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), presented the work of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) at the Geneva Motor Show on 4 March.
The World Forum, a UN subsidiary body, provides a framework for international harmonization of vehicle requirements both in terms of safety and environmental standards at the highest level of performance. These technical regulations have become the tools with which the motor industry develop, design and produce vehicles. In addition, they set the standards against which vehicles and parts can be certified. The slogan for the 1958 Agreement has de facto become “Certified once, accepted everywhere”.
A video of the press conference is available on the website of the Geneva Motor at http://www.salon-auto.ch/fr/presse/, then look for “ECE avec la collaboration de l’OICA press conference”
Click here to access the presentations of the press conference http://www.unece.org/trans/seminars/docs/GenevaMotorShow-UNECEpresentation.pdf.
For more information on the World Forum, please contact:
Juan Ramos Garcia
Secretary to the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
Email: [email protected]
Ref: ECE/TRANS/09/P03