REPORT OF THE TWENTY SECOND MEETING OF THE
AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCT WORKING GROUP (APWG)
28-29 October 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
INTRODUCTION
1. The twenty second Meeting of the Automotive Product Working Group (APWG) was held on 28-29 October 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Meeting was preceded by the 15th Meeting of the Task Force on MRA for Automotive Products held on 27 October 2015.
2. The Meeting was chaired by Associate Professor Phulporn Saengbangpla, Honorary President, Society of Automotive Engineers of Thailand. APWG Chair Mr. Soerjono, Director of the Land Transport Equipment Industry, Ministry of Industry, Indonesia, sent his regrets for not being able to attend the Meeting.
3. The Meeting was attended by delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Automotive Federation. The list of delegates appears as ANNEX 1.
OPENING CEREMONY
4. The 22nd APWG Meeting was officially opened by Mr. Tawat Polquamdee, Secretary-General of the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI). Mr Polquamdee extended his warm welcome to the delegates of the 22nd APWG Meeting. Mr Polquamdee acknowledged the important role of APWG on the harmonisation of standards, technical regulations and recognition of conformity assessment results through Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs). He highlighted the signing of the ASEAN MRA on Type Approval of Automotive Products as a High-Priority Measures for post-2015 and that the implementation of this measure will require continuous joint commitment and effort. He expressed his confidence that the ASEAN Economic Community will bring about more opportunities and benefits to the ASEAN peoples since technical barriers will be eliminated and national systems will be harmonised. Mr. Polquamdee wished the 22nd APWG Meeting to be fruitful, productive and enjoyable. The speech appears as ANNEX 2.
AGENDA ITEM 1: ADOPTION OF AGENDA
5. The Meeting adopted the agenda as appears in ANNEX 3.
AGENDA ITEM 2: BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS
6. The Meeting was held in plenary.