A report from the GTB President
GTB held its 115 th session in Stockholm, Sweden from 27-30 May 2013 with the largest participation of delegates from its national and international members for many years. More than 60 delegates from 19 delegations devoted their time to the meetings of the Committee of Experts and to the working groups and taskforces.
| Delegates from the 19 member organisations at the GTB Committee of Experts in Stockholm |
There was a particularly warm welcome to the delegations from China and Taiwan who were actively participating for the first time since their memberships were confirmed by the GTB General Assembly in April 2013. In the opening words of welcome to this 115 th session the significance of these two new memberships, which lead to greater mutual understanding of the international regulatory scene and towards a new era of cooperation to achieve harmonisation of the technical requirements, was recognised. GTB now has 19 member associations representing Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, IMMA, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, UK and USA.