Plan of work.
For the 1999/2000 biennium, the plan of work is as follows：
1. The test procedure, conditions and criteria for the MCPVT will be defined.
2. A round-robin programme with the MCPVT will be carried out. Several laboratories in Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom already indicated that they will participate. Other laboratories are invited to participate as well.
3. In 2000, a proposal to include the MCPVT as a screening procedure in the UN Manual will be submitted to the Committee.
4. It will be studied whether the MCPVT can replace one or more of the series E tests. If so, test criteria will be developed.
5. The possibility to combine the existing PVT's into one harmonized PVT will be studied. Comparative tests will be conducted.
Proposal.
The experts from Japan and the Netherlands propose to include the development of the Modified Closed Pressure Vessel Test and the harmonisation of the existing open Pressure Vessel Tests in the working programme for the 1999/2000 biennium.
