Informal Document: EVE-05-01e (5th EVE Session – April 11 and 12, 2013)

INVITATION TO THE 5th SESSION OF THE GRPE INFORMAL WORKING GROUP ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE ENVIRONMENT (EVE-IWG)

On invitation of the Automobile Standards Internationalization Center, the 5th informal working group meeting on Electric Vehicles and the Environment (EVE-IWG) will take place in , Japan:

 Meeting room, Japan Automobile Standards Internationalization Center (JASIC) (see following page for directions)  starting at 09:30 on April 11, 2013  ending at 18:00 on April 12, 2013

The main objective of the 5th EVE-IWG meeting will be to advance the development of the EV Reference Guide, including reviewing the EV Regulatory Reference Guide questionnaire responses from all contracting parties and initiating drafting of the guide. The meeting will also provide an opportunity to continue the exchange of information and experiences related to electric vehicles and the environment through presentations from Contracting Parties and other key players within the EV field.

A copy of the draft agenda outline is available on the EVE-IWG webpage at: https://www2.unece.org/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2523151

Revisions to the meeting agenda and documents will also be up-loaded to the above webpage as they become available.

If you plan on attending the 5th EVE-IWG meeting, please let us know by confirming with Isabelle Carle ([email protected]) by March 16th, 2013.

As part of your response, please indicate if you would like to present at the 5th EVE-IWG meeting. All presentations will be required by March 31st. Please provide a brief description of what you plan on presenting, where it should be included in the agenda, and how much time you require. (Note: The final time and duration will be determined by the EVE Meeting planners.)

Directions to meeting location and a list of near-by hotels are provided in the following pages.

For logistic assistance, please contact Yuki TOBA ([email protected]) of JASIC secretariat.

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Directions to JASIC meeting room:

Address: 3F SHOEI Bldg., 6 Rokubancho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0085 TEL 03-5216-7241 FAX 03-5216-7244

Nearest JR train and stations: Station (M-12 or N-08)…5minutes from Kojimachi Exit -- by JR Chuo/Sobu Line, Tokyo Metro Line (Line M) and Namboku Line (Line N) Station (Y-14 or N-09 or S-04) …5 minutes from Exit 4 -- by JR Chuo/Sobu Line,Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Line Y), Namboku Line (Line N), and Toei Line (Line S) Kojimachi Station (Y-15) …5 minutes from Exit 5 -- by Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (Line Y) Hanzomon Station (Z-05) …9 minutes from Exit 4 -- by Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Line Z)

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Hotels:

Hotel Name URL Address Tel. No. Price Access to (for meeting referenc room e) JPY 1 Hotel New Otani http://www.newotani.co.j 4-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda- +81-3- 7,350 - About 20 p/en/tokyo/index.html ku, Tokyo, 102-8578 3265-1111 138,000 min. on foot 2 Tokyu Say Yotsuya http://www.mandarinorie Yotsuya 2-1, Shinjuku- +81 -3- 4,725 - About 10 ntal.com/tokyo/ ku, Tokyo 160-0004 3354-0109 23,600 min. on foot 3 Mitsui Garden http://www.gardenhotels. 1-24, Yotsuya, Shinjuku- +81-3- 5,050 - About 10 Hotel Yotsuya co.jp/eng/yotsuya/ ku, Tokyo, 160-0004 3358-1131 26,620 min. on foot 4 Hotel JAL CITY http://www.yotsuya- 3-14-1 Yotsuya, +81-3- 4,500 - About 20 Yotsuya Tokyo tokyo.jalcity.co.jp/e/inde Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 5360-2580 78,000 min. on foot x.html 160,Japan 5 Hotel Monterey http://www.hotelmontere 4-9-24 Akasaka Minato- +81-3- 4,400 - About 20 Akasaka y.co.jp/akasaka/ ku, Tokyo, 107-0052 3401-7111 38,800 min. by Marunouchi line (Metro) 6 Akasaka Excel http://www.tokyuhotelsja 2-14-3, Nagata-cho, +81- 3- 4,750 - About 20 hotel pan.com/en/TE/TE_AKA Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100- 3580-2311 33,495 min. by SA/index.html 0014 Marunouchi line (Metro) 7 The Capitol Hotel http://www.capitolhotelto 2-10-3, Nagata-cho, +81-3- 10,000 - About 20 Tokyu kyu.com/en/index.html Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100- 3503-109 170,000 min. by 0014 Namboku line (Metro) 8 ANA http://www.anainterconti 1-12-33, Akasaka, +81-3- 8,325 - About 20 Intercontinental nental-tokyo.jp/e/ Minato-ku, Tokyo 107- 3505-1111 72,000 min. by Tokyo 0052 Namboku line (Metro) 9 Imperial Hotel http://www.imperialhotel. 1-1, Uchisaiwai-cho 1- +81-3- 29,000 - About 20 co.jp/e/ chome, Chiyoda-ku, 3504-1111 37,000 min. by Tokyo 100-8558, Japan / Yurakucho (Reservati line (Metro) on) +81-3- 3504-1251 10 Keio Plaza hotel http://www.keioplaza.co 2-2-1 Nishi-shinjuku, +81-3- 5,250 - About 20 m/index.html Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 3344-0111 109,956 min. by JR 160-8330 Chuo line 11 Hyatt Regency http://tokyo.regency.hyat 2-7-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, +81 3 6,834 - About 20 Tokyo t.com/hyatt/hotels/index.j Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 3348 72,600 min. by JR sp Japan 160-0023 1234 Chuo line 12 Tokyo Dome hotel http://www.tokyodome- 1-3-61 koraku,Bunkyo- +81-3- 5,000 - About 15 hotels.co.jp/e/index.html ku, Tokyo 112-8562 5805-2111 51,800 min. by JR Sobu line 13 Hotel Metropolitan http://www.jrhotelgroup.c 3-10-8 , +81-3- 3,000 - About 15 Edmont om/eng/hotel/eng112.ht Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102- 3237-1111 44,500 min. by JR m 8130 Sobu line 14 Grand Hyatt Tokyo http://tokyo.grand.hyatt.c 6-10-3 , +81 3 16,334 - About om/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 4333 577,500 30min. by Japan 106-0032 1234 line and Marunouchi line(Metro)

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