diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.cpp b/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.cpp
index 5c21029163dac88f56312096cb323ebf4dabc823..98d2a10e6c991d2bbebb75dba40df3132a9e49aa 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.cpp
@@ -2980,6 +2980,7 @@ void PPS::initTiles()
 
   // check explicit tile column sizes
   uint32_t  remainingWidthInCtu  = m_picWidthInCtu;
+
   for( colIdx = 0; colIdx < m_numExpTileCols; colIdx++ )
   {
     CHECK(m_tileColWidth[colIdx] > remainingWidthInCtu,    "Tile column width exceeds picture width");
@@ -3000,6 +3001,7 @@ void PPS::initTiles()
 
   // check explicit tile row sizes
   uint32_t  remainingHeightInCtu  = m_picHeightInCtu;
+
   for( rowIdx = 0; rowIdx < m_numExpTileRows; rowIdx++ )
   {
     CHECK(m_tileRowHeight[rowIdx] > remainingHeightInCtu,     "Tile row height exceeds picture height");
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
index b8e6566f3dd849a1d17b6d4b9a8a970e8750ab8f..770f4ae261fa59b81a455e33aacc1abd96259888 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/TypeDef.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #define JVET_R0068_ASPECT1_ASPECT6                        1 // JVET-R0068 aspect 1: On slice_type constraint; JVET-R0068 aspect 6: On signalling of conformance window parameters
 
 //########### place macros to be removed in next cycle below this line ###############
+
 #define JVET_R0067_PICTURE_OUTPUT_FLAG                    1 // JVET-R0067: Update the derivation of PictureOutputFlag
 
 #define JVET_R0080                                        1 // JVET-R0080, Change the syntax condition for pps_tile_idx_delta_present_flag. When the value of pps_num_slices_in_pic_minus1 is greater than 1 instead of 0, the syntax element of pps_tile_idx_delta_present_flag is signalled.
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@
 
 #define JVET_R0184_WRAPAROUND_SUBPICS                     1 // JVET-R0184: Wraparound for subpictures
 
+#define JVET_R0062                                        1 // JVET-R0062: changes on uniform tile and rectangular slice partitioning
+
 #define JVET_R0078_DISABLE_CHROMA_DBF_OFFSET_SINGALLING   1 // JVET-R0078: disable chroma DBF offset signalling
 
 #define JVET_R0194_CONSTRAINT_PS_SHARING_REFERENCING      1 // JVET-R0194: Constraint that if slice at layer A refer to PS at layer B, then all OLS that contains layer A must contain layer B as well.
diff --git a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
index b925ffe26319cb9b2615ff24869cdeedd5282d9b..45205f5b693b21d3402465d68673fc64b2028d17 100644
--- a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
@@ -668,13 +668,20 @@ void HLSyntaxReader::parsePPS( PPS* pcPPS )
               uint32_t numExpSliceInTile = uiCode;
               uint32_t remTileRowHeight  = pcPPS->getTileRowHeight(tileIdx / pcPPS->getNumTileColumns());
               int j = 0;
+
+#if JVET_R0062
+              for( ; j < numExpSliceInTile; j++ )
+#else
               for( ; j < numExpSliceInTile - 1; j++ )
+#endif
               {
                 READ_UVLC(uiCode, "exp_slice_height_in_ctus_minus1[i]");
                 pcPPS->setSliceHeightInCtu(i + j, uiCode + 1);
                 remTileRowHeight -= (uiCode + 1);
               }
+#if !JVET_R0062
               READ_UVLC(uiCode, "exp_slice_height_in_ctus_minus1[i]");
+#endif
               uint32_t uniformSliceHeight = uiCode + 1;
 
               while( remTileRowHeight >= uniformSliceHeight )
diff --git a/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp b/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
index e74388fbe4fa3c60aa18696f4a175875306c7f5e..5dfc15dc51d8475dc252a3fcc09a4515eb2c8db4 100644
--- a/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
@@ -419,11 +419,21 @@ void HLSWriter::codePPS( const PPS* pcPPS )
               }
             }
           }
+#if JVET_R0062
+          uint32_t expSliceHeightSum = 0;
+#endif
           WRITE_UVLC(numExpSliceInTile, "num_exp_slices_in_tile[i]");
           for( int j = 0; j < numExpSliceInTile; j++ )
           {
             WRITE_UVLC(pcPPS->getSliceHeightInCtu(i + j) - 1, "exp_slice_height_in_ctus_minus1[i]");
+#if JVET_R0062
+            expSliceHeightSum += pcPPS->getSliceHeightInCtu(i + j);
+#endif
           }
+
+#if JVET_R0062
+          CHECK( expSliceHeightSum > pcPPS->getTileRowHeight(pcPPS->getSliceTileIdx(i) / pcPPS->getNumTileColumns()), "The sum of expressed slice heights is larger than the height of the tile containing the slices.");
+#endif
           i += (pcPPS->getNumSlicesInTile(i) - 1);
         }