WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.299
26August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3342)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Consumer Product Safety Commission (63)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Fireworks (HSChapter 3604.10)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Proposed Rule:
Fireworks Devices; FuseBurn Time, 4pages
6. Description ofcontent: TheCommission proposes toamend itsregulation under the
Federal Hazardous Substances Actthatapplies tothefuseburn times offireworks
devices. Theproposal would change theallowable fuseburntimes from thepresently
required range of3to6seconds totherange of3to9seconds. Increasing therange
willallow manufacturers tomore consistently produce fireworks thatdonotfallbelow a
3-second burn time, thusreducing hazardous short burn times. Theincrease infuse
burntimeto9seconds willnotcreate anyadditional riskofinjury toconsumers.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: 61FR41043, 7August 1996; 16CFR 1507. Willappear inthe
Federal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 21October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: