WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.157
19 April 1999
(99-1541)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Consumer Product Safety Commission (13)          
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Children's sleepwear
(HS Chapter 63)          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard for the
Flammability of Children's Sleepwear:  Sizes 0 through 6X;  Standard for the Flammability
of Children's Sleepwear:  Sizes 7 through 14 (7 pages, in English)          
6. Description of content:  The Commission propos es to amend the flammability standards for
children's sleepwear in sizes 0 through 6X and sizes 7 through 14 by revising the laundering
procedure specified in those standards.  These laundering procedures help assure that anychemical flame retardants are not removed or degraded with repeated washing and drying,
thereby creating a flammability hazard.  The Commission is proposing these amendments
because the detergent specified by the existing laundering procedure is no longer available
and the operating characteristics of the washing and drying machines required by that
procedure are no longer representative of machines now used for home laundering.          
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Safety  
        
8. Relevant documents:  64 FR 13126, 17 March 1999;  16 CFR Parts 1615 and 1616.  Will
appear in the Federal Register when adopted.          
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:  1 June 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  The text is also available on the Internet at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html