WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/20
17 May 2002
(02-2733)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English
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:   National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (19)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Child Restraint  Systems
(ICS 43) (HS Chapter 8703)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems  (47 pages, English)          
6. Description of content:   This document proposes a number of revisions to the Federal
Safety Standard for Child Restraint Systems, including proposals for incorporatingimproved test dummies and updated procedures used to test child restraints, new or revised
inquiry criteria to assess the dynamic performance of child restraints, and extension of the
standard to apply it to child restraints recommended for use by children up to 65 pounds.
This action is intended to make child restrain s even more effective in protecting children
from the risk of death or serious injury in motor vehicle crashes.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To improve the safety of child restraints.          
8. Relevant documents:   67 Federal Register (FR) 21806, 1 May 2002; Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 571.  Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   1 July 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html