. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/60 
21 June 2004 
 (04-2678) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:   Department of Transportation’ s National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) (65) 
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, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Child Restraint Systems  
(HS Chapter 8703) (ICS 43.040). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restra int Systems;  Child Restraint Systems 
Recordkeeping Requirements (10 Pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   This document proposes to amend the content of the owner 
registration form required by the Federal child restraint standard to allow information about 
registering on-line to be on the card.  The proposed amendments would enhance the opportunity of consumers to register their rest raints online, which may increase registration 
rates.  The proposal would also better enable manufacturers to supplement recall notification via first-class mail with e-mail notification, which may increase the number of 
owners learning of a recall and responding to  it.  This NPRM also proposes that the 
telephone number that manufacturers must provide  on child restraint labels for  the purpose 
of enabling consumers to register by telephone must be a  U.S. number. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Human Life and Health. 
8. Relevant documents:   69 Federal Register (FR) 32954 14 June 2004; Title 49 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part s 571 and 588.  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:   13 August 2004 G/TBT/N/USA/60 
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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:        
Internet URLs: 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-
13052.htm  
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/
04-13052.pdf  
 
 