WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/2
24 January 2001
(01-0368)
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 (2)
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):   Vehicle Brake Fluids
(HS Chapter 3819) (ICS 75.120)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards:  Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids (5 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:  This document proposes technical modifications in two of the tests
included in the standard on brake fluids, i.e., the evaporation test and the corrosion test.
This document also requests comments concerning retention of the evaporation test.  A
committee of the Society of Automotive Engineers, which originally developed the test,recently voted to delete the test from its standard on brake fluid.  While the administration
has tentatively concluded that the test should remain in our standard, we are requesting
comments on that issue.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To improve the repeatability and reproducibility of the test.
8. Relevant documents:   66 FR 3527, 16 January 2001;  49 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:   19 March 2001
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