WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/14
23 November 2001
(01-5946)
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 (14)
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  (11 pages, English)
6. Description of content:   The Administration has been mandated by Congress to consider
whether to prescribe clearer and simpler labels and instructions for child restraints.  This
notice reviews research the Administration has conducted on child restraint labels and
proposes changes to those labels and to the written instructions that accompany childrestraints.  The Administration is proposing changes to the format, location, and content of
some of the existing requirements. And is also proposing a new labeling requirement for
harness slots.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   66 Federal Register (FR) 55623, 2 November 2001; 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:   2 January 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