WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.79
10March 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0968)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (3)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Child restraint systems
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems; Tether Anchorages forChild
Restraint Systems; Child Restraint Anchorage System (40pages, English)
6. Description ofcontent: This document proposes torequire thatmotor vehicles and
add-on child restraints beequipped withameans independent ofvehicle safety beltsfor
securing thechild restraints tovehicle seats. Theadoption ofthisproposal would avoid
problems ofincompatibility between child restraints andvehicle safety beltsandincrease
thecorrect installation ofchild restraints. Thisproposal would reduce allowable head
excursion, which would havetheeffect ofrequiring child restraints tobeequipped with
anupper tether strap, andwould require vehicles tohave twofactory-installed,
user-ready anchor points forattaching thetether. Itwould alsorequire vehicles tohave
tworearvehicle seating positions equipped withaspecialized lower anchorage system,
andrequire child restraints tobeequipped withmeans ofattaching tothatsystem.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: 62FR7858, 20February 1997; 49CFR Part571. Willappear
intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Tobedetermined.
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 21May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: