WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.397
20August 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3434)
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 (15)
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):
School BusPedestrian Safety Devices
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards; School BusPedestrian Safety Devices (4pages, English)
6. Description ofcontent: TheAdministration proposes toamend Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard No.131, School BusPedestrian Safety Devices, withrespect tothe
conspicuity requirements forstopsignal arms. Specifically, theAdministration would
amend theStandard topermit theuseofadditional light sources onthesurface of
retroreflective stopsignal arms.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: 62FR42226, 6August 1997; 49CFR Part571. Willappear in
theFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Tobedetermined
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 6October 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: