WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.737
3December 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5306)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Federal Office ofRoad Safety
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Forward control
passenger vehicles, offroadvehicles andlightcommercial vehicles.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Australian Design
Rule72/00
6. Description ofcontent: Extension ofAustralian Design Rule72(Dynamic SideImpact
Protection) toMB(Forward Control Passenger), MC(Off-Road) andNA(Light
Commercial) category vehicles.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: To
improve occupant protection forvehicles inthese categories. Toalign theapplicability
requirements oftheAustralian Design RulewiththeUSandUN/ECE rules upon which
theruleisbased.
8. Relevant documents: Australian Design Rule72/00
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1January 2000
10. Final dateforcomments: 22December 1997
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11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body:
Department ofTransport andRegional Development
Federal Office ofRoad Safety
Vehicle Standards Research andDevelopment
GPO Box594
CANBERRA ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
e-mail: standards@dot.gov.au
Telephone: 6126274 7479
Facsimile: 6126274 7477
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