. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/66 
6 July 2004 
 (04-2904) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:   Department of Transportation’ s National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) (70) 
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):   Vehicles Built in Two or 
More Stages (HS Chapter 8703 ) (ICS 43.020 ). 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Vehicles Built in Two 
or More Stages (18 Pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   Today's document proposes to amend five different parts of 
title 49 to establish a comprehensive regulat ory scheme for addressing the certification 
issues related to vehicles built in two or more stages and, to a lesser degree, to altered vehicles.  The proposal, if adopted would create a new temporary exemption process limited to final stage manufacturers and alterers, w ould better allocate legal responsibility among 
incomplete and final stage manufacturers, and would provide an automatic one year lead 
time to new safety requirements for final stage manufacturers and alterers unless the agency 
determines that a longer or shorter time period is appropriate. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   : 
Protection of Human Life and Health. 
8. Relevant documents:   69 Federal Register (FR) 36038 28 June 2004;  Title 49 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 555, 567, 568,  571 and 573.  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:   27 August 2004 G/TBT/N/USA/66 
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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:        
Internet URLs: 
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-
14564.htm  
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/
04-14564.pdf  
 