WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/21
19 July 2002
(02-4011)
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  (21)
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):   Vehicle Theft Prevention
(ICS 43) (HS Chapter 8703)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Federal Motor
Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard  (13 pages, English)
6. Description of content:   The Administration is required to issue this proposal to extend the
parts marking requirements to all passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles with agross vehicle weight rating of 6,000 pounds or le ss, and to light duty trucks with major parts
that are interchangeable with a majority of the covered major parts of multipurpose
passenger vehicles.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To help prevent vehicle theft.
8. Relevant documents:   67 Federal Register (FR) 43075, 26 June 2002; Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 541.  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:   26 August 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