WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/15
14 January 2002
(02-0172)
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:   Department of Transportation  (1)          
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):   Tyres (ICS: 83)
(HS Chapter: 8703)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Tyre Safety
Information  (32 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   The Department proposes to establish a new Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard that contains provisions to improve the labelling of tyres to assist
consumers in identifying tyres that may be the subject of a safety recall.  It also contains
proposals for providing other consumer information to increase public awareness of theimportance and methods of observing motor vehicle tyre load limits and maintaining proper
tyre inflation levels for the safe operation of a motor vehicle.  The proposals would apply to
all new and retreaded tyres for use on vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000
pounds or less and to all vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or
less, except or motorcycles and low speed vehi cles.  The Department will also be proposing
upgraded safety performance requirements for tyres in a forthcoming proposal, which
would also be included in this new standard.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Tyre safety
8. Relevant documents:   66 Federal Register (FR) 65536, 19 December 2001;  Title 49 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 567, 571, 574, and 575.  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:   19 February 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