WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.131
20May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1913)
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 (50)
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): Accelerator control
systems
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards; Accelerator Control Systems (3pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheAdministration proposes tochange thescope oftheFederal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard onAccelerator Control Systems. Thecurrent Standard
prohibits uncontrolled engine speed intheevent ofadisconnection orseverance ofthe
accelerator control system atasingle point, anditalsospecifies return-to-idle times for
thenormal operation ofaccelerator control systems. TheAdministration hastentatively
decided thatitisnotnecessary toregulate thenormal operation ofaccelerator control
systems. Vehicles with return-to-idle times toogreat forsafedriving would be
unacceptable toprospective vehicle buyers regardless ofaregulation. TheStandard will
continue torequire fail-safe performance ofaccelerator control systems inthecaseofa
single point disconnection orseverance.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: 61FR19020, 30April 1996; 49CFR Part571. Willappear in
theFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Tobedetermined
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 14June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: