RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.356
21December 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-4121)
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: Consumer Product Safety Commission (29)
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): Bicycle helmets
(HSChapter 6503)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Rule: Safety Standard
forBicycle Helmets (31pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheCommission isproposing asafety standard thatwould
require bicycle helmets tomeet impact-attenuation andother requirements. This
proposal modifies thebicycle helmet standard proposed bytheCommission in
August 1994. Theproposed standard establishes requirements derived fromoneormore
ofthevoluntary standards applicable tobicycle helmets. Inaddition, theproposed
standard includes requirements specifically applicable tochildren 'shelmets and
requirements toprevent helmets from coming offduring anaccident. Theproposed
standard alsocontains testing andrecordkeeping requirements toensure thatbicycle
helmets meetthestandard 'srequirements.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: 60FR62662, 6December 1995; 16CFR Part1203. Will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 20February 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: