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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.211
18July1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2044)
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 Traffic Highway Safety Administration (16)
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):
Tyres
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Consumer Information Regulations
Uniform TyreQuality Grading Standards (23pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisnotice proposes toamend theuniform tyrequality grading
standards to:
1. Revise treadwear testing procedures tomaintain thebasecourse wear rateof
course monitoring tyres atitscurrent value. That revision should eliminate
treadwear grade inflation, reduce testing expenses, andreduce theadverse
environmental consequences ofoperating testing convoys;
2. create anewtraction grading category of"AA" inaddition tothecurrent
traction grades ofA,B,andCtodifferentiate those tyres with thehighest
traction characteristics from lower performing tyres; and
3. replace thetemperature resistance grade witharolling resistance/fuel economy
grade. Theadministration alsoproposes anadditional calculation tosupplement
theproposed rolling resistance regression equation sothattheequation canbe
usedtocalculate aspecific rolling resistance coefficient.
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7. Objective andrationale: Toassist consumers inmaking informed choices when
purchasing tyres.
8. Relevant documents: 60FR34961, 5July1995 and60FR27472, 24May 1995;
Part49CFR Part575. Willappear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 14August 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
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