RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.191
26June1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1734)
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 (15)
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): Child restraint systems
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Child Restraint Systems (5pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisproposed rule, andacompanion proposed ruleissued by
theFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) address theuseofchild harnesses and
backless child restraints inaircraft. Thisdocument proposes toamend aprovision in
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No.213,"Child Restraint Systems", thatpermits
those restraints tobecertified foruseinbothmotor vehicles andaircraft. Under the
current FAA regulations, aircraft-certified child restraints maybeused onaircraft.
However, because testing hasraised concerns about thesafety ofusing harnesses and
backless child restraint systems onthetypes ofseats found inaircraft, FAA is
publishing, intoday'sFederal Register, anotice ofproposed rule-making thatwould
prohibit theuseofbooster seats, andvest- andharness-type child restraint systems on
aircraft eveniftheyarecertified foraircraft use. TheNational Traffic Highway Safety
Administration is,inturn, concerned thatifFAA were tobanharnesses andbackless
booster seats from being used onaircraft, continuing topermit certification ofthose
restraints foraircraft usecould beconfusing tothepublic.
7. Objective andrationale: Child safety andtorequire manufacturers labelthese restraints
asnotbeing foraircraft use
8. Relevant documents: 60FR30696, 9June1995; 49CFRPart571. Willappear inthe
Federal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 10July1995
10. Final dateforcomments: Tobedetermined
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: