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|                                                  | G/TBT/N/USA/107** |
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|                                                  | 13 April 2005     |
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|                                                  | (05-1532)         |
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| **Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade**     | Original: English |
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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

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| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [United      |   |                                 |
| ** | States]{.underline}       |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | Consumer Product Safety   |   |                                 |
| ** | Commission (CPSC) (112)   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **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:**             |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[** X **\], 2.10.1 |   |                                 |
| ** | \[ **  **\], 5.6.2        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:**     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (HS or |   |                                 |
| 4. | CCCN where applicable,    |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading.\                 |   |                                 |
|    | ICS numbers may be        |   |                                 |
|    | provided in addition,     |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):**      |   |                                 |
|    | Cigarette lighters        |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | (HS:  96; ICS: 97)        |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | Safety Standard for       |   |                                 |
|    | Cigarette Lighters;       |   |                                 |
|    | Advance Notice of         |   |                                 |
|    | Proposed Rulemaking;      |   |                                 |
|    | Request for Comments and  |   |                                 |
|    | Information (4 Pages, in  |   |                                 |
|    | English).                 |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** Cigarette      |   |                                 |
| ** | lighters may present an   |   |                                 |
|    | unreasonable risk of      |   |                                 |
|    | injury due to mechanical  |   |                                 |
|    | malfunction of some       |   |                                 |
|    | lighters. In November     |   |                                 |
|    | 2001, the Commission      |   |                                 |
|    | received a petition from  |   |                                 |
|    | the Lighter Association,  |   |                                 |
|    | Inc. asking the           |   |                                 |
|    | Commission to adopt the   |   |                                 |
|    | voluntary \'Standard      |   |                                 |
|    | Consumer Safety           |   |                                 |
|    | Specification for         |   |                                 |
|    | Lighters\' (ASTM F-400)   |   |                                 |
|    | as a mandatory standard   |   |                                 |
|    | under the Consumer        |   |                                 |
|    | Product Safety Act        |   |                                 |
|    | (\'CPSA\'). On November   |   |                                 |
|    | 30, 2004 the Commission   |   |                                 |
|    | voted to grant the        |   |                                 |
|    | petition. This advance    |   |                                 |
|    | notice of proposed        |   |                                 |
|    | rulemaking (\'ANPR\')     |   |                                 |
|    | initiates a rulemaking    |   |                                 |
|    | proceeding under the      |   |                                 |
|    | CPSA. One result of the   |   |                                 |
|    | proceeding could be       |   |                                 |
|    | issuance of a rule        |   |                                 |
|    | requiring that cigarette  |   |                                 |
|    | lighters meet certain     |   |                                 |
|    | safety requirements. The  |   |                                 |
|    | Commission solicits       |   |                                 |
|    | written comments          |   |                                 |
|    | concerning the risks of   |   |                                 |
|    | injury associated with    |   |                                 |
|    | the mechanical            |   |                                 |
|    | malfunction of cigarette  |   |                                 |
|    | lighters, the regulatory  |   |                                 |
|    | alternatives discussed in |   |                                 |
|    | this notice, other        |   |                                 |
|    | possible ways to address  |   |                                 |
|    | these risks, and the      |   |                                 |
|    | economic impacts of the   |   |                                 |
|    | various regulatory        |   |                                 |
|    | alternatives. The         |   |                                 |
|    | Commission also invites   |   |                                 |
|    | interested persons to     |   |                                 |
|    | submit an existing        |   |                                 |
|    | standard, or a statement  |   |                                 |
|    | of intent to modify or    |   |                                 |
|    | develop a voluntary       |   |                                 |
|    | standard, to address the  |   |                                 |
|    | risk of injury described  |   |                                 |
|    | in this notice.           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:**       |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of human life  |   |                                 |
|    | and health.               |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Relevant documents:**   |   |                                 |
| 8. | 70 Federal Register (FR)  |   |                                 |
| ** | 18339 11 April 2005;      |   |                                 |
|    | Title 16 Code of Federal  |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations (CFR) Part    |   |                                 |
|    | 1214. Will appear in the  |   |                                 |
|    | Federal Register when     |   |                                 |
|    | adopted.                  |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Proposed date of        |   | To be determined                |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** 10 June 2005  |   |                                 |
| 0. |                           |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[** X **\] or address,   |   |                                 |
| ** | telephone and fax         |   |                                 |
|    | numbers, e-mail and       |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body:      **             |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akama      |   |                                 |
|    | itech.net/7/257/2422/01ja |   |                                 |
|    | n20051800/edocket.access. |   |                                 |
|    | gpo.gov/2005/05-7106.htm> |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamaitec  |   |                                 |
|    | h.net/7/257/2422/01jan200 |   |                                 |
|    | 51800/edocket.access.gpo. |   |                                 |
|    | gov/2005/pdf/05-7106.pdf> |   |                                 |
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