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|                                                  | *G/TBT/N/USA/96** |
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|                                                  | 18 January 2005   |
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|                                                  | (05-0212)         |
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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 (100)          |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **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):**      |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Bedclothes (HS Chapter    |   |                                 |
|    | 6208) (ICS 13.220)        |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | Standard To Address Open  |   |                                 |
|    | Flame Ignition of         |   |                                 |
|    | Bedclothes; Advance       |   |                                 |
|    | Notice of Proposed        |   |                                 |
|    | Rulemaking (4 pages, in   |   |                                 |
|    | English)                  |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** The Commission |   |                                 |
| ** | is considering issuing a  |   |                                 |
|    | flammability standard     |   |                                 |
|    | that would address open   |   |                                 |
|    | flame ignition of         |   |                                 |
|    | bedclothes. (Commissioner |   |                                 |
|    | Thomas H. Moore issued a  |   |                                 |
|    | statement, a copy of      |   |                                 |
|    | which is available from   |   |                                 |
|    | the Commission\'s Office  |   |                                 |
|    | of the Secretary or from  |   |                                 |
|    | the Commission\'s Web     |   |                                 |
|    | site,                     |   |                                 |
|    | [http:                    |   |                                 |
|    | //www.cpsc.gov](http://fr |   |                                 |
|    | webgate.access.gpo.gov/cg |   |                                 |
|    | i-bin/leaving.cgi?from=le |   |                                 |
|    | avingFR.html&log=linklog& |   |                                 |
|    | to=http://www.cpsc.gov).) |   |                                 |
|    | Elsewhere in today\'s     |   |                                 |
|    | Federal Register, the     |   |                                 |
|    | Commission is proposing a |   |                                 |
|    | flammability standard     |   |                                 |
|    | that addresses open flame |   |                                 |
|    | ignition of               |   |                                 |
|    | mattresses/foundations.   |   |                                 |
|    | Research indicates that   |   |                                 |
|    | in mattress fires the     |   |                                 |
|    | mattress and bedclothes   |   |                                 |
|    | operate together as a     |   |                                 |
|    | system. Thus, the         |   |                                 |
|    | Commission believes that  |   |                                 |
|    | a flammability standard   |   |                                 |
|    | for bedclothes in         |   |                                 |
|    | addition to one for       |   |                                 |
|    | mattresses may be         |   |                                 |
|    | appropriate. The          |   |                                 |
|    | Commission invites        |   |                                 |
|    | comments concerning the   |   |                                 |
|    | risk of injury identified |   |                                 |
|    | in this notice, the       |   |                                 |
|    | regulatory alternatives   |   |                                 |
|    | being considered, and     |   |                                 |
|    | other possible            |   |                                 |
|    | alternatives. The         |   |                                 |
|    | Commission also invites   |   |                                 |
|    | submission of any         |   |                                 |
|    | existing standard or      |   |                                 |
|    | statement of intention to |   |                                 |
|    | modify or develop a       |   |                                 |
|    | voluntary standard to     |   |                                 |
|    | address small open flame  |   |                                 |
|    | ignition of bedclothes.   |   |                                 |
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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)  |   |                                 |
| ** | 2514 13 January 2005;     |   |                                 |
|    | Title 16 Code of Federal  |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations (CFR) Part    |   |                                 |
|    | 1634. 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:** 14 March 2005 |   |                                 |
| 0. |                           |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[**   **\] or address,   |   |                                 |
| ** | telephone and fax         |   |                                 |
|    | numbers, e-mail and       |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body:      **             |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Full Text is available on |   |                                 |
|    | the Internet at URL:      |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akam       |   |                                 |
|    | aitech.net/7/257/2422/01j |   |                                 |
|    | an20051800/edocket.access |   |                                 |
|    | .gpo.gov/2005/05-415.htm> |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamaite   |   |                                 |
|    | ch.net/7/257/2422/01jan20 |   |                                 |
|    | 051800/edocket.access.gpo |   |                                 |
|    | .gov/2005/pdf/05-415.pdf> |   |                                 |
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