G/TBT/N/USA/1881  
24 June 2022  
(22-4894) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation 
(DOT) [1912]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle co mments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Event data 
recorders; Car informatics. On board computer systems (ICS code(s): 43.040.15)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Event Data 
Recorders; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - NHTSA is proposing to amend 
its regula tions regarding Event Data Recorders (EDRs) to extend the EDR recording period 
for timed data metrics from 5 seconds of pre -crash data at a frequency of 2 Hz to 20 
seconds of pre -crash data at a frequency of 10 Hz (i.e., increase from 2 samples per 
second to 10 samples per second). This NPRM begins the process of fulfilling the mandate 
of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to establish the appropriate 
recording period in NHTSA's EDR regulation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 37289, 22 June 2022; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 563:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-22/html/2022 -12860.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-22/pdf/2022 -12860.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2022-0021. 
The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2022-0021/document  and provides access 
to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Doc ket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders G/TBT/N/USA/1881  
 
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  are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern 
Time on 22 August 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their s takeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be 
submitted to the Docket on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/772 and G/TBT/N/USA/772/Add.1  - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standards; Event Data Recorders identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2012-0177. 
Event Data Recorders; Final Rule  published 28 August 2006 identified by Docket Number 
NHTSA -2006-25666 . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  22 August 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_426 7_00_e.pdf