G/TBT/N/USA/918/Add.2  
 
14 November 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  14 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Bus Rollover Structural Integrity, Motorcoach Safety 
Plan 
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 30 December 2024  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other:  
Final rule; partial grant of petitions for reconsideration; petitions for reconsideration of 
this rule must be received by 28 December 2023:  
88 Federal Register (FR) 77523, 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 571:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-13/html/2023 -24381.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-13/pdf/2023 -24381.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_13431_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  This document grants parts of petitions for reconsideration of a 29 December 2021, 
final rule t hat established Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 227, "Bus Rollover 
Structural Integrity." The standard is intended to enhance rollover structural integrity and reduce 
the likelihood of ejection from over -the-road buses (motorcoaches), and  other buses with a gross 
vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 11,793 kilograms (kg) (26,000 pounds (lb)). This final 
rule adjusts the definition of "transit bus" and revises the maximum allowable weight of objects 
 
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  intruding into the survival space du ring the rollover test. This document denies other requests in the 
petitions, including petitions to expand the applicability of the standard to other bus types and extend 
the compliance date by 2 years.  
Effective date: This final rule is effective 30 Dece mber 2024.  
Compliance date: The compliance date of this final rule is 30 December 2024. Optional early 
compliance is permitted. Petitions for reconsideration: If you wish to petition for reconsideration of 
this rule, your petition must be received by 28 De cember 2023.  
49 CFR Part 571: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title -49/subtitle -B/chapter -V/part -571?toc=1  
This final rule; partial gra nt of petitions for reconsideration is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -
2023-0043. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ NHTSA -2023-0043/document  and provides access to primary 
documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by 
searching the Docket Number. Petitions for reconsideration of this final rule must be received not 
later than 28 December 2023. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments 
related to a petition for  reconsideration to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  
on 28 December 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and 
their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on 
Regulations.gov  if received within the comment period.  
The final rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/918/Add.1  is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2021-
0088. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2021-0088/document  and provides access to primary 
documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible f rom Regulations.gov  by 
searching the Docket Number.  
The notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/918  is identified by Docket Number 
NHTSA -2014-0085. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2014-0085/document  and provides access to primary 
documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by 
searching the Docket Number.  
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