G/TBT/N/USA/1487  
 
4 June 2019  
(19-3793) 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 AME RICA  
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) [1515]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Automated 
driving systems; Accident and disaster control (ICS 13.200), Road vehicle systems (ICS 
43.040), Passenger cars. Caravans and light trailers (ICS 43.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Removing 
Regulatory Barriers for Vehicles With Automated Driving Systems (17 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  NHTSA is seeking public comment on the near - and long -term 
challenges of testing and verifying compliance with existing crash avoidance (100 -series) 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSSs) for Automated Driving System -
Dedicated Vehicles (ADS -DVs) that lack traditional manual controls necessary for a human 
driver to maneuver the vehicle and other features intended to facilitate operation  of a 
vehicle by a human driver, but that are otherwise traditional vehicles with typical seating 
configurations. This document seeks comments on the suitability of various approaches 
that could be used to address compliance verification challenges that ex ist for crash 
avoidance standards that either require a manual control; or specify the use of manual 
controls in a compliance test procedure. NHTSA's long -term goal is to use what the agency 
learns from this ANPRM, as well as the agency's other research ef forts, to develop a 
proposal to amend the crash avoidance FMVSSs in ways that address these and other 
compliance challenges with a continued focus on safety. This ANPRM builds on NHTSA's 
efforts to identify and address regulatory barriers to ADS technologi es, including the 
request for comments (RFC) on this topic in January 2018. NHTSA intends to issue two 
additional documents to remove barriers in the crashworthiness FMVSSs (200 -series 
standards) and address issues in the FMVSSs pertaining to telltales, in dicators, and 
warnings in ADS -DVs. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/1487  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 24433, 28 May 2019; Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 571:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-05-28/html/2019 -11032.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-05-28/pdf/2019 -11032.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  29 July 2019  
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/2019 /TBT/USA/19_3252_00_e.pdf